Does Aquaman Know About This?

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Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) has tirelessly promoted his discovery that Iraq is less dangerous than downtown Washington, DC. There are plenty of holes in his logic - like using the entire nation of Iraq for comparison, when the Kurdish and Shi'ite areas are mostly calm - but in an appearance on Fox's "Your World with Neil Cavuto," I think King finally sold me.

I think we should always put it in perspective. And - and if I could add, the risk to our soldiers is significant. But they faced far more risk in other wars. … For example, what profession, fishermen - five years as a fisherman is about equivalent to one year in Iraq in uniform, to put that in perspective, Neil.