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2006/3/28

By the Numbers

@ 04:46 PM (29 months, 13 days ago)

Saw this over at Joe Gringo's...thought it could help to kick some of our MSM buddies under the bus again or send them to rehab?

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c358/elmersbrother1203/bus_accident.jpg

While every lost serviceman and servicewoman is certainly tragic and should be mourned, the actual statistics tell quite a different tale from the MSM and Democratic doom-and-gloom outlook. Comparing the numbers of lost US military personnel to past years, and past presidential terms, may even be a shock to supporters of the war.
Take a look at the actual US Military Casualty figures since 1980. If you do the math, you wil find quite a few surpises. First of all, let's compare numbers of US Military personnel that died during the first term of the last four presidents.

George W. Bush . . . . . 5187 (2001-2004)
Bill Clinton . . . . . . . . . 4302 (1993-1996)
George H.W. Bush . . . . 6223 (1989-1992)
Ronald Reagan . . . . . . 9163 (1981-1984)

there's more at Joe's. Read on

Comment(s) »

  1. Wow. That's news to me. Why didn't I read that in the New York Times? Did I miss it?

    Comment by A Conservative Realist— 2006/03/29 @ 03:25 PM — (Reply)

  2. You've got to look really hard. It's on page E9, under the 67th paragraph in fine print.

    Comment by Brooke— 2006/03/29 @ 03:38 PM — (Reply)

  3. Did you notice that Clinton's second term is not included. I wonder why? (khobar, uss cole etc)

    Comment by Elmers Brother— 2006/04/03 @ 01:42 PM — (Reply)

  4. Of course Clinton's second term isn't listed. The taint would ooze onto the power beyond the throne. Why would the media want THAT?

    Comment by A Conservative Realist— 2006/04/03 @ 02:10 PM — (Reply)

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