On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 15:40:24 GMT, "Jim," wrote:

John H wrote:

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 14:52:58 GMT, "Jim," wrote:


John H wrote:


On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:28:25 -0500, (N.L. Eckert) wrote:



Anyone taking bets on when "W" tries to reinstate the draft?? I'm
picking June 31.


"W" doesn't want it. Pelosi and Reid want it.


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

More important -- the military wants and needs more people. How do you
propose they get them?


Get the liberals to quit bad-mouthing the country and the military. That would
be a good start.

Since 9/11 the percent of black recruits has gone from about 23% to about 14%. I
think much of that is due to bad-mouthing.



"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

And the treatment of returning vets has nothing to due with the drop in
inlistments, not the daily news of the killed and wounded in IRaq?


From today's Washington Post:

"While it is hard to pinpoint why the drop-off has [in black enlistments]
occurred, the figures reflect particular soft spots in the Army's effort to
recruit and retain a growing all-volunteer force that has repeatedly deployed
soldiers into battle since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Though the Army has
met its recruiting goals in all but one year since 1990, it is falling far
behind this year.

African Americans still make up nearly a quarter of the overall Army, where,
historically, blacks enlisted in strong numbers to take advantage of economic
and social opportunities not available elsewhere.


But the drop in new recruits from that ethnic demographic means the Army has to
make up ground elsewhere. Hispanics have increased from 10.4 percent of new
recruits in 2000 to 13 percent in 2004; whites went from 61 percent in 2000 to
65 percent in 2004; and Asians or Pacific Islanders made up less than 1 percent
of new soldiers in 2000 but nearly 5 percent in 2004."

So, it would seem that those most apt to believe the anti-US and anti-military
rhetoric spewed by Jesse, Al, Harry, Nancy, et al., are the ones whose numbers
are going down the most.

I don't think it's fear, do you?

Entire article at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2005Mar8.html

--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."