--- Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll bet Bush is very unpopular with the enlisted > men and women. > Extending their enlistments is perhaps the single > best way to alienate > them and degrade moral. > > -- > Doug
To the extent that we have evidence (not much, but some) this does not seem to be the case. Reenlistment rates among units in Iraq (for example) do not appear to be much lower and, at least anecdotally, my friends who were in the Army over there report that the enlisted men generally believe in the war. So I don't think this is true. Certainly the Bush Administration and the Kerry campaign do not believe this is true, as the Administration has put considerable efforts into making it easier for servicemen and women to vote, and the Kerry campaign has quietly put some effort into opposing those efforts. It hasn't made much of a splash in the public, but that seems to be the case, anyways. ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
