Bush: "NOT READY FOR DUTY, SIR!"

[Bluebear]

Campaign 2000, our brave hero chimp declares the military unfit under Clinton:

At the Republican convention in Philadelphia, George W. Bush declared: "Our military is low on parts, pay and morale! If called on by the commander-in-chief today, two entire divisions of the Army would have to report, 'Not ready for duty, sir.'" Bush says he is the candidate who can "rebuild our military and prepare our armed forces for the future."

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Yesterday:

WASHINGTON — The Army's top general said Thursday that the mission in Iraq "will break" the Armywithout an expansion of the size of the active-duty force or the remobilization of the National Guard and reserves.

Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, the Army chief of staff, said the all-volunteer Army was being tested by a schedule that allowed less than a year at home for active-duty units between deployments to Iraq.

Boosting the size of the active-duty force would be expensive, and remobilizing the guard members and reservists who have already served in Iraq would be controversial and politically unpopular. But the high operational demand placed on the Army is unlikely to end soon, Schoomaker said. And without sending reservists to Iraq for additional tours or expanding the size of the active-duty Army, it would be difficult to meet the overseas demands.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-army15dec15,1,3655400.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage