# Iraq

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**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [October 16, 2007, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq/193078 "2007-10-16T13:14:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bojo20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e56c9b/32.png) [@Bojo20](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bojo20)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq/193078/45 "2007-10-18T07:43:02Z")

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> [@Kid got arrested dt](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kid-got-arrested-dt/33043/44):
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> more people died bye drunk drivers in the last 10 years than US soldiers in war. this is not just the current war its all wars put together. i saw the figures and i was surprised

I am not saying that this is not true but it is surprising. I would like to see those numbers. I have seen the numbers of those killed in U.S. wars at a memorial service I attended in Washington D.C. and the total number shocked me so the number of DD deaths must be outrageous.

All I am saying is Iraq is far more dangerous then South Side. The amount of people killed in South Side in the past four years cannot even rival the number of people killed in Iraq.

And to get back on topic I would not go because I have seen the pain that my best friends mom and dad went through and will continue to go through for the rest of their lives because of Tommy’s death in Iraq. I have seen his brothers and sister struggle with the fact their big brother is dead. Me and my friends continue to struggle day to day almost 10 months later.

Here is a great article about the effects it has on the a friend.  
[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07013/753448-109.stm](http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07013/753448-109.stm)

This story was written by my sister. She lives in Fayetteville, NC where Fort Bragg is located which was Tommy’s base. She writes for the paper down there.

So I wouldn’t go because if you do not come back it has a fallout effect that will probably never end.

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