As American troops continue to die -- more than 1,730 at latest count -- in Bush's war-that-never-had-to-be, recruiters are having an increasingly tough time getting kids to sign up. Although the Army met its monthly recruiting goal in June, it still faces a nearly insurmountable battle to meet its annual quota. The active-duty Army is still 7,800 recruits short of the 80,000 enlistees it seeks to send to boot camp, with only three months left in the recruiting year. This will be the first time since 1999 that the Army will have missed its annual enlistment quota...

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/070105A.shtml

from TruthOut, by Marjorie Cohn


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp