tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852689.post-19544003175642428112008-03-24T08:25:00.000-07:002008-03-24T08:25:00.000-07:002008-03-24T08:25:00.000-07:00Dear "anonymous,"<BR/><BR/>Can you at least respect this blog enough to come out from behind an "anonymous" handle? Or is that too much to ask?<BR/><BR/>By the way, buddy, if you check the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website, you'll discover that, since 2003, nearly 220,000 Americans--about 60% of them military age (i.e., 16-44)--have been killed in vehicle-related accidents with an additional 10 MILLION injured. In 2006 alone (one of the worst years for us in Iraq), nearly 43,000 people were killed in U.S. traffic accidents and 2.6 MILLION injured. <BR/><BR/>http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/menuitem.6a6eaf83cf719ad24ec86e10dba046a0/<BR/><BR/>In short, this means the average soldier in Iraq is safer there than driving his car in a large metro area on any given Saturday night. I'm also sorry to say that a number of Iraq and Afghanistan vets have gotten through their tours without a scratch...only to become murder victims after returning home. I don't have figures available, but thorough research of military and law enforcment sources would likely establish a figure reaching into the dozens.<BR/><BR/>Now, pal, put the above numbers in your bong and smoke them.Mark Jaegernoreply@blogger.com