Fact (an email from my mom)!

[saintalia]

When you consider that there has been an 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, D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000 for the same period. That means that you are about 25% more likely to

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[alteredhistory]

You forgot to include the 600,000 Iraqi civilian deaths. That skews the numbers just a bit.

[alteredhistory]

Yes, the 600,000 are across all of Iraq, but the majority are in Bagdhad.

[saintalia]

Wait... since when are the Iraqi civilians either American troops or living in Washington?

[alteredhistory]

Your original post:
> The firearm death rate in Washington, D.C. is
> 80.6 per 100,000 for the same period.

You're comparing the death of military personel against the deaths of civilians. If you'd like to compare military deaths to military deaths, then Washington DC probably has close to zero for the last 22 months. If we're going to evaluate civilian deaths, then we have to include the Iraqis.

[alteredhistory]

I want this thread to end on an amicable note, so rather than continue to debate the merit of the joke, I'll offer a different spin to the joke...

Now I understand the Republican pull-out from Washington D.C. ;-)

[saintalia]

Amicably I say: Exactly. Better the Dems get shot than us!