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To: michael97123 who wrote (250174)	11/30/2007 12:46:04 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

If rightwingers are smart, they will take this opportunity to hoot and hollar. Iraq is relatively secure. We can legitimately say we are leaving now because with this trend we have succeeded in the mission and troop levels will naturally begin to decline according to that trend, if it continues. Compared with the US, Iraq looks like the Garden of Eden. In Iraq at least 34 American service members died in October, nearly a third from non-combat causes. In the USA the annual tally of crime don't look so hot. Assaults 2,238,480 Car thefts 1,147,300 Drug offences 560.1 per 100,000 people Murders 12,658 Rapes 89,110 Total crimes per year 23,677,800 SOURCES: Seventh United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems, covering the period 1998 - 2000 (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); UNODC Just thought I'd contribute a little reality check for what its worth, probly nothin. gem