Military Recruitment

What's the status of military recruitment? The media has trumpeted the news that, due to Bush's war in Iraq, recruitment is down disastrously, especially in the Guard and Reserves, where it's in virtual free-fall. Page one, broadcast lead, it's been a big, big story.

But recruiting is actually up, across the board.

We can safely predict that this news will be met by something approaching a media blackout (cue sound of crickets). Because while it's good news for the war America is fighting against Islamic terrorism around the world, it's bad news for the media's much more important war against the Bush administration.

Byron