Who grieves for dead Iraqis? (GREELEY ALERT)

Brilliant, Horace. This is an excellent example of the "New Liberal Math".

Let's review:

1. Horace says 100 Iraqis die violently every day (which is a lie - more later).
2. The US has 11x (not 100x!) more people than Iraq (295 mil. vs. 26 mil.)
3. The US equivalent of this violence would be 1,100 people dying violently every day (not 10,000!)

So even if Horace's statement #1 were correct, this would translates to a violent death rate of 140 violent deaths for every 100,000 people annually.

If true, this would be an extremely high rate, though only 1/9th of what Horace's "new math" would lead you to believe.

So what is the "real" murder rate in Iraq? Horace's sources are unimpeachable; after all, "the New York Times reported" that "in recent months a hundred Iraqis die every day."

Is that really "every day", Horace? Really? Or is that maybe a few notable days? What difference does it make?

Here's the difference...

* The far-left, rabidly anti-war Iraq Body Count project puts the figure at 36 violent deaths per day which translates to 50.5 violent deaths per 100,000 population per year.

* Most more moderate, reliable sources, put the figure between 25 and 35 violent deaths year per 100,000 population per year

For comparison, Detroit's "apples-to-apples" rate is 41.8; Baltimore's is 37.7; Atlanta's is 34.9; St. Louis is 31.4 and Pre-Katrina New Orleans was 53.1.

So let's give them the benefit of the doubt andsay that the violent death rate in Iraq is really 35. That means that 9,100 people meet violent deaths in Iraq annually.

If we took Horace's article at face value, it would mean that 100 x 365 or 36,500 die every year. And of course his comparisons to US equivalents are complete nonsense.

This reminds me of my wife's dopey moonbat uncle who was apoplectic over the "250,000!!!, 250,000 of our boys - our US servicemen and women - killed in Iraq and for what?!?!"

2,500...250,000...whatever. Facts just don't matter to these people.

I agree that these numbers are cooked up. It just goes to show that religious whackos like this Father Greeley should learn a little math and science intead of trying to outlaw them in our schools.
"Liberal"? I don't think so. At least this guy qoutes his sources unlike ex-Libertarian over here.
Bragging that more Americans kill other Americans than Muslims kill other Muslims?
Shame on you ex-Libertarian!
I wish I didn't have to put my ass in the line of fire every day to protect American-haters like you.

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