Even though they make up only 6.9% of the total armed forces, teenage soldiers account for 46.1% of deaths in Iraq.
Boys do not graduate from high school and then choose to go off to war and fight for the freedoms of their country. They join for college money and hope they never get called into action. These boys are not heroes. They are victims of the US government.
Rumsfeld is feeding his inexperienced, "expendable" soldiers to the lions... and what were these KIDS marched to their deaths for again?
This is based on the first 2,000 US casualties.
source:
http://www.militarycity.com/2000casualties/