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“Chicago’s 292 is Greater Than Iraq’s 276″ By John Howell.

And Howie’s talking all deaths of service members in Iraq, whether it be traffic accident or combat related.

The number for Chicago is murders.

Here’s Howie’s Reader Post:

To date in the City of Chicago, where I remind you there are no major combat operations ongoing, I have seen reported that there have been 292 murders; as opposed to the 276 deaths that have been reported in Iraq, where combat operations continue. What does this say about the city, the citizens of the city, or the cities government? Personally I think that it speaks volumes. It speaks volumes in more ways than just numbers.

Now not all of the deaths in Iraq have occurred because of combat. All American Service members that have died in Iraq, regardless of what actually killed them are included in this stat. So my comparison may not be very fair because if a Marine dies in a traffic accident while in Iraq his or her death is included in the 276 deaths. I am only using the Chicago statistics for those that have been murdered in 2008. No traffic accidents, no DUI’s, no police shootings, only murders.

The first thing that I like to look at is the mind set and mentality of the people that make up those populations. There are extreme differences of mind set when you compare the two populations. The Iraqi people have lived in fear of a brutal dictator and his sons, who were even worse than dad, for thirty plus years. They know that you cannot depend on government to provide your safety. They know that you cannot trust an all powerful government because an all powerful government can, and will, do whatever it takes to quell any dissent of policy. We have all heard about the rape and torture rooms, and real torture went on in these rooms, that had been run by Sadam, Udai, and Qusai (may have spelled the names wrong, but I don’t care).

The Iraqi people had a true fear of big government. They understood that when the government provides everything, they also control everything. They understood that when people are not allowed to defend themselves they leave themselves vulnerable to attacks by that government as well as the criminal element. The only groups that were allowed to possess fire arms were those groups that fell in line with the Sadam regime and were used to terrorize the population. Unfortunately this is probably one of the areas that Baghdad and Chicago are the same, gun prohibition.

The mind set in Chicago is a little bit different. They live under a benevolent dictator, Mayor Richard Daley and his cronies in the City Council and Cook County Board. The basic principles are basically the same as the previous regime in Iraq. Take away guns, give the poor the basics and keep them dependant, and ensure that those that reside under the shield of protection, or implied protection, know that it was my party that is providing it. This way they can insure that they keep their seats of power in the next election. The democratics (as far as I am concerned as long as they are called the democratic candidate, they must be democratics) in power have been as brilliant in their marketing as Microsoft has been, the Windows Operating System was not the best out there, but then again neither is welfare dependence!!

The second thing to stop and think about is the attitude about voting. The first elections held in Iraq were reported by the MSM (mainstream media) as a failure because voter turn out was so low. The problem with this assessment is that even though there were threats of attacks on polling places made by terrorist groups. What is the excuse made for Chicagoans? The American Service members were on high alert. The saddest part of this story is that even with credible terrorist threats voter turn out, by percentage, was much higher than it was in the City of Chicago. Now I live in the Chicago area, and maybe the aliens came down and wiped my memory, but, I do not remember any terrorist threats to blow up polling places in Chicago. But then again Chicago is the home of World Can’t Wait, ANSWR, Dick Durbin and Barak Obama should we expect any less? Or maybe the better question is should we expect any more?

It is a very sad day when those of us that have been taking our freedoms, and the responsibility to educate ourselves and vote, for granted to the point that it frequently reported that our youth feel as though their vote does not count. It is even sadder that the MSM tends to focus on those youths that don’t love America. Yes, I think that I can fairly make that last statement! Stop and think about the way the 1st Amendment is enforced on most college campus’. If they don’t agree with a conservative message they feel as though they have the Right to shut down that speech. But God help the person that thinks they can do the exact same thing to the Left.

The saddest of all of this is the way our Constitutional Right to keep and bear arms is weakened everyday. Mayor Richard Daley has been pushing for stricter gun restrictions here in Chicago although I don’t think that you can restrict guns any tighter than Chicago already does. In the city it is illegal to own or possess a hand gun. In Crook County, I mean Cook County, it is illegal to own or possess an assault weapon. So how are all of these people, gangbangers, killing each other with handguns and assault weapons? The answer to this question is simple. If you are a criminal and are not worried about breaking the law you are not afraid to carry or possess any type of firearm in violation of any law that you may pass.

The citizens of Chicago and Crook County need to learn a lesson from the citizens of Baghdad. If you place all of your security into the care of government, be it local, state, or federal, you will have absolutely no security.

Marine Veteran John “Howie” Howell is a long-time Dollard Reader/Contributor. He is also the Producer of the Marine-run radio program “Chandler’s Watch” and also the proprietor of Thang Apparel, a proud PatDollard.com advertiser.