SECURITY PATROL
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kevin Jones walks past a group of Afghan citizens during a security patrol in the Garmsir district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 12, 2011. Jones is a combat photographer assigned to Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kevin Jones walks past a group of Afghan citizens during a security patrol in the Garmsir district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 12, 2011. Jones is a combat photographer assigned to Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder
Afghanistan Is Safer Than Detroit! -- Examiner
Since January 2003 there have been 3313 homicides in the City of Detroit. That is a startling number. What makes it even more mind boggling is that in the 10 year period from 2001 thru 2011, 1836 US soldiers were killed in and around Afghanistan. You are safer flying to Afghanistan than driving through Detroit.
When are the people of this city going to wake up? Forget every other problem Detroit has. Nothing can be fixed until you stop killing each other. Demand action from your elected officials. Mayor Dave Bing needs to appoint a committee to study what the Detroit Police Department is doing, and what other big city departments with much larger populations and lower homicide rates is doing. Chicago is one such city.
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My Comment: If you throw in civilian/Taliban/NATO casualties ... sorry ... but Afghanistan is far more dangerous place than Detroit. But there is a Western hemisphere country that is more dangerous than Afghanistan (and it is not Mexico) .... is this one.
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