Posted on 09/27/2005 9:00:54 AM PDT by Albion Wilde
The majority of soldiers and Marines killed or wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan were young, white, enlisted personnel from active-duty units, according to a study released Friday by the federal Government Accountability Office....[that] involved 1,841 service personnel who were killed and 12,658 who were wounded, as of May 28....Whites, who constitute 67% of the active-duty and reserve forces, accounted for 71% of the fatalities. African Americans are 17% of the overall force and were 9% of the fatalities. Hispanics are 9% of the force and were 10% of the fatalities....
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Especially since this is a volunteer force, it's worth noting that the numbers closely reflect the population as a whole. There is no significantly disproportionate enlistment or casualty rate.
The article continues to mention statistics for other wars, including Viet Nam, where 86 percent of fatalities were white.
THIS was in the LA Slimes???
Just damn.
Bummer. Those poor slobbering liberals that just need their LA Slimes anti-America fix in the morning, of all the liberal, whining slop about racism, and how the minorities are unfairly dying in the military....what a pathetic state of affairs.
The Left...the bane of America.
Charlie Rangel is deeply disappointed.
What's the Republican/Democrat ratio?
" blacks enlist and die disproportionately to whites "
This story PROVES that fact. Just not to their false premises (ie LIES).
It is a common misconception from the Vietnam conflict, originated, propagated and embraced by the Left. It fits their imaginary views of a classically Marxist race and class based victim mentality system. And that is how most of them view the military.
I maintain, and always have, that the military provides the most equal opportunity for people to excel. Granted, there is mediocrity everywhere, but if you have a drive to do well, you can achieve a lot in the military.
I have heard figures quoted that military votes tend to swing 81% Republican to 19% Other.
Given these numbers, I'm surprised the Democrats aren't calling for us to open as many fronts on the war as possible.
Damn! This is discrimination. Whites need more rights during wartime.
You're right. Get him on the phone!
The opening sentance itself is false:
"The majority of soldiers and Marines killed or wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan..."
Look over the list and you will find that many died in Kuwait, Germany, and other countries. You will also find that a large number (at one time 1/3 of all deaths) were accidental or from disease/health problems (including heart attack).
They died serving their country and died "deployed" on missions in Iraq in Afghanistan but they were not all "killed" (which is the word for murder/war/terrorism, deliberate acts).
The left likes dead numbers though.
The Lefties in the Los Angeles Hispanic "Community" continue to keep alive the misconception that Hispanics died in Vietnam way out of proportion to their representation in the population. The Left would like to start a similar urban legend for the Iraq War. As in Iraq, the facts of Vietnam prove otherwise. White enlistees, not draftees, did most of the fighting and dying in Vietnam. As they are doing in Iraq.
You'd think the way the Left hates us, they would shut up about the war, if we are just "killing our own."
DC Chapter and NC ping...
Republicans 100% - Democrats 0
Democrats don't defend their country, they just tear it down. Anyone noitce International Answer at the anti-war rally this past weekend. I heard Fox report that they don't believe in private property ownership. Isn't that kind of a commie principal? Seeing those irresponsible un-Americans at that protest, rallying to support the insurgency, and rallying to undermine the safety of our troops in harms way is an insult, an outrage and a disgrace to the sacrifices of past generations of Americans who gave their all to make America a responsible bastion of freedom and integrity.
LOL! Unofficial sources say 97% - R; 2% - Ind; 1% unregistered. (/sarcasm)
Well if enough of us die, then we won't be able to become first responders to disasters and disrepect Black victims of them.
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