Well, at least it's not Detroit

Over at the U.S.S.Neverdock blog, Marc points to this article about Chicago's murder rate (mostly gang murders) by Annie Sweeney at the Chicago Sun-Times and draws an interesting comparison to American casualty figures in Iraq.. It seems Chicago now expects to end 2004 with 418 murders, down from 599 in 2003. Hmmm... to restate Marc's thesis a little, maybe someone should point out to Mayor Daley that with all the violence, Chicago's not ready for Democracy... (But then of course he knows that... and depends upon it.) Then again, maybe it's time for Mayor Daley to pull out of Chicago and let the "insurgents" have their way.