The problem with an all volunteer military...

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/more-convicted-felons-allowed-to-enlist/20080421173209990001

He added that "low unemployment, a protracted war on terror, a decline in propensity to serve," and the growing reluctance of parents, teachers and other adults to recommend young people go into the military, has made recruiting a challenge.

That is the key there.

As Jon Stewart said the problem with an all volunteer military is...someone has to volunteer.

As Ive stated previously,there was a time when being in the military held high regard.If you were a President's son or a Congressman's son,you were in the military.Now we have at least less than 5 in Congress with children in the military...it is even worse when you look at Congress,very few have an prior military service.

So where are we suppose to get our soldiers and sailors?

You have people who are signing up for the stable job/money (no matter how crappy it is),someone who wants to have some "help" with paying for college (as pathetic as the GI Bill is nowadays...hopefully IAVA can change that),or people who are just plain patriotic.

Sadly none of the above applies to anyone who would be attending Yale or Harvard.There was a time when it did apply to those at those esteemed educational institutions...but now it is just a haven for left wing nut jobs.

So what are we suppose to do?

The war has no end coming soon.

We were not prepared for it to take this long,or I think prepared at all.

So now we have to shuffle paperwork,and get bodies in.

So we have to look the other way on past offenses.

Sucks,and maybe it isnt the greatest idea...

But then again I dont see you signing up for the military,or your husband,or your wife,or any of your children.

Until people look beyond themselves and at the bigger picture,then surely they cannot complain about what our military has to work with as far as recruits go.