I know this is not a typical Smokedot post.  This doesn't really have anything to do with Marijuana but I figured since I just received these statistics I would share them with you.  This is not something that the Media will let anyone know about.  If anyone knows about the way the Media bends things to benefit themselves it is those that are against Prohibition of Marijuana.

These Statistics are from a reliable source, although losing any young healthy life is horrible is the war really increasing the amount of deaths:

 Deaths in the Military
   1980 .......... 2,392
   1981 .......... 2,380
   1982 .......... 2,318
   1983 .......... 2,465
   1984 .......... 1,999
   1985 .......... 2,252
   1986 .......... 1,984
   19 87 ........... 1,983
   1988 .......... 1,819
   1989 .......... 1,636
   1990 .......... 1,508
   1991 .......... 1,787
   1992 .......... 1,293
   1993 .......... 1,213
   1994 .......... 1,075
   1995 .......... 1,040
   1996 .............974
   1997 .............817
   1998 .............826
   1999 .............795
   2000 .............774
   2001 ..... . .......890
   2002 .......... 1,007
   2003 .......... 1,410 [534*]
   2004 .......... 1,887 [900*]
   2005 ........... [919*]
   2006 ........... [920*]
 
Figures so noted with an asterisk (*) indicates deaths as a result of Operation Iraqi Freedom and 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. What this clearly indicates is that our media and our liberal politicians pick and choose and tend to present only those facts that support their agenda driven reporting.

 Another fact our left media and politicians like to slant is that these brave men and women losing their lives are minorities.
 
Wrong again! The latest census shows the following:
 
  European descent (white) ... 69.12%
  Hispanic .... 12.5%
  African American ..... 12.3%
  Asian .... 3.7%
  Native American .... 1.0%
  Other ..... 2.6%
 
  The fatalities over the past three years in Iraqi Freedom are:
 
  European descent (white) ....74.31%
  Hispanic.....10.74%
  African American ... 9.67%
  Asian ..... 1.81%
  Native American ....1.09%
  Other .... 2.33%

Statistics have been taken from http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdf