Much news has been made recently about recently released statistics by the Chicago Police Department, which shows that the United States’ third largest city had 762 homicides in 2016. The numbers are stunning, but even more so for one who had been actively following U.S. efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq, which have consumed much of the nation’s focus for the last 15 years (since September 11, 2001).
Total homicides in Chicago since 2001, when the U.S. first went to war in Afghanistan (and then later Iraq in 2003) total 8,384.
U.S. deaths in Chicago = 8,384 vs. the war-zones of Afghanistan & Iraq = 6,778
8,384 vs. 6778
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