[THEFERMANATOR]

Military Losses, 1980 thru 2007

Whatever your politics, however you lean, and however you feel about thecurrent administration, this report should open some eyes.

As tragic as the loss of any member of the US Armed Forces is, considerthe following statistics: The annual fatalities of military members whileactively serving in the armed forces from 1980 through 2006 - by any cause.

1980 .......... 2,392 (Carter Year)
1981 .......... 2,380 (Reagan Year)
1984 .......... 1,999 (Reagan Year)
1988 .......... 1,819 (Reagan Year)
1989 .......... 1,636 (George H W Year)
1990 .......... 1,508 (George H W Year)
1991 .......... 1,787 (George H W Year)
1992 .......... 1,293 (George H W Year)
1993 .......... 1,213 ( Clinton Year)
1994 .......... 1,075 ( Clinton Year)
1995 .......... 2,465 ( Clinton Year)
1996 .......... 2,318 ( Clinton Year)
1997 .......... 817 ( Clinton Year)
1998 .......... 2,252 ( Clinton Year)
1999 .......... 1,984 ( Clinton Year)
2000 ...........1,983 ( Clinton Year)
2001 ............. 890(George W Year)
2002 .......... 1,007 (George W Year)
2003 .......... 1,410 (George W Year)
2004 .......... 1,887 (George W Year)
2005 ............. 919 (George W Year)
2006.............. 920 (George W Year)
2007............. 899 ( George W Year )< /FONT>

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

If you are surprised when you look at these figures, so was I. Thesefigures mean that the loss from the two latest conflicts in the Middle East areLESS than the loss of military personnel during Bill Clinton 's presidency;when America wasn't even involved in a war! (Unless you include Bosnia or the disgrace ofMogadishu, Somalia when Clinton failed to respond to terrorists. Remember 'Blackhawk Down'?)

And, I was even more shocked when I read that in 1980, during the reignof President (Nobel Peace Prize winner) Jimmy Carter , there were 2,392 USmilitary fatalities! From what? How?

I think that these figures indicate that many members of our Media and our politicianswill pick and choose the information on which they report. Of course we all know thatthey present only those 'facts' which support their agenda-driven reporting. But whydo so many of them march in lock-step to twist the truth? Where do so many of them gettheir agenda? Obviously there is one shared agenda. Could it be from the most powerfulDemocratic family of the decade?

Do you want further proof? Consider the latest census of Americans. Itshows the following FACTS about the distribution of American citizens,by race:

European descent .......................69.12%
Hispanic......................................12.5 %
Black .................... .....................12.3%
Asian........................................... 3.7%
Native American............................1.0%
Other............................................2 .6%

Many media lead us to feel the military death ratio is off balanced compared to thedistribution by race in America . Here are the fatalities by RACE over the past threeyears in Iraqi Freedom. Do the comparison yourself.

European descent (white) .........74.31%
Hispanic...................................10.74%
Black ........................................9.67%
Asian....................................... 1.81%
Native American....................... 1.09%
Other....................................... 0.33%

I was surprised again. Our mainstream media continues to spin these figures(for political gain). Nothing more. It's all about politics.

I hope that du ring the time between now and November, intelligentAmericans can decipher:
the facts from the spin,
the spinners from the leaders,
those who seek even more power from those that seek justice,
and the dividers from the uniters.

Over the next months let's be good listeners and see and hear who tries to divideour nation; and who wants to unite our nation. Who wants to control how our moneyis spent and who wants our money spent the way we would spend it. Who seeks
power and who seeks justice? Who spins the facts and who is genuine.



(These statistics are published by Congressional Research Service, andthey may be confirmed by anyone at:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdf)

'History does not entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid .' -
Dwight D. Eisenhower