IF a REPUBLICAN TELLS YOU IT'S SAFER IN IRAQ THAN HERE... [View All]

Give them a little lesson in mathmatics. There are 16,100ish murders in the US each year making the murder rate approximately 5.5 people for every 100,000 people. In iraq, so far, there have been 37700-44700 civilan deaths so far. Add on the troop deaths and divide that by the years the iraq "war" has been going on, there have been about 16,000 deaths per year in Iraq. HOWEVER, there are only 26.7 million people in iraq according to the US while we have closer to 297 million. Thus, the death rate of civilians in the iraqi "war" in iraq per 100,000 people is 59... that's more than 10xs the rate in the US. This of course, NOT taking into account Iraqi army deaths, "disappearances" and unconfirmed civilian casualties or insurgent casualties. This is just confirmed deaths of iraqi civilians and us soldiers. The actual rate is higher and more than likely 70-80. The high range would be 100-110 me thinks... but htat takes into account too many assumptions and I like dealing with facts. They are much more effective debating points.

Anyways, that's my two cents.