Military Casualties – Who is really the Warmonger?
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 2,392 (Carter)
1981 2,380 (Reagan)
1984 1,999 (Reagan)
1988 1,819 (Reagan)
1989 1,636 (George H W)
1990 1,507 (George H W)
1991 1,787 (George H W)
1992 1,293 (George H W)
1993 1,213 (Clinton)
1994 1,075 (Clinton)
1995 1,040 (Clinton)
1996 974 (Clinton)
1997 817 (Clinton)
1998 827 (Clinton)
1999 796 (Clinton)
2000 758 (Clinton)
2001 891 (George W)
2002 999 (George W)
2003 1,410 (George W)
2004 1,873 (George W)
2005 1,941 (George W)
2006 1,875 (George W)
Clinton years (1993-2000): 7,500 deaths
George W years (2001-2006): 8,989 deaths
Are you surprised when you look at these figures? The media will have you believe that there is much more military death in the Bush administration than during Clinton ’s presidency. Why were the death tolls so high during Clinton’s administration when America wasn’t even involved in a war–unless you include Bosnia and Mogadishu, Somalia. (Remember ”Blackhawk Down”?) Even more surprising is that in 1980, during Carter’s presidency, there were 2,392 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 balance 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, during the time between now and November, 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 here
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Like Rick, I’m probably going to re-post as well, if that’s ok with you. I had no idea and am shocked. Thank you for sharing this info.
Military Casualties – Who is really the Warmonger?…
Re-posting with permission from TheBisch.com
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 s…
Yep, you’re right… I didn’t check all the numbers, just the first few years to make sure it wasn’t a fake. I got the information in an email from what I thought was a reliable source. I have gone back and updated my post. The numbers now are ummm.. right. Still interesting though.
I wonder though, why are you hiding? Are you not man enough (or woman enough) to post your real information?
Right, so three things here.
1. Thanks for fixing the numbers, instead of, say, deleting my post. That (and I mean this without sarcasm) was generous, particularly as I am posting relatively anonymously.
2. As for posting anonymously… well, I don’t know. Doesn’t seem like a big deal. What’s the difference if you know my blog address or even my name? We still don’t know each other and will most likely never meet. Plus I’m usually kinder with my comments than “umm wrong” which was rather snarky and maybe even mean, so I think I’ll stick to disassociating these comments from my internet persona.
3. Back to the original point of your post, which was, I believe from the title, “Who is really the Warmonger?”:
It seems to me that a more accurate measure of Warmongering would be total combat deaths, not total deaths (the vast majority of which are, particularly in peacetime, “accident”). I suggest combining the totals for “hostile action” and “terrorist attack” to give you combat deaths. Using that metric the numbers are:
1993-2000: 76
2001-2006: 2733
I think those numbers speak for themselves and “Who is really the Warmonger?” should be clear. (Which, obviously, does not prove that said Warmonger was wrong to Mong a War).
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Hope intelligent Americans can decipher? Most American’s dont care!! Apathy is the church that most people sit in every day at this point while they are spoon fed what the main stream media (MSM) shovels into them.
If it comes down to people doing their own research, forget about the majority of American’s figuring anything out.
If you dont mind, Im going to reference your post on my blog….