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To: TimF who wrote (50829)	9/2/2006 11:13:24 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 90947

Heh! Heh! All he had to do was read to figure that out on his own, yet he missed the point even after it was spelled out for him.

To: TimF who wrote (50829)	11/5/2006 1:34:12 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

He did make a point based on those numbers "Many similar comparisons could be drawn, and one could argue endlessly about such statistics. But I think that in broad terms, these comparisons confirm what I would intuitively judge about the current situation in Iraq: the violent death rate there is significantly higher than a "normal" murder rate, even a relatively high one such as Washington, D.C.'s. At the same time, it is a fraction (perhaps one-quarter) of the death rates that have typified actual civil wars What point is that? That dying is okay. You all are spinning out of control. Death is death no matter the fraction. Besides......who is to say what is the standard death rate for a civil war? The only reason for this type of ridiculous hair splitting is to nuance your way out of dealing with the real issue which is that Bush's invasion of Iraq is an unmitigated disaster that is costing this country American lives and big bucks.