Quote Originally Posted by verash
This is for the ones saying we should 'nuke' Iraq. Statistically speaking, there is alot more violence occuring here in the U.S alone than the whole war against Terrorism.
I didn't see this post before.

What "statistics" are those? Overall # of murders? Overall # of dead people?

That's comparing apples to yugos my friend.

Terrorisms faults cannot be measured merely in the casualty numbers. That would be far too short sighted. Terrorism has far reaching and deep ripple effects on everything from local to world economies to morale to actual deaths. Look at how the world has changed since 9/11. The world's economy has yet to fully recover.

So if you factor in the impact terrorism has on EVERYTHING it affects, it is by far one of the most devastating weapons every imagined my friend.

Look at the news tonight. Do you think that although tragic a store owner's senseless murder for $20 out of a cash register is going to impact as much as 4 bombs in London???? Not in this lifetime bud.

So, although 4 bombs killed 40 people in London today that doesn't mean that it only affected those 40 people alone. So, the impact and results of those 4 actions will affect MILLIONS of people in the months to come.

We have nothing to compare that to here domestically. Sorry, but if you wanna compare "stats" you have to compare similar things.