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Originally Posted by Mojo_PeiPei
This is the one thing I'm going to call you on. Up until now, all the figures I have been using put the insurgency at 200,000-250,000. Iraq is a country of 25+ million people, so even those inflated numbers, in light of the new ones putting the numbers closer to 20,000, only equated to one percent of the population of Iraq. The numbers you are using, the new numbers, the "whole shitload" of insurgents...all 15,000 of them, equates to .08% of all Iraqi's.
Don't you see something a little misleading about this huge and glorious insurgency? Hell I didn't even think the thing was even remotely legitmate when the numbers said 1% of the population. Boohoo some ex-baathists and religious nutjobs don't want democracy, that really represents the whole 25 million of Iraq.
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The Ba'athist coup against Qasim (led by Saddam) had only 9 tanks, and 850 members at the time. 850 isn't a lot of people out of the 18+ million people living in Iraq in 1963. The current rebelion of 15,000 dwarfs the 850 who were able to assasinate the leader of the nation and take power. We shouldn't assume they are not a threat because of percentages overall.
The United States population is currently 295,431,744. 0.08% of 295,431,744 is about 250,000. Imagine the entire population of a city like Baton Rouge was spread out over the united states, united in removing our government. What if half the population of Washington D.C. suddenly revolted?