text: should we pull out of washington? if you consider that there has been an average of 160,000 troops in the iraq theater of operations during the last 22 months, and a total of 2112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000. the rate in washington d.c.(among others) is 80.6 per 100,000. that means that you are about 25% more likely to be shot and killed in our nation capitol, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation, than you are in iraq. conclusion: we should immediately pull out of washington, dc. i agree wholeheartedly, but only if we leave all of the politicians, along with the thugs.  everyone else can withdraw immediately, including the families of the thugs and politicians.  hurricane katrina survivors can house the families of the politicians and corporate sponsors can take care of the families of the thugs.  washinton,d.c. will have to be permanently sealed off as the dangerous jungle it is (after all, politicians roam free there) and no one allowed to ever escape it!  our country will thrive once freed of the corrupt influence of the "federal government".