Military misses mark.

GratisNet: "Seems the latest enlistment/reenlistment numbers are so bad that the military will wait another week to release them. They are taking the extra time in order to get their story straight as to what the numbers mean and why they've taken such a nose dive.

May I be so bold as to offer my analysis? Can anyone possibly be so stupid as not understand the reason for tanking enlistments/reenlistments? Can they not bring themselves to say, 'dramatic increases in suicide bombs and insurgent attacks in Iraq', or, 'increasing stories of multiple deployments, stop loss orders' and 'the administrations lack of support for the veterans who have returned wounded and horribly maimed as a result of their service in Iraq?' Can they not bring themselves to understand that parents who truly love and care for their offspring will not suggest they sign up for military service as long as the meat grinder known as Iraq continues to devour our soldiers?

It has always been a mystery to me why the military supports the coward Bush when he and his gang of thugs demonstrate their contempt for them with every cut of benefits for the families of those deployed as well as reducing funding for the VA. Simply amazing.

I would bet real money that the numbers for the National Guard and Reserves will make those of the Regular Army, etc. look positively successful. Bush and his fascist, cowardly thugs will have broken the army over the obsession with Iraq and obscene dreams of an American 'empire.'

I am reminded of General Maxwell Taylor's oft repeated remark about the Vietnam War, 'Although the Army had been sent to Vietnam to save that nation, it had to be withdrawn in order to save the Army' and I have a feeling of deja vu regarding the debacle in Iraq."