How Did That Happen?

Gee, it seems like we've stretched our military to the breaking point by invading one little country that greeted us as liberators.

From the Washington Post:

President Bush said today that he plans to expand the size of the U.S. military to meet the challenges of a long-term global war against terrorists, a response to warnings that sustained deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan have stretched the armed forces to near the breaking point.

In an interview with The Washington Post, Bush said he has instructed newly sworn-in Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to report back to him with a plan to increase ground forces. The president gave no estimates about how many troops may be added but indicated that he agreed with suggestions in the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill that the current military is stretched too thin to cope with the demands placed on it.

Two questions:

1. How are they going to get more people to enlist with the great P.R. campaign going on in Iraq and Afghanistan unless they're going to follow Charlie Rangel's suggestion and bring back the draft?

Answer: Serious bribery: "Here, kid, sign up and we'll give you your very own SUV painted in camouflage. Oh, and no more barracks; you'll live in condos. Criminal record? No problem! Belong to a neo-Nazi gang? Hey, you must be really good with firearms!"

2. How are they going to blame this on the Clinton administration, seeing as how it was Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney who slashed the military and the defense budget during the first Bush administration and the Republican congress fought Clinton tooth and nail when he tried to re-grow it?

Answer: They'll manage.