Putting the Orlando homicide rate into perspective

America has been involved in the war on terror since late 2001. One of the areas that we have been fighting in is Afghanistan, an country that is known to harbor ruthless terrorists. From 2001 until now, there have been 405 American soldiers who have died in what is termed as hostile action in Afghanistan. Others have died, but they were not killed in battle. In the greater Orlando area since 2001, there have been 644 homicides to date, many of them innocent victims who had no known association with the assailant, who were shot while being robbed. This is why I have chosen to label these assailants Domestic Urban Terrorists or Orlando Insurgents, because after all, some wear hooded face masks and gloves, do abductions holding people hostage, pistol whip their hostages, and some have AK 47's. I am of the opinion that local Law Enforcement is working hard to try and remedy this problem, but at this point they are probably overwhelmed with the manpower and resources that they have. If the crime in Orlando keeps escalating as it has, there will be no tourism left. It is time to stop the bleeding, and call in some outside support. The writing is on the wall, and it is written in the blood of the innocents.

Please read this earlier entry as well.