You comment about 2 out of 25 led me to believe it was a rhetorical question: What % of Americans actually serve?
2 of 25 is so low, and 0 of 6 is so low.
It is an indictment of America that they will allow others to sacrifice blood for them without a strong push for their own to share in the labor of freedom.
The nation is not worthy of the sacrifice of the few dedicated ones.
And The First Exit Polls in Michigan Say...
I’m surprised no one else has put this up yet. I’m hearing the first round of exit polls have Romney 35, McCain 29, Huckabee 15, Ron Paul 10, Giuliani 4. This doesn’t count absentee ballots.
If this holds, the networks will be able to announce shortly after 9 p.m. eastern time...
Of course, all the standard disclaimers apply, and the later voters may differ from the early rounds, and the polls are still open, so if you’re a Michigander, go out and vote for your favorite.
Here are some stats from Wikipedia regarding availability of manpower
Military age 17-45 years old
Available for military service 67,742,879 males, age 18-49 (2005 est.),
67,070,144 females, age 18-49 (2005 est.)
Fit for military service 54,609,050 males, age 18-49 (2005 est.),
54,696,706 females, age 18-49 (2005 est.)
Reaching military age annually 2,143,873 males (2005 est.),
2,036,201 females (2005 est.)
Active personnel 1,426,713
Reserve personnel 1,458,500
“You comment about 2 out of 25 led me to believe it was a rhetorical question: What % of Americans actually serve?”
as of April 2007 .96% out of ~ 300,000,000 US Population was serving in the military...That is less than 1% of our population and it also includes foreigners serving in the military..
In WWII with a population of around 150M almost 16 million served and that was over 10% or our population..
Source: Wikipedia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_the_United_States
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_Americans_fought_in_World_War_2
'Twas ever thus.