Baghdad safer that D.C.?

Question

Unclassified U.S. involvement in Iraq


INTERESTING STATISTIC...

Regardless of where you stand on the issue of the U.S. involvement in Iraq , here's a sobering statistic:

There has been a monthly average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theatre of operations during the last 22 months, and a total of 2,112 deaths.
That gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers.

The firearm death rate in Washington D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000 persons for the same period.

That means that you are about 25% more likely to be shot and killed in the U.S. Capital than you are in Iraq .

Conclusion: The U.S. should pull out of Washington

Answer 1

Repeat this lame question as often as you want (it's a Rush Limbaugh trick- If you repeat a lie often enough, less than intelligent people will begin to believe it), it wont make it true. You should read the answer to the original "question" if you truly wish to be educated (yeah i know, thats a dirty word to a Republican).

Answer 2

"The firearm death rate in Washington D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000 persons for the same period."

That's for CIVILIANS.

What is the firearm death rate for CIVILIANS in Baghdad?

Answer 3

I am in favor of the Iraq war and I am a big supporter of the Second Amendment - I believe citizens have the right to own and carry guns. But your stats. are a little misleading. You only count American soldiers in Baghdad. You need to count all people and all deaths by gun fire. Or you could only count American soldiers in D.C. and compare that to deaths of soldiers in D.C. by gun fire.

We are doing the right and moral thing in Iraq and I want to win!

Answer 4

Washington, D.C. is not "murder capital, U.S.A." anymore and has not been for some time. Where did you get your statistics & did you overlook a few major cities with different demographics? Oh, that's it. I understand.

Answer 5

Sorry but your math is a little fuzzy!