Are Americans Safer In Iraq?

Department of Defense Statistics.
American Casualties In Iraq.
January - May 2008: 14

FBI Statistics
Murder rate January - May 2008

Detroit, MI: 47 Murders
Baltimore, MD: 43 Murders
New Orleans, LA: 37 Murders
Newark, NJ: 37 Murders
ST Louis, MO: 37 Murders
Oakland, CA: 36 Murders
Washington, DC: 29 Murders
Cincinnati, OH: 28 Murders

Should I continue? There are 14 other American Cities that have a higher murder rate for American Citizens than Iraq.

Philadelphia, PA
Buffalo, NY
Kansas City, MO
Atlanta, GA
Memphis, TN
Miami, Florida
Houston, TX
Milwaukee, WI
Indiana, IN
Pittsburgh, PA
Cleveland, OH
Chicago, IL
Phoenix, AZ
Minneapolis, MN
Dallas, TX
Columbus, OH

And 5 cities that have 13 murders.
Jacksonville, FL
Tulsa, OK
Mobile, AL
Boston, MA
Stockton, CA

Oh, and I noticed another thing, the majority of these cities...
Obamamessiah country... hope and change.. hope and change.

You have a better chance surviving a tour in Iraq, than you do walking the streets of Detroit, and that's just sad.

** UPDATE **
So NY Nerd wants me to do math, and here it is.

Currently there are 158,000 Military personnel and another 50,000 Non-Military Personnell, which leaves Iraq with 208,000 Americans, on par with The following cities.

Mobile, AL - 250,000
St Petersburg, Fl - 253,000