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2008-03-23 Iraq

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Posted by gorb 2008-03-23 05:17|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 Yep time for the MSM to write those Grim Milestone^tm headlines.

Posted by DMFD 2008-03-23 08:33|| 2008-03-23 08:33|| Front Page Top

#2 And over 20,700 of the enemy.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2008-03-23 17:23|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org] 2008-03-23 17:23|| Front Page Top

#3 #2: And over 20,700 of the enemy.
Plus more than 23,000 in detention (article above).

While each of those 4000 deaths is a tragedy, how much more of a tragedy would a nuclear strike in New York harbor be? How many would be killed by a 25kt nuke in Baltimore, Savannah, Charleston, Jacksonville, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston, or dozens of other harbors in the United States? Our presence in Iraq is making that far less of a possibility than it would be if we had never stopped Saddam and crushed his military.

Put in perspective, the National Safety Council reports that 113,000 people died from accidents in 2005 - the last year where data is available. ALL SEVEN of the top reasons for accidental deaths - automobile accidents, falls, poisoning, drowning, fire-related deaths, suffocation, and firearms - had more than twice the average number of people killed each year in the "War on Terror" (~800).

You're safer in Baghdad than in your car.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-03-23 21:51|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com] 2008-03-23 21:51|| Front Page Top

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