Nbadan
02-27-2005, 04:33 PM
Hispanic Texans are dying in Iraq at a rate more than 60 percent higher than the rate for the nation's military-age population as a whole, according to an Austin American-Statesman review of war fatalities.
In a separate study, a University of California professor has found that during the first six weeks of the war, 16.5 percent of troops killed were Latinos, although Latinos made up only 11.2 percent of the combat troops.
More than 1,470 troops have lost their lives since U.S. forces invaded Iraq.
With the invasion approaching its second anniversary next month, the uneven distribution of fatalities is forcing the military and the nation to confront questions about exactly who dies for their country when the United States goes to war.
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Texas is home to 19 percent of the nation's Latinos of military age. Yet 32 percent of the Hispanic service members killed in Iraq as of Feb. 19 came from Texas, according to the American-Statesman's review by statistician Robert Cushing.
Put another way, Hispanic Texans have died at the rate of 15.6 for every million Hispanic men and women of military age in the state. The comparable rate for the nation is 9.7 deaths per million.
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"I worry about the fact that the top strata of our society don't send their sons and daughters into the military, because they're the people who decide when to go to war," Segal said.
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Austin American Statesman (http://www.statesman.com/metrostate/content/metro/stories/02/27wardead.html)
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This figure doesn't even count the (100's?) Mexicans who have died fighting in Iraq for you, who never had the chance to become American citizens.
In a separate study, a University of California professor has found that during the first six weeks of the war, 16.5 percent of troops killed were Latinos, although Latinos made up only 11.2 percent of the combat troops.
More than 1,470 troops have lost their lives since U.S. forces invaded Iraq.
With the invasion approaching its second anniversary next month, the uneven distribution of fatalities is forcing the military and the nation to confront questions about exactly who dies for their country when the United States goes to war.
*sic*
Texas is home to 19 percent of the nation's Latinos of military age. Yet 32 percent of the Hispanic service members killed in Iraq as of Feb. 19 came from Texas, according to the American-Statesman's review by statistician Robert Cushing.
Put another way, Hispanic Texans have died at the rate of 15.6 for every million Hispanic men and women of military age in the state. The comparable rate for the nation is 9.7 deaths per million.
(snip)
"I worry about the fact that the top strata of our society don't send their sons and daughters into the military, because they're the people who decide when to go to war," Segal said.
(snip)
Austin American Statesman (http://www.statesman.com/metrostate/content/metro/stories/02/27wardead.html)
http://www.vivabush.com/vivabushheader1.jpg
This figure doesn't even count the (100's?) Mexicans who have died fighting in Iraq for you, who never had the chance to become American citizens.