(hat tip: Joe Boden)
These are some rather eye-opening facts:
Since the start of the war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan , the sacrifice has been enormous. In the time period from the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 through now, we have lost a total of 3,140 military personnel.
As tragic as the loss of any member of the US Armed Forces is, consider the following statistics.
Annual fatalities of military members while actively serving in the armed forces from 1980 through 2004:
1980 .......... 2,392
1981 ......... 2,380
1982 .......... 2,318
1983 .......... 2,465
1984 ......... 1,999
1985 .......... 2,252
1986 .......... 1,984
1987 ......... 1,983
1988 .......... 1,819
1989 .......... 1,636
1990 ......... 1,508
1991 .......... 1,787
1992 .......... 1,293
1993 .......... 1,213
1994 .......... 1,075
1995 ......... 1,040
1996 .......... .974
1997 ......... ..817
1998 .......... 826
999 ............ 795
2000 .......... 774
2001 ......... 890
2002 .......... 1007
2003 ......... 1,410 ----- 534*
2004 .......... 1,887 ----- 900*
2005 .......... 919*
2006 . 920*
* Figures are Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom
fatalities only
Does this really mean that the loss from the two current conflicts in the Middle East are LESS than the loss of military personnel during Mr. Clinton's presidency? Were we at war?
Now, are you confused when you look at these figures? I was. Especially when I saw that in 1980, during the reign of President "Nobel Peace Prize, Jimmy Carter" himself, there were 2,392 US military fatalities.
What this clearly indicates is that our media and our liberal politicians pick and choose , and they tend to present only those facts that support their agenda driven reporting.
Another fact our left media and politicians like to slant is that these brave men and women losing their lives are minorities. Wrong again - The latest census shows the following:
European descent (white) ..... 69.12%
Hispanic .... 12.5%
African American ..... 12.3%
Asian ..... 3.7%
Native American ..... 1.0%
Other .... 2.6%
Now, the fatalities over the past three years in Iraqi Freedom are:
European descent (white) ..... 74.31%
Hispanic ..... 10.74%
African American ..... 9.67%
Asian ..... 1.81%
Native American ..... 1.09%
Other .... 2.33%
These statistics are published by DOD and may be viewed here
What the hell are you trying to do, inject facts into a purely emotional political struggle??
ReplyDeleteHow dare you!!
More troops were lost in inconsequential WWII and Korean War battles that no one remembers than we've lost in the entire GWT.
Stupid. You are comparing years of accidental, self-inflicted, and illness-related deaths to recent unprecedented hostile deaths, and then excluding that very same baseline data the comparison to itself. Comically grade-school Lame. (Source)
ReplyDelete"Stupid. You are comparing years of accidental, self-inflicted, and illness-related deaths to recent unprecedented hostile deaths, and then excluding that very same baseline data the comparison to itself. Comically grade-school Lame."
ReplyDeleteNo, dumb ass. Page 9 in the link makes it clear.
Obviously, you missed the point.
I get such a kick out of people like you who never quite seem to grasp the implication of statistics that don't fit into their particular worldview.
Where was all the hue and outrage from the babbling anti-war hypocrites over all these previous deaths?
Does the death of a service person somehow matter less because it didn't occur in combat, especially those combat deaths that are so helpful as propaganda to support a particularly dangerous political worldview?
Or is it just to much fun to exploit combat deaths for political fun and games?
You are embarrassing yourself. You compared total deaths (non-combat+combat) to combat only. Now, you can't admit your mistake and you seem foolish and stupid. Look, everyone. Look at dumb guy.
ReplyDeleteBubba, where is the list of the number of military service people maimed or wounded since 1980? I'd like to see those statistics as well, just you know, to see if they "fit into my world view" as it were.
ReplyDelete"You are embarrassing yourself. You compared total deaths (non-combat+combat) to combat only. Now, you can't admit your mistake and you seem foolish and stupid. Look, everyone. Look at dumb guy."
ReplyDelete(yawn)
Of course.
Whatever you say.
Attention to detail is not your strong pont, is it, little buddy?
"Bubba, where is the list of the number of military service people maimed or wounded since 1980? I'd like to see those statistics as well, just you know, to see if they "fit into my world view" as it were."
ReplyDeleteYou are missing the point, too.
Read the report.