Regardless of where you stand on the issue of the U.S.

involvement in Iraq , here's a sobering statistic:



There has been a monthly average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq

theatre of operations during the last 22 months, and a total of

2,112 deaths. That gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000

soldiers.



The firearm death rate in Washington , DC is 80.6 per 100,000

persons for the same period. That means that you are about 25%

more likely to be shot and killed in the U.S. Capital than you are

in Iraq ..



Conclusion: The U.S. should pull out of Washington