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Countdown To The Draft: 5 Units of Military Reserve Miss Recruiting Goals

The New York Times today reports that 5 Units of Military Reserve may miss their recruiting goals. I wonder why that could be? Could it have anything to do with the extended duty the reserve is seeing? Could it be that there just aren't enough Americans willing to die for Bush's fucked up crusades?

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 - In a sign of continued stress on the armed forces from operations in Iraq, five of the six military reserve components have failed to meet their recruiting goals for the first four months of the current fiscal year, the military's top officer said on Wednesday.

The officer, Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the House Armed Services Committee that only the Marine Corps Reserve had achieved its recruiting quota through January.

General Myers said the Army Reserve and the National Guard had been particularly hard hit because the Army was retaining more soldiers on active duty instead of letting them retire and join the reserve.

A spokesman for the Army's Recruiting Command, S. Douglas Smith, said the Army Reserve was increasing the number of recruiters to 1,524 by April, from 981 in January. He also said the Reserve was offering new bonuses of $15,000 for recruits with military experience and $10,000 for those without.

Hmmm. How much are my legs worth? How about my life?

It's not that I don't commend those men and women who choose to defend their country no matter what, but I just couldn't see myself going to fight a war started on a lie, and heading to hell in a handbasket faster than you can say Ayatollah Assahola three times.

posted by Anonymous @ 10:10 AM