Car Bombs

“Car bombs, as well as other explosions and shootings, killed 34 people across the country Wednesday. At least 21 U.S. soldiers have been killed since Saturday…”  quotes fox news today.  The country referred to in the article is
Iraq.  Here is a little statistic that might surprise you.  5702 people die in the year 2005.  Where did they die?  On the job in the USA!  That averages out to approximately 16 people dying on the job every single day of the year.  If we were to calculate that into a normal work week it amounts to approximately 24 work related fatalities every single work day.  This doesn’t account for fatalities across the country due to violence, auto accidents, surprises, or just plain carelessness.  If we were to follow the logic that on some days 21 soldiers are killed in the War on Terror therefore we should pull out of the War on Terror, then, because there are approximately 24 people killed per day due to whatever causes deaths on the job in America, we should all pull out of whatever company we work for whether it be a mom and pop or a transnational corporation, or anything in between. And then here is another idea. What if we just left all of the civilians opposed to being in Iraq working while the rest of us leave? What the…?