A few facts about Iraq & New York City

[wiffleball 4,790]

Baghdad covers 250 square miles. By comparison, NYC covers 321 square miles and has 37,000 police officers.

 

Prior to "the new way forward", (best as I can tell), we have about 35-40,000 US troops plus whatever number of Iraqi troops & police currently in Baghdad. The new plan is to add another 20,000+ to Baghdad alone. That would bring the number of US forces in Baghdad to 60,000 + the Iraqi police, + the Iraqi Army.

 

Not drawing any conclusions, just giving y'all a point of reference for all the discussions to come - and all those that are already occuring.

[Trip McNeely 0]

so NYC is 71 square miles larger than Baghdad.............let me jot that down

[davebg 0]

Yes, but the Bronx is only one of the boroughs of NYC. Iraq is Iraq...through and through.