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Below is some very interesting data reference deaths in the military.
I guarantee you will not read this in your local newspaper nor will you
see it on the daily news broadcast. I pray this will you to enlighten folks
around you to the brave and courageous young people serving in our military.

Deaths in the Military

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
1999 .......... 795
2000 ......... 774
2001 ...... .... 890
2002 .......... 1007
2003 ......... 1,410 [534*]
2004 .......... 1,887 [900*]
2005 ......... [919*]
2006 ......... [920*]

Figures so noted with an asterisk (*) indicates deaths as a result of
Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

You may initially feel confused when you look at these figures
—especially
when you see that in 1980, during the term of President Jimmy Carter,
there
were 2,392 US military fatalities. What this clearly indicates is that
our
media and our liberal politicians pick and choose and 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%
Asia n ..... 3.7%
Native American .... 1.0%
Other ..... 2.6%

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 at:

HYPERLINK

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdf