"For the Union Dead"
Today is Saturday, 23 September 2006.
This just in from AP: as of Friday, 2,974 service members dead in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Compared to 2,973 on 9-ll.
During World War Two, 26% of the combat dead were from the poorest 25% of the American population.
In Iraq, 34% of the combat dead were from the poorest 25% of the American population.
[Source: “Iraq and Inequality”, by Douglas L. Kiner and Francis X. Shen.]
Commentary on this to come.
This just in from AP: as of Friday, 2,974 service members dead in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Compared to 2,973 on 9-ll.
During World War Two, 26% of the combat dead were from the poorest 25% of the American population.
In Iraq, 34% of the combat dead were from the poorest 25% of the American population.
[Source: “Iraq and Inequality”, by Douglas L. Kiner and Francis X. Shen.]
Commentary on this to come.
posted by HH at 7:48 AM
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