The Truth About War

These statistics are published by Congressional Research Service, and they may be confirmed by anyone at: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdf

US losses in Military History

War Total US deaths

Revolutionary War ------- 4,435

War of 1812 -------------------- 2,260

Mexican War -------------------13,283

Civil War ------------------------364,511

Spanish-American War ---------2,446

World War I ----------------116,516

World War II -----------------566, 405

Korean War ------------------ 36,574

Vietnam Conflict -----------------58,209

Persian Gulf War 91-91 ----------- 382

Iraq War --------------------- - 2,932 UK losses are 174

Since the start of the war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan, the sacrifice has been enormous. In the time period from the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 through now, we have lost almost 3000 military personnel to enemy action and accidents.

As tragic as the loss of any member of the US Armed Forces is, consider the following statistics: The annual fatalities of military members while actively serving in the armed forces from 1980 through 2006:

US Military losses for last 20 years

1980 .......... 2,392 - President Carter

1981 ......... 2,380 - First President Bush 1989 to 1993

1984 .......... 1,999

1988 .......... 1,819

1989 .......... 1,636

1990 ......... 1,508

1991 .......... 1,787

1992 .......... 1,293_____________________________

1993 .......... 1,213 Clinton served 1993-2001

1994 .......... 1,075

1995 ...........2,465

1996 ......... 2,318 President Clinton 8 years 13,417 deaths

1997 .......... 817

1998 ......... 2,252

1999 ......... 1,984 -------------------------------------------------

2000 ..........1,983

2001 .......... 890

2002 ..........1,007 - President Bush’s years @ 9,917 deaths

2003 .......... 1,410

2004 .......... 1,887

2005 ........ 919

2006.......... 920

2007……… 901 deaths in Iraq only

There were 2,923 total deaths equated to the military action in Iraq from 2003 to Dec. 31, 2007 and 408 total US Deaths in Afghanistan

About 20,000 people have drowned in the US since war began yet drownings are seldom reported.

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During the reign of President (Nobel Peace Prize) Jimmy Carter, there were 2,392 - US military fatalities! These figures indicate that the media and liberal politicians present only those "facts" which support their agenda-driven reporting.

Examine the fatalities by Race; over the past three years in the Iraqi Freedom military action:

European descent (white) .....74.31%

Hispanic ............................. 10.74%

Black ................................... 9.67%

Asian ................................. 1.81%

Native American .................... 1.09%

Other .................................... .33%

These statistics are published by Congressional Research Service, and they may be confirmed by anyone at: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdf