As this war grinds on and the divide between those who serve and those at home widens. I only hope that are country will get true statesmen back in the halls of power who will do what is in the greater good. Because the current batch of politicians are not getting the job done. They throw around high ideas and rhetoric, blinding the masses to the fact that they are not doing anything of real importance. Meanwhile those who serve are dying for men who do nothing to support other than give hyperbole to them on the home front.
And now that the limits of this all volunteer army are being seen on the horizon, these people who sent them in to harms way refuse to see the dangers that they have placed on all of us.
These volunteers have done all we have asked of them, with great courage and professionalism. But it is time to be honest with the American people, our security is in question in the near future (say 6-12 months) due to recruitment shortfalls now. We as a nation need to start this discussion on what will happen, if as Rumsfeld says we will be in Iraq for some time yet.
Related article:
NYTimes: The Army's Hard Sell
Daily Kos: The Demise of the All Volunteer Army?
Monday, June 27, 2005
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