Facts to consider - Who is misleading who?

These are some rather eye-opening facts: 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 over 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: Annual fatalities of military members while actively serving in the armed forces from 1980 through 2006:

1980 ........ 2,392
1981 .......... 2,380
1984 ........ 1,999
1988 ........ 1,819
1989 ........ 1,636
1990 ....... 1,508
1991 ........ 1,787
1992 ........ 1,293
1993 ........ 1,213
1994 ........ 1,075
1995 ........ 2,465
1996 ....... 2,318
1997 ........ 817
1998 .......... 2,252
1999 ........ 1,984
2000 ........ 1,983
2001 ........ 890
2002 ........... 1,007
2003 ........ 1,410
2004 ........ 1,887
2005 ........... 919
2006......... 920

If you are confused when you look at these figures...so was I.Do these figures mean that the loss from the two latest conflicts in the Middle East are LESS than the loss of military personnel during Mr. Clinton's presidency, when America wasn't even involved in a war? And, I was even more confused when I read that in 1980, during the reign of President (Nobel Peace Prize winner) Jimmy Carter, there were 2,392 US military fatalities!

These figures indicate that many of our Media & Politicians will pick and choose. They present only those "facts" which support their agenda-driven reporting.

Our "Mainstream" Print and TV media, and many politicians like to slant that these brave men and women, who are losing their lives in Iraq, are mostly minorities! Wrong (again)...just another media lie.The latest census show the following distribution by race.

European descent (white)........69.12%
Hispanic ................................... 12.5%
Black......................................... 12.3%
Asian ......................................... 3.7%
NativeAmerican ....................... 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 ................................. .33%

You do the Math! These figures don't lie... but, Media-liars figure...and they sway public opinion!

(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 ) Now ask yourself these two questions:

1. Why does the mainstream Print and TV Media
never print these statistics?

2. Why do we have to find out this information on
the web?