A Stat To Make You Think
Comments (5) There has been a lot said about the Iraq war and how all foreign troops should brought home.
I cannot agree more!
However, sometimes statistics can make for interesting reading.
For example, there are an average of 160,000 US troops in Iraq. There have been around 2,100 deaths which is a death rate of 60 per 100,000.
Washington DC is one of the most violent cities in the US. It has a death through violence rate of around 80 per 100,000.
Statistically, you are 20% more likely to die a violent death in Washington DC than you are in Iraq.
The moral of these stats – the US needs to consider pulling out of Washington before they pull out of Iraq.
