And What Planet Are YOU On?

I think this is funny, not a ha ha makes me laugh, funny, but in a sad, demented way it is funny.

This is how the stupid part of the brain works.

USA Today Story:

So far this year, the Army, the Army National Guard and the Army Reserve have fallen significantly behind their recruiting goals. The Army and Army Guard are likely to miss their goals in 2005 by several thousand new soldiers, a development that could leave some units short of troops. The Army's top recruiter,Maj. Gen. Michael Rochelle, has said that 2006 could be even worse.

ButtsForBush Story:

You can look at the raw numbers in this Department of Defense press release. In July, the Army met 109% of its recruitment goals...this in a time when, supposedly, support for the war was collapsing. As I've said time and again, look not to what people say, but to what they do...the fact that even in this political climate people are joining the military in high numbers is a much better indication of attitudes about the war than a few rag-tag hippies standing in a Crawford ditch. It is also good to keep in mind that for the Army we aren't just trying to maintain numbers, but increase total numbers by 30,000 active-duty personnel.

Problem:

Butts for Bush cites figures for re-enlistment, which are higher. Overall recruitment is down, due in large part to the unavailability of new recruits. That's right. Fresh blood. No new meat for the wolves, just serving leftovers.

I tell you, if these guys didn't have a user manual for their brains ... oh, wait they don't! That explains it!

From NRO:

According to a Pentagon spokesman, Peters apparently got the overall Army, Army Reserve and Army National Guard re-enlistment numbers instead of the first-time enlistment numbers.

Back to USA Today Story:

Some fear a decline in the quality of the force. Retired major general Bob Scales, former commandant of the Army War College, says without a reduction in U.S. ground forces in Iraq, soldiers are facing "third and fourth" tours of duty in Iraq. "You'll see the quality of the Army atrophy," Scales said.

Scales said it would become more difficult to recruit talented people, and young officers and midcareer enlisted soldiers, not easy to replace, could choose to leave.