More troops died under Clinton than GWB. Yet one is honored and gets BJs from hottie-admirers, while the other is ridiculed…
The annual fatalities of military members while actively serving in the armed forces from 1980 through 2006:
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)
Clinton years (1993-2000): 14,000 deaths
George W years (2001-2006): 7,932 deaths
The statistics also don’t bear out that minorities bear the brunt of all this. Compare the census with the deaths:
European descent …69.12%
Hispanic … … 12.5%
Black … …12. 3%
Asian … … 3.7%
Native American . 1.0%
Other … …2.6%
Now… here are the fatalities by Race; over the past three years in
Iraqi Freedom:
European descent (white) 74.31%
Hispanic … … 10.74%
Black … … . 9.67%
Asian … … … 1.81%
Native American … … 1.09%
Other … … … 0.33%
(These statistics are published by Congressional Research Service,
and they may be confirmed by anyone at: Congressional Research Service Reports natsec/RL32492.pdf )