 merrie says: What has not been widely publicized is that this higher suicide rate is still not as high as the suicide rate among demographically comparable civilians. But the media have managed to create the impression that it is military service overseas which is the cause of suicides among American troops, when civilians of the same ages and other demographic characteristics are committing suicide at an even higher rate at home. Moreover, this is not the first time that military service overseas has been portrayed in the media as the cause of problems that are worse in the civilian population at home. The New York Times led the way in making homicides committed by returning military veterans a front-page story, blaming this on “combat trauma and the stress of deployment.” Yet the New York Post showed that the homicide rate among returning veterans is a fraction of the homicide rate among demographically comparable civilians. Does Sen. Obama know how the rate of suicides or homicides among military veterans compares to the rate of suicides or homicides among their civilian counterparts? Do the facts matter to him, as compared to an opportunity to score political points? Perhaps even more important, do the media even care if Sen. Obama knows what he is talking about? Or is the symbolism of “the first black president” paramount, even if that means a president with cocky ignorance at a time of national danger? The media have been crucial to Barack Obama’s whole candidacy. His only achievements of national significance in his entire career have been media achievements and rhetorical achievements. Perhaps his great... I love Thomas Sowell. Thanks for posting the whole thing. I love Thomas Sowell. Thanks for posting the whole thing.I love him, too. He'd be an excellent president with Mark Steyn as Secretary of State.  |
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