The Guardian
From the Associated Press
Army Meets Recruiting Goal
Thursday September 21, 2006 11:16 PM
By ROBERT BURNS
AP Military Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Army is ending its best recruiting year since 1997 and expecting similar success in 2007, despite the weight of grim war news from Iraq, Army Secretary Francis Harvey said Thursday.
In an Associated Press interview, Harvey said the Army will enlist its 80,000th soldier on Friday, reaching its goal for the year with eight days to spare. That is a considerable turnaround from last year when the Army missed its target for the first time since 1999 and by the widest margin in more than two decades....
The New York Times
Strained, Army Looks to Guard for More Relief
By THOM SHANKER and MICHAEL R. GORDON
Published: September 22, 2006
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 — Strains on the Army from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have become so severe that Army officials say they may be forced to make greater use of the National Guard to provide enough troops for overseas deployments.
Discuss among yourselves.
Oh yeah, we only have a population of about 300 million...there is no way we can have a total of 170,000 troops in the field and still find anyone anywhere prepared to defend the country.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how these people think this country fought WW2.
Gale said today that someone told him there were still cases of young men being given the option of jail or the army. Is this true? I thought that practice was over with.
HEH!
ReplyDeleteNext up will be a depate between Brad DeLong and Paul Krugman as to the degree of danger that America faces due to gas prices falling too rapidly.
ReplyDeleteThat, or why record tax receipts are a clear danger signal that the budget may be balanced ahead of the President's promise. The headline will obviously be "President Wrong Again".
This just in...Krugman op-eds have been deemed inappropriate to be read by Gitmo detainees due to use of tortured logic.
ReplyDeleteAs usual, Skook has the subject nailed.
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ReplyDeleteI have heard that the NYT is especially good as nesting for fishing worms, some of which are known as European Night-crawlers. I dunno why exactly, but something re excrement and the feeding of simple minds. Rumor has it that the opinion pages work the best.
It is good for lining the cat box.
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