I was inspired to write this article after a friend of mine shared the photo above on his Facebook page. At that time, there were lots of anti-white sentiments due to the brutal murder of an African-American, George Floyd, by a white police officer. When my friend shared the post, I responded in the comments:
1 million white men died to free black slaves in the American civil war. In 1983, 19 white marines died to save black people from black people in Grenada. And I could go on and on. Don’t judge an entire race based on the actions of a few people.
But this conversation brought to mind another fact: colored people hardly take up frontline positions in the US military. This is reflected in the fact that over 70% of the fallen heroes in the US military are whites. Only about 12 percent are blacks, and the remaining 18% are Hispanics, Asians and other minority groups.
This is something I have been aware of for a long time. In fact, around the year 2007, a woman of Middle Eastern/East Indian descent came to me in a depressed state. She related that she was worried that her husband, who was of the same ethnicity, was serving in the United States in the war in Iraq. Her friend, standing next to her, told her not to worry because “God is good.”
I agreed that God is good, but I explained to the woman that there was another reason she should not be worried: the US military generally doesn’t send colored soldiers to the front lines, and therefore, her husband was very unlikely to be killed in that war. I told her, “just look at the list of fallen heroes in the war so far and you’ll see what I’m talking about.” As I predicted, her husband, by the grace of God of course, returned home safely.
Many people are not aware of this, but whites make up over 90% of front line combatants.The question as to why America doesn’t send colored people to the front line of battle is a controversial one. But it is also a question the answer to which I do not know and can only speculate. I have not spoken to any top level US military or government personnel on this topic, and what I write as regards to why the US military doesn’t send colored people to the front line is purely my opinion.
We can start by looking at the fall of the Roman Empire. One US historian whom I spoke to in the past said that part of the reason the Roman Empire was conquered was due to the fact they sent soldiers to fight from nations which they had conquered. These soldiers were not as good at combat as the Romans. Further, they were not as loyal to the Roman Empire as the original Romans. Neither did they have the determination of the Romans to protect the Romain Empire. In this sense, these “non-Roman” fighters may have “sold out” the Roman Empire during battle.
Those responsible for forming an army understand these principles, and this is probably why the US military mostly send whites, or the “power that be,” to the front lines. But there is another reason. The white race is better at warfare and handling advanced weaponry than any other race. In all the major wars of the last century, the white race was forefront.
Although we are by no means downplaying the roles and sacrifices of the thousands and thousands of black, Hispanic and other races in the US military, there seems to be general understanding high up in the command hierarchy that whites are better in combat than other races.
In the glorified tragedy called war, being “privileged” to occupy frontine positions may seem like a good thing at the surface, but it isn’t when you count the human cost of the war. How many vets have not been abandoned by the government after military service, and how many returning from combat have not committed suicide from PTSD? Most of these were whites. We can only pray for the day when all wars will cease on the earth. But will that ever happen?
Related: The Human Cost of War.
Also Related: War: A Glorified Tragedy