http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1748785/posts
Liberal rag that it is.
Well, it's not like we'd send 70-year-olds (John Caulfield) to Afghanistan if we had plenty of younguns. It's not like we'd have to offer record-level re-enlistment bounties if we had no problems with retention.
My brother was asked by his co-worker: "Why are they sending an old guy like you?"
My brother replied: "Because the young guys like you aren't doing your part!"
The impacts on families (esp Reeserve/Guardsmen) and the dampening of recruitment are two of the long-term negative effects of the Iraq adventure that I don't hear discussed much. :-(