Reality Check Chicken Little!

Wiki “US Army Personnel as of 2007/8/31 1,055,734 actual 2007 rate of desertion 9 per 1000 (less than 1% !) 9501.606 desertions. So less than 1% (0.9%) desertion rate ( as opposed to a prewar Clinton army rate of 0.5%) equals the 80% increase!!!!! 42% over last year 2006 – 0.7% vs. 2007 – 0.9%! Statistically insignificant unless you have nothing better to offer. When any thoughtful person considers the rate of dessertions vs. the rate of reenlistments (although I have not been able to find the actual 2007 total number the renlistment goal was 80,000 ( at minimum 7.58%) and the media widely reports that goal had not only been been achieved but exceeded) over the same time period, one can only conclude that the posting of such out of context information is nothing less than irresponsible sensationalism! Already this statistical garbage is heralded loudly and frequently from and by most liberal media, talking heads, politicos, and the great unwashed left leaning koolaid drinking masses. Fortunately such conduct only further reveals how foolish some have become!

On a side note you’ve got to wonder how the other Gurkha’s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorkha) really feel about stuff like this happening!?

Good luck and Semper Fidelis!

"Wouldn't you desert as well after so many years of useless war and no progress?

No! And 99.1% agree! It's clear; if you have never served, you will never know!