Military Losses, 1980-2007

Military Losses, 1980-2007



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 1,508 (George H W)
1991 1,787 (George H W)
1992 1,293 (George H W)
1993 1,213 (Clinton)
1994 1,075 (Clinton)
1995 2,465 (Clinton)
1996 2,318 (Clinton)
1997 817 (Clinton)
1998 2,252 (Clinton)
1999 1,984 (Clinton)
2000 1,983 (Clinton)
2001 890 (George W)
2002 1,007 (George W)
2003 1,410 (George W)
2004 1,887 (George W)
2005 919 (George W)
2006 920 (George W)
2007 899 (George W)

GHW Bush Years (1989-1992): 6,224 deaths

Clinton years (1993-2000): 14,107 deaths
George W years (2001-2007): 7,932 deaths

These figures indicate the loss from the two latest Middle East conflicts are less than the loss of military personnel during Clinton's presidency when America wasn't even involved in a war--unless you include Bosnia and Mogadishu, Somalia.



Many members of our media and politicians pick and choose the information on which they report.

They present only those "facts" that support their agenda.

The latest census of Americans shows the following distribution of 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

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 Iraq.

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

These statistics came from the Congressional Research Service and may be confirmed at: www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdf

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