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Politics > Politics-USA |
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"Ubiquitous" |
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09 Mar 2006 06:01:44 AM |
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What's for Desert? |
The U.S. military's desertion rate "has plunged since the Sept. 11
attacks in 2001," USA Today reports:
The Army, Navy and Air Force reported 7,978 desertions in 2001, compared
with 3,456 in 2005. The Marine Corps showed 1,603 Marines in desertion
status in 2001. That had declined by 148 in 2005.
The desertion rate was much higher during the Vietnam era. The Army saw a
high of 33,094 deserters in 1971--3.4% of the Army force. But there was a
draft and the active-duty force was 2.7 million.
Desertions in 2005 represent 0.24% of the 1.4 million U.S. forces.
Accompanying the story is a chart that shows Army desertions have
declined every year since 2001.
So how does USA package this good news for the military? As bad news: The
headline reads "8,000 Desert During Iraq War," and the first paragraph
begins:
At least 8,000 members of the all-volunteer U.S. military have deserted
since the Iraq war began, Pentagon records show, although . . .
Many in the press seem determined to follow their Iraq-as-Vietnam script,
whether or not it's consistent with the facts.
--
It is simply breathtaking to watch the glee and abandon with which the
liberal media and the Angry Left have been attempting to turn our
military victory in Iraq into a second Vietnam quagmire. Too bad for
them, it's failing.
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| User: "z" |
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| Title: Re: What's for Desert? |
10 Mar 2006 03:27:14 PM |
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"Dear New York Times
I must protest the slanted coverage of your newspaper regarding the
problem of cannibalism in the military. It is well known that the
problem is much reduced over what it was a few years ago.
Yours truly
Brigadoon General Huffn'puff, ret."
Ubiquitous wrote:
The U.S. military's desertion rate "has plunged since the Sept. 11
attacks in 2001," USA Today reports:
The Army, Navy and Air Force reported 7,978 desertions in 2001, compared
with 3,456 in 2005. The Marine Corps showed 1,603 Marines in desertion
status in 2001. That had declined by 148 in 2005.
The desertion rate was much higher during the Vietnam era. The Army saw a
high of 33,094 deserters in 1971--3.4% of the Army force. But there was a
draft and the active-duty force was 2.7 million.
Desertions in 2005 represent 0.24% of the 1.4 million U.S. forces.
Accompanying the story is a chart that shows Army desertions have
declined every year since 2001.
So how does USA package this good news for the military? As bad news: The
headline reads "8,000 Desert During Iraq War," and the first paragraph
begins:
At least 8,000 members of the all-volunteer U.S. military have deserted
since the Iraq war began, Pentagon records show, although . . .
Many in the press seem determined to follow their Iraq-as-Vietnam script,
whether or not it's consistent with the facts.
--
It is simply breathtaking to watch the glee and abandon with which the
liberal media and the Angry Left have been attempting to turn our
military victory in Iraq into a second Vietnam quagmire. Too bad for
them, it's failing.
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| User: "ggg" |
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| Title: Re: What's for Desert? |
09 Mar 2006 11:07:30 AM |
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Too bad for them, it's failing.
YEAH ...
"Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote in message
news:HoGdnUBrXYO1hI3ZnZ2dnUVZ_tKdnZ2d@giganews.com...
The U.S. military's desertion rate "has plunged since the Sept. 11
attacks in 2001," USA Today reports:
The Army, Navy and Air Force reported 7,978 desertions in 2001, compared
with 3,456 in 2005. The Marine Corps showed 1,603 Marines in desertion
status in 2001. That had declined by 148 in 2005.
The desertion rate was much higher during the Vietnam era. The Army saw a
high of 33,094 deserters in 1971--3.4% of the Army force. But there was a
draft and the active-duty force was 2.7 million.
Desertions in 2005 represent 0.24% of the 1.4 million U.S. forces.
Accompanying the story is a chart that shows Army desertions have
declined every year since 2001.
So how does USA package this good news for the military? As bad news: The
headline reads "8,000 Desert During Iraq War," and the first paragraph
begins:
At least 8,000 members of the all-volunteer U.S. military have deserted
since the Iraq war began, Pentagon records show, although . . .
Many in the press seem determined to follow their Iraq-as-Vietnam script,
whether or not it's consistent with the facts.
--
It is simply breathtaking to watch the glee and abandon with which the
liberal media and the Angry Left have been attempting to turn our
military victory in Iraq into a second Vietnam quagmire. Too bad for
them, it's failing.
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