ABC News: Military Recruiting - Democratic Underground

LiberalFighter

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Sat May-22-04 12:24 AM
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ABC News: Military Recruiting

A recruiter made the statement that there have been more deaths in the US as a result of DUI's compared to troops in Iraq for the same time period.

That is a statement that is misleading.

According to MADD*:
2001*- 17,400 deaths
2001 - Deaths per thousand .006
2002*- 17,419 deaths
2002 USA Census Estimate - 288,368,698
2002 - Deaths per thousand .006

Troop Deaths - 794
Approx Troops - 135,000
Deaths per thousand - .588
98 times worse than DUI deaths

I hope my math is right

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corriger

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Sat May-22-04 12:39 AM
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1. what the hell sort

of bloody idiot devised a comparison like this?

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jeff30997

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Sat May-22-04 12:45 AM
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2. Yes it is...

.588 divided by .006 = 98. Recruiters say anything to get your ass!:)

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