Memorial Day Samoans KIA from the Global War on Terror. Including One Kiwi Digger. By Tim Tufuga 30th May, 2016

Samoan Patriots facebook.

May 30th, 2016 marks Memorial Day in the USA. In the recent Global war on terror 23 Samoans were killed in action in Afghanistan and Iraq.

SSG Tiai (KIA) from the 100Bn, 442nd US Army. "Go for Broke".(Source: Lafaele Fa'atamali'i facebook)

Herein, are their names and dates in which they were killed in action. The highest ranked Killed in action Samoan military casualty was Lt. Colonel Max Galeai from the 2nd Bn, 3rd Marines, from the 3rd Marines Division, Hawaii. Whom was killed by a suicide bomber.

Source: Samoan Patriots facebook

1st Lt. Jason Togi was not added on this list as he was KIA in 2013, bringing up this tally to 23 KIA.
1st Lt Jason Togi. Source: Military Times.

Only one Soldier Pvt Kirifi Mila was a Samoan killed in Afghanistan whilst serving in the New Zealand Army within the Infantry Corp.

Pvt. Kirifi Mila RNZIF.


Over 2,000 Samoans served in the Global War on Terror. 2,000 Samoan military servicemen who had seen action in the global war on terror, out of a global population of less than 500,000 Samoans, this represents the largest percentage of military servicemen per head of population who have served in the global war on terror compared to any other race on the planet.
Of this 2,000 Samoans 23 were KIA making the Samoans as having the highest casualty rate of any race in the recent global war on terror.

Tim Tufuga
30th May, 2016.

Source:

1. Military Times. http://thefallen.militarytimes.com/army-1st-lt-jason-togi/6568500

2. Samoan Patriots, https://www.facebook.com/SamoanPatriot/?fref=ts

3. Military Times. http://thefallen.origin-domain.sightlmg.com/marine-lt-col-max-a-galeai/3608696

4 lions Full Movie: Understanding homegrown radicalisation. By Tim Tufuga

https://youtu.be/xtQMzUTB3iI (copy and paste)

In this black humour satire of what would otherwise be best described as an ordinary project-dwelling Boofheads, would seek a religious higher calling, through Jihadism. Although, this appears to be extreme black humour it does illustrate the seemingly atypical racial profile of the purported foreign source of radicalised Jihadism violence, purportedly sourced from an influx of foreign fighters into Western societies. Although, this movie was released as far back as 2010, the recent Boston Marathon, the Paris and Brussels, attacks seem to have drawn relevant comparisons to the British Black comedy movie and may even be considered as prophetic.

Understanding radicalisation of the culturally and ethnically estranged minorities, as in this instance, Middle Eastern, African and Indian minorities, within European and most Western Societies. The reverse would be countered and exacerbated by the ultra-reactionary Nationalist movements and political organisations from the mainstream societies. In short, the crux would be the dichotomised and often adversarial relationship between Multiculturalism and Assimilationist homogenisation elements from the mainstream of society.

In the New World, such as the Americas, and South Pacific (Oceania) outside of this Eurocentric problem, in the Americas and Oceania, the indigenous cultures are clearly marginalised by the majority colonialization cultures, including the power sapping influences from the pluralistic pursuit for limited power resources from multicultural groups, and subsequently, the First Nations peoples from the Americas and the South Pacific, would represent the third dimension in the three tiered sources of social anxieties within most Western cultures today.

In the meantime, in the Four Lions movie, above we see a caricature example of localised British Boofhead locals suddenly radicalised by a nascent religious epiphany which would manifest their pepped up subcultural oppressed rage and would feel compelled to put into action, in violence, this rage.

Tim Tufuga
10th May, 2016.

Source:

Four Lions, 2010, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Lions