Despite the liberal squawking, military deaths are no more than Clinton and Carter presidencies
The next time some liberal douche bag goes on about all the deaths in Iraq from the war, whip out the following figures. He won’t know what to say.
MILITARY DEATHS SINCE 1980
1980 ………. 2,392
1981 ………. 2,380
1982 ………. 2,319
1983 ……… .2,465
1984 ………..1,999
1985 ………. 2,252
1986 ………. 1,984
1987 ………. 1,983
1988 ………. 1,819
1989 ………. 1,636
1990 ………. 1,507
1991 ………. 1,787
1992 ……… . .1,293
1993 ………. 1,213
1994 ………. 1,075
1995 ………. 1,040
1996 ……….. 974
1997 …………. 817
1998 …………. 827
1999 …………. 796
2000 ………….758
2001 …………. 891
2002 ………. 999
2003 ………. 1,228 [534*]
2004 ………. 1,874 [900*]
2005 ……… 1,942 [919*]
2006 ……… 1,858 [920*]
Figures noted with an asterisk (*) indicates deaths as a result of Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
Please note that more military people died in Bill Clinton’s terms of office due to accidents and Somalia than have died in Operation Iraqi Freedom/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.
Reviewing the figures, one can see that the number of accidental deaths between 2003 and 2006 in the military are nearly double that of combat deaths. That’s typical, and legitimate. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan just aren’t as intense as some of our previous wars. Plus, life-saving measures are far superior to even more recent conflicts, like Operation Desert Storm.
What one is likely to hear from liberals when presented with these figures, is the number of wounded personnel that didn’t die. It’s a nice try, but how many military personnel have been injured in accidents in all those previous years that aren’t reported here? Thousands? Hundreds of thousands? I don’t have those figures, but since privately-owned vehicle (POV) accidents are generally the number one killer of Army soldiers, I’m guessing it’s a huge number.
The point is, despite all the crowing about how horrific the military deaths are (and they are), and the war isn’t worth it - the numbers aren’t out of line with many previous periods in history. Periods like the Clinton presidency, when there were few combat operations, and even the Carter presidency when the only real attempt at military action was a failed attempt to rescue hostages.
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