A Stat To Make You Think
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.
ocne i agree you but other site its an double danger for the troups in the iraq. and i still don’t get what these troups does in iraq i think there have nothing lost there.
by the way nice picture.
woulnd’t be the troups in the iraq they coulnd’t die there and then the 60 in 100k woulnd’t die so where is the point.
Hi. Coming across your site was a nice surprise for me today. I appreciate the thought you put into it.
It’s not just that easy as saying we need to take our troops out of there… We started a mess and we need to stay until its cleaned up. Cant just leave it the way it is there now… All in all we should get our troops out of there but its not that simple.
Yes, the statistics are interesting, just like the statistics of who is picking off our troops one by one. More incidents of injury have come from friendly fire than the enemy, so who is the real enemy?
What right did the Western world have going to war with Iraq? None. This war is a vandetta, and nothing is going to be gained from it. The justification was a prehemptive strike, but from what potential dangers? A man who had no interest in sticking his nose in other countries business?
And what is happening to the rest of our services now? They are missing out on funding because one country dictates to the others and they all jump in to please one man who only ever thought of himself.