Let's take those post-surge numbers Barney cited at face value.

20 violent deaths a day in a city of 2.3 million is still 317 violent deaths per 100,000 over the course of a year.

10 violent deaths a day is still 159 violent deaths per 100,000.

Imagine what it was pre-surge.

Claiming Baghdad isn't that much more dangerous than Detroit is simply absurd.

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