Whatever your politics however you lean and however you feel about the current administration this report is interesting.
As tragic as the loss of any member of the US Armed Forces is consider the below statistics:
The annual fatalities by any cause of military members while actively serving in the armed forces from 1980 through 2006:
1980 2392 (Carter)
1981 2380 (Reagan)
1984 1999 (Reagan)
1988 1819 (Reagan)
1989 1636 (George H W)
1990 1508 (George H W)
1991 1787 (George H W)
1992 1293 (George H W)
1993 1213 ( Clinton )
1994 1075 ( Clinton )
1995 2465 ( Clinton )
1996 2318 ( Clinton )
1997 817 ( Clinton )
1998 2252 ( Clinton )
1999 1984 ( Clinton )
2000 1983 ( Clinton )
2001 890 (George W)
2002 1007 (George W)
2003 1410 (George W)
2004 1887 (George W)
2005 919 (George W)
2006 920 (George W)
2007 899 (George W)
Clinton years (1993-2000): 14107 deaths
George W years (2001-2007): 7932 deaths
Are you surprised when you look at these figures? They indicate the loss from the two latest Middle East conflicts are less than the loss of military personnel during Clinton s presidency when America wasnt even involved in a war--unless you include Bosnia and Mogadishu Somalia . (Remember Blackhawk Down?) Even more surprising is that in 1980 during Carter presidency there were 2392 US military fatalities!
These figures appear to indicate many members of our media and politicians pick and choose the information on which they report--that they present only those facts that support their agenda.
Consider the latest census of Americans. It shows the following distribution of American citizens by race:
European descent 69.12 percent
Hispanic 12.50 percent
Black 12.30 percent
Asian 3.70 percent
Native American 1.00 percent
Other 2.60 percent
Many members of the media lead us to believe the military death ratio is off balanced compared to the distribution by race in America . Here are the fatalities by race over the past three years in Iraqi Freedom.
European descent 74.31 percent
Hispanic 10.74 percent
Black 9.67 percent
Asian 1.81 percent
Native American 1.09 percent
Other 0.33 percent
Surprised again?
Hopefully intelligent Americans can decipher--
the facts from the spin.
the spinners from the leaders.
those who seek even more power from those that seek justice.
the dividers from the uniters.
These statistics are published by the Congressional Research Service and may be confirmed at: www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdf
Whatever your politics however you lean and however you feel about the current administration this report is interesting.
As tragic as the loss of any member of the US Armed Forces is consider the below statistics:
The annual fatalities by any cause of military members while actively serving in the armed forces from 1980 through 2006:
1980 2392 (Carter)
1981 2380 (Reagan)
1984 1999 (Reagan)
1988 1819 (Reagan)
1989 1636 (George H W)
1990 1508 (George H W)
1991 1787 (George H W)
1992 1293 (George H W)
1993 1213 ( Clinton )
1994 1075 ( Clinton )
1995 2465 ( Clinton )
1996 2318 ( Clinton )
1997 817 ( Clinton )
1998 2252 ( Clinton )
1999 1984 ( Clinton )
2000 1983 ( Clinton )
2001 890 (George W)
2002 1007 (George W)
2003 1410 (George W)
2004 1887 (George W)
2005 919 (George W)
2006 920 (George W)
2007 899 (George W)
Clinton years (1993-2000): 14107 deaths
George W years (2001-2007): 7932 deaths
Are you surprised when you look at these figures? They indicate the loss from the two latest Middle East conflicts are less than the loss of military personnel during Clinton s presidency when America wasnt even involved in a war--unless you include Bosnia and Mogadishu Somalia . (Remember Blackhawk Down?) Even more surprising is that in 1980 during Carter presidency there were 2392 US military fatalities!
These figures appear to indicate many members of our media and politicians pick and choose the information on which they report--that they present only those facts that support their agenda.
Consider the latest census of Americans. It shows the following distribution of American citizens by race:
European descent 69.12 percent
Hispanic 12.50 percent
Black 12.30 percent
Asian 3.70 percent
Native American 1.00 percent
Other 2.60 percent
Many members of the media lead us to believe the military death ratio is off balanced compared to the distribution by race in America . Here are the fatalities by race over the past three years in Iraqi Freedom.
European descent 74.31 percent
Hispanic 10.74 percent
Black 9.67 percent
Asian 1.81 percent
Native American 1.09 percent
Other 0.33 percent
Surprised again?
Hopefully intelligent Americans can decipher--
the facts from the spin.
the spinners from the leaders.
those who seek even more power from those that seek justice.
the dividers from the uniters.
These statistics are published by the Congressional Research Service and may be confirmed at: www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdf
