Gangs, and drive bys and control of street drugs...
Turf battle...going on in front of our eyes....
We really need to address the problem, and no, more
money will not solve it....
And yeah, more people are killed in America due to lax
enforcement of laws, commuted sentences, illegal criminal
aliens, etc. than have been killed in Iraq.
I think 16,000 were murdered in a "non-war" situation in 2005
in the U.S. If Iraq has 25 million, and the U.S.has
300 mill, we are about 12 times as large population wise.
About 1,000 soldiers are killed a year (may God rest their
brave souls), which if extrapolated to U.S. pop. is 12,000
a year. Still less than our domestic kill rates.
A consideration lost on the critics for sure.