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The stats in that article were wrong too, since it assumed every soldier in Iraq has been a male between 20-35.

The number of troops is closer to accuracy though.

 

How can 2.28 people die?

 

stastics... just like the average family can have 2.5 kids.

 

i think i'm all set...with some of the people i know becoming 2nd LT., i don't want anything to do with the army

 

Well, 132,000 would still be the number to use for the example I did. You could also say that there have been billions of US citizens over the years, but that would only make the statistics less accurate. Because the percentage is based on the chances of a given soldier stationed in Iraq at a given time, it only makes sense to use the number of troops stationed there at a given time, not over the course of 3 1/2 years. Using the total number of troops ever stationed would give you an inaccurate number.

Is that right, or am I missing something? I mean, I'm not trying to argue, Spencer, I'm just trying to make sure I'm not making some stupid math mistake.

Anyway, the percentages that I got really aren't totally accurate, anyway, even if I did use the right data; they're both kind of round numbers. But they do give you a general idea about where you're truly safer.

And even more so, this only concerns actually dying in Iraq. Obviously, the number of troops wounded (including severely wounded) each day is much, much higher. So still, I think we can all agree that it's a dangerous place.

 

Ahaha... college drop out, right here!

Yeah... or "The View." That would be embarrassing, to be a guy sitting at home with ice cream, watching "The View," and a car crashes into your house and kills you. And then the police and all come, and everyone sees what you were doing. Well, I guess it wouldn't be THAT embarrassing for the guy ('cause he'd be dead), but his family... well, they'd hang their heads in shame.

 

Well in any comparison you'd be comparing constants, so it would be more of to the effect of the number of casulties in Iraq per year per 1000 troops.

Compare that to the numer of deaths from auto accident a year per 1000 younger americans mostly males.

Not at the number of standing troops at one time.

It'd probably be double the number of standing troops there have been in Iraq.

Besides, you can get mamed in a car too. Have you ever driven around Dallas?

... IED's everywhere.