From Instapundit comes a link to this story at CBS2Chicago:
Nearly 125 Shot Dead In Chicago Over SummerIt's time to pull out I tell you!
Total Is About Double The Death Toll In Iraq
An estimated 123 people were shot and killed over the summer. That's nearly double the number of soldiers killed in Iraq over the same time period.
In May, cbs2chicago.com began tracking city shootings and posting them on Google maps. Information compiled from our reporters, wire service reports and the Chicago Police Major Incidents log indicated that 123 people were shot and killed throughout the city between the start of Memorial Day weekend on May 26, and the end of Labor Day on Sept. 1.
According to the Defense Department, 65 soldiers were killed in combat in Iraq. About the same number were killed in Afghanistan over that same period.
In the same time period, an estimated 245 people were shot and wounded in the city.
It sort of boggles my mind how someone can say "well, statistically, this makes no sense whatsoever... but I'm going to run with it anyway!"
Comparing the deaths of a select population to that of an entire city is sheer nonsense. You only need to very briefly search for news items on bombings in Baghdad to add up well over 125 people killed. And if you wanted to do an actual comparison, you'd ask how many police officers were killed in Chicago in that same time period. The number? 0. So by the same batty logic, Chicago is infinitely safer for peacekeepers than is Iraq.