(cross-posted from IMAO)

Known for his sharp rhetoric opposing the War in Iraq during his brief run for President, the Reverend Al Sharpton has now come around to giving the War effort his full support.

"While blacks make up over 20% of the US Military, they comprise less than 12% of the casualties," said Sharpton, "If there's a downside to this, I'm just not seein' it."

"Heh. Crackas be droppin' like flies!"

Former Ku Klux Klansman and current West Virginia Senator Robert C. Byrd also voiced tentative approval of the war upon reviewing the statistics.

"Although it pains me some to see good White men dying for Bush's illegal war for oil," observed Byrd, "I comfort myself with the notion that the ones doing the dying had voluteered to serve in a mixed-race Service. Me, I'd rather die a thousand times than fight under Old Glory with a Negro by my side."

"It's God's justice", he concluded.

President George W. Bush - speaking at a press conference earlier today - expressed disappointment at the news, but hoped that a solution could be found.

"It seems that "Operation Get Behind the Darkies" has been a miserable failure," said Bush. "I'll be meeting with the Joint Chiefs later this week to discuss ways of increasing minority casualties. I don't want the US Armed Forces to be accused of violating Affirmative Actions laws by allowing African-Americans to be under-represented in this vital category."

[Hat tip to Mean Mr. Mustard for the link to the stats]

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