And we’re supposed to BELIEVE this loser network MSNBC?
In a pig’s eye.
(I’m a Vietnam vet and on the volunteer list for Iraq. F#$# you Keith Untermann!)
Didn't read this PmsNBC piece of crap, but does this "desertion" percentage include soldiers who just "deserted" for an overnight drunken binge.
Does it count "deserters who were just unaccounted for several hours, and then returned to base.
Or are these "deserters' really soldiers who consciously tried to bolt from base, never to return?
Methinks statistics can be massaged to say anything you want.
And lastly, "desertion" usually does go up in times of open combat, as a certain percentage of soldiers get cold feet.
Does that make it OK?
Certainly not. But compared to the Clinton twiddle-your-thumbs peacetime, these times certainly are much more stressful for the average soldier.
Thank you for your service.