In case you didn’t hear, there’s a war going on. And, naturally, wars need troops. Unfortunately for us, our already taut military continues to feel the strain of not one, but two protracted engagements. Thus, they’re reaching out to the National Guard for reinforcements.
The New York Times reports:
“The continuing frequent deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan have stretched the U.S. Army so thin that there are few brigades ready to respond to crises elsewhere,” said Lynn Davis, a senior analyst in the Arroyo Center, a division of the RAND Corporation that does research for the Army.
Ms. Davis said that there was no quick fix for the limited number of troops. The longer-term solution, she said, was to rely more on the National Guard or to increase the number of Army brigades, a move that would cost billions of dollars.
We can think of a more practical quick fix: stop kicking people out because they’re gay. Just a suggestion.
Kenny
NO! F*CKING NO! GAY PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO BE USED LIKE THEY WERE IN WWII, KOREA, and VIETNAM ONLY TO BE THROWN OUT AFTERWARD. STRAIGHT PEOPLE CREATED THE MESS NOW THEY HAVE TO FIX IT!!!!!
David Goulart
I truly feel for our military which is now stretched so thin and continually being redeployed. Well at least we got those Weapons of Mass Destruction out of Saddam’s hands. **sigh**
The Ghost of Don't Have To Ask
So glad you could think up a way to get more young people killed. How clever of you.