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Here’s a mind blowing & terrible stat: 2,000 more people have been killed in Chicago the past 10 years alone, than U.S. troops killed in battle in the last 50 years.
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Anonymous 2w

That’s an amazing stat, are you kidding?

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Anonymous 2w

Chi town bangers are more effective in battle than the NVA/VC, Taliban, and Iraqi army combined

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Anonymous 2w

The long-term strategic failure of the middle east wars is so well known that I think most people have no idea how absurdly lopsided the actual conventional war parts of them were, like that is the best example we’ve ever seen of how huge the gulf is between the world powers and the regional ones.

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Anonymous 2w

I think this is an amazing stat actually. As everyone has pointed out lately, violent crime is near all time lows. This stat mostly just highlights how few American troops have died in the last half century relative to previous eras.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2w

I say terrible as in the context of people dying

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