FT has come up with some military recruitment numbers that are more specific than ones I’ve seen before:
By the end of April the army had attracted only 35,926 soldiers towards its goal of 80,000 for the year ending in October. Figures for reserves were even worse: 7,283 towards the target of 22,175.
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Since attacking Afghanistan in 2001 the US has suffered more than 1,800 deaths. Another 13,000 have been wounded, including 6,600 so badly that they were unable to return to duty.
All of which makes these idiots look even stupider than they normally do:
Yes, that’s the Prince of Darkness himself addressing a FReaker Rally of about 50 people in DC lusting to bomb Iran into democracy. Fortunately for the rest of the planet, they’ve already wrecked the only invasion force at their disposal and none of them would dream of suiting up themselves.