The Huffington Post | The Blog: "They were short last month by a whopping 42 percent. Let’s break that percentage down. For April, the active-duty Army was short of its target of 6,600 by 2,779. Think about that. 2,779 short. It’s not like we need millions of bodies here. Just 2,779. We are at war, we have a population of over 290 million people, and we can’t get 2,779 people to join the fight? Wow.

We would have an easier time convincing parents to send their kids to the Neverland ranch for a sleepover party.

The all-volunteer military has been run into the ground and is now broken. Don’t let the Pentagon deceive you. There is indeed a manpower shortage. A 'special skills draft’ could be right around the corner. All you doctors, computer experts, pilots, police officers and firefighters had better take notice."

(Via Martini Republic.)