National Guard risk in Iraq: "EXAGGERATED!" - "REMARKABLY LOW!"

[Bluebear]

As you can see by reading paragraph 4, driving a CAR is more risky than serving in Iraq! I am SO relieved, I am going to phone ALL my young friends and relatives and INSIST they stop driving and instead serve in Iraq! :sarcasm:


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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050712/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/national_guard_2&printer=1

The risk to National Guard soldiers of getting killed or wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan has been exaggerated, making recruiting more difficult, the general in charge of all National Guard forces said Tuesday.

Lt. Gen. Steven Blum told a group of defense reporters that more than 250,000 National Guard soldiers and airmen have been mobilized for active duty since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and 262 of them have been killed.

"It is dangerous, but it is — I shouldn't say it to this group but I'm going to — it is misrepresented, how dangerous it really is," he said.

The casualty rate for Guardsmen is "remarkably low," compared with any previous armed conflict, Blum said, adding that he recognizes that every individual loss is a tragedy for that person's family. "But I lose, unfortunately, more people through private automobile accidents and motorcycle accidents over the same period of time," he added.

[wakeme2008]

1. He got his talking points from Delay Just Like Houston... Safe...

:grr:

[tk2kewl]

2. more than 1 in 1000 killed

thoese are good odds?