Military Death Rates - Clinton vs. Bush
I heard this on Rush yesterday and feel compelled to post on it. According to this DOD report, the death rates of military personnel were not much different in the first few years of Clinton's administration compared to Bush's first few years with a war.
In fact, we have lost a little over 3000 of our military in the last four years fighting in Iraq which is about 750 per year. During Clinton's first four years in office, the military lost over 4000 or 1000 per year. From 1980 to 2004, it looks like we lost approx 1000 a year on average. The numbers went down during the last years of Clinton but that is due to his significant cuts in the military.
This goes to show how ridiculous the daily MSM military death count is. It is so out of proportion to reality and exposes their anti-war, pacifist agenda.
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1 year and 6 months ago
Nice for Rush to compare apples to oranges. The CLinton rates were for non-combat related deaths. The Bush rates are ONLY for combate related deaths. They don't take into account non-combat related deaths. Do some research before you spout that Rush is right. He is typically wrong.
9 months and 23 days ago
Yeah, you're right Anonymous.
Let's see how 2007 and 2008 pan out. Then, the despicable people who reduce soldier's deaths to mere statistics and numbers in order to win more votes (*cough* Republican Party *cough*) can make a better comparison between the Bush and Clinton administrations.
For the sake of our troops, I hope they can remain safe and have a merry x-mas and happy new year despite the fact some of them are fearing for their lives and away from their loved ones in a hostile, foreign country like Iraq.
9 months and 7 days ago
I just read that *official* DOD report on military death. Those numbers clearly show that military deaths were higher for virtually every year of the Bush presidency. Deaths decreased dramatically over Clinton's tenure then slighty increased at the outset of Bush's presidency. This is an overall trend in reduction of accidents that began at the end of Bush 41's term. Then, as the wars began, overall military deaths DOUBLED under Bush 43. If Rush had finished college, he would've been better at math.
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