Exit Strategy

There has been a monthly average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theatre of operations during the last 22 months and a total of 2,112 US deaths.

That gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers.

The firearm death rate in Washington D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000 persons for the same period.

This means that you are at least 25% more likely to be shot and killed in the US capitol than you are in Iraq.

Conclusion: The US should pull out of Washington.