[quote}considering that you're more than an order of magnitude more likely to be murdered by a person wielding a gun in the USA, than if you were a Coalition Soldier in Iraq. Think about it for a while. It's safer for you as an individual, to be part of an occupying military force in a war zone, than it is to live in the US.[/quote]
The US is a bit place, and I for one have never even heard a gunshot. Only actually seen one person in town carrying a gun that wasn't a policeman. Only other time was up near lake shasta where some dude had a gun rack in the back of his truck, and a collection of some kind of deer strapped over the bonnet. Here at least Gun crime isn't as rife as you might think, being mostly confined to particular easy to aviod where no normal person has any reason to visit since there are no commercial buildings only the poorest drug riddled low income neighbourhoods.
As far as Iraq goes, you may have failed to notice that US and alied soldiers are rarely targets these days, it's usually Iraqi's against other Iraqis, shia v's sunni. They blow each other up on a daily basis, whilst US soldiers are mostly in danger in Afghanistan.
Looks like 44 people died from shooting incidents in 2007 within the county. You have a far, far higher chance of being run over by a car whilst crossing the street than getting shot.
The US is a bit place, and I for one have never even heard a gunshot. Only actually seen one person in town carrying a gun that wasn't a policeman. Only other time was up near lake shasta where some dude had a gun rack in the back of his truck, and a collection of some kind of deer strapped over the bonnet. Here at least Gun crime isn't as rife as you might think, being mostly confined to particular easy to aviod where no normal person has any reason to visit since there are no commercial buildings only the poorest drug riddled low income neighbourhoods.
As far as Iraq goes, you may have failed to notice that US and alied soldiers are rarely targets these days, it's usually Iraqi's against other Iraqis, shia v's sunni. They blow each other up on a daily basis, whilst US soldiers are mostly in danger in Afghanistan.
Looks like 44 people died from shooting incidents in 2007 within the county. You have a far, far higher chance of being run over by a car whilst crossing the street than getting shot.