Baghdad "As Safe" as Detroit
Republican congressman Tim Walberg of Tipton was quoted:
The returning troops he has talked with "indicate to me that 80 to 85 percent, in a conservative fashion, of (Iraq) is reasonably under control, at least as well as Detroit or Chicago or any of our other big cities. That's an encouraging sign."
In that case, I should expect a few suicide attacks, some public mall bombings, a couple of craters along the highway. Maybe one of the skyscrapers on fire.
Maybe he was watching too much Robocop.
Comments
Posted by: dtownie
Posted on: June 23, 2007 11:58 AM
Wow, what a ridiculous comparison. Baghdad may be about the size of Detroit and smaller than Chicago and, sure, there are many Chaldean Iraqis in Detroit , soon to be more as the violence continues. Tim Walberg of Tipton should investigate why, if Baghdad is as safe as Detroit or Chicago, they are trying as hard as possible to leave the former and move to the latter.