so, are Enlistment Numbers on the Rise this fine morning?

[mopaul]

i mean when the president called the patriotic to duty, i almost went down and joined up myself! but i'm too old unfortunately, and i feel a bit less patriotic today.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. I'm sure the Young Republicans

everywhere joined in droves after last night's speech...if not, then Operation Yellow Elephant should go into high gear.

[fasttense]

2. As soon as brush sends his twins, thousands will join. n/t

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

3. Yeah I had a major hard-on to re-up myself. But I couldn't stomach

elbowing my way through all the eager Republicans in line who had been "considering military service" already.

So I just drove my Volvo down to Starbucks and ordered a Grande Elite Liberal Mocha to sip.

[mopaul]

4. i know, the massive throngs of young repubs are keeping enlistment down

if they could only get in there and register, but it's so hard

[deacon]

5. The Yellow Elephants cheered his speech and then hid under their

beds.

[liberal N proud]

6. My standard question to every bu$h supporter that I know:

Have you or your kids signed up to fight bu$h's war?

[Swamp Rat]

7. Anonymous source: "Stop talking Maggot and join my beloved Marine Corps"

You, I want you.

I want to talk to all you fine young Republicans about service in my beloved Marine Corps. I know you think that writing blog posts is the same as Scout Sniper school, hunting down America's enemies, but it ain't.

We need you fine young Americans in uniform, in Iraq. We don't need you behind a keyboard, unless it's a USMC keyboard.

Boys, the Corps is hurting We're not making our numbers. And we need fine young Americans like you to serve. The boys from Wal-Mart have done their part, now it's time for you college boy pukes to do the same. You need to buck up and ruck up. Be a part of the Mean Green Fighting Machine. Not sit behind a keyboard like some liberal pussy. We need you men at arms, serving your country in combat.

I can see it. You're saying, do I have the balls to be a Marine? Can I wear that blue uniform, the finest in American fighting man wears, am I man enough?

Sure you are. You've already confronted Islamofascism with words, now it's time for deeds.

After twelve weeks, not eight weeks like the pussies in the Army, at MCRD San Diego or MCRD Parris Island, a few weeks at AIT at Camp Lejune, and you'll be off to Southwest Asia, ready to confront those Islamofascists with an M-4 in your hands and your personal chickenplate armor on your back. So when you are discharged, you can take your vest right into that nighshift at WaWa or Krystals or 7/11. You won't be sleeping nights for a while, so why let those hours go to waste. Put some cash in your pocket.

So why be a Marine, instead of a soldier?

Son, between you and me, the Army is a bunch of fuckups. The Army couldn't piss it's way out of a paper bag. Sure, if you like a uniform which looks like a fruit salad, go be a soldier. But real men join the Corps, men like Ted Williams and Captain Kangeroo. They were Marines. You don't want to be a pussy soldier. Ted Kennedy was a soldier. Michael Dukakis was a soldier. Be a man, be a Marine.

So maybe now you're thinking "can I survive bootcamp"?

I did, you will too. Boot camp isn't like the movies. We'll get you running and jumping and our rifle range makes shooters. No one will be breaking into your home in your gated community back home, once they get a taste of Marine Corps marksmanship.

So, young Republican, this is the time. The Heritage Foundation can wait, that internship can wait. So can law school. It's time for you to serve your country, and not behind some fucking desk.

Go to www.marines.com and start the process of becoming a Marine.

Semper Fi, boot.

[shadowknows69]

8. I'm sure they'd take ya Mo

probably anyone on this board. we'd get instant IED disarming and disposal duty despite the fact we don't have explosive training (well I don't anyway)pretty soon they'll realize that those gays take a bullet as good as anyone too. we'll just have to have segregated platoons and the purple platoon always gets to take point.

[Ganja Ninja]

9. I know those college Republicans would be lining up if

only the black people hadn't beat them to it.

[H2O Man]

10. Could've sworn

that was you right behind me. All the positions were taken before we could sign up. Maybe next war!

[BikeWriter]

11. They'll have to draft my ass again.

[WillyT]

12. "How will the Army and Marines manage years more of heavy deployments...

while addressing their recruitment problems?"

Anybody feeling a draft???

<snip>

Mr. Bush's account of his strategy for Iraq, which has remained virtually unchanged in the past year, doesn't answer the worrying questions raised by these facts. How will the insurgency be contained during the considerable time it will take to prepare Iraqi troops? How will the Army and Marines manage years more of heavy deployments while addressing their recruitment problems? And how will continued heavy spending on the war affect the federal budget and domestic priorities? The president's evasion of the hardest facts about Iraq is coupled with a reluctance to candidly describe the likely price of success -- though Mr. Bush did make an appeal last night for military service.

<snip>

Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/28/AR2005062801525.html

Good questions all!

:shrug:

[mopaul]

13. bush said he's not sending more troops

because it would give the impression that we want to be there forever