Glenn Reynolds blames Army recruiting shortage on Congress.

Did someone say "stabbed in the back"?

ARMY RECRUITING, which had been running ahead of goals, has now fallen short two months in a row. Interestingly, this coincides with the new wave of surrender-talk in Congress, which probably does cause volunteers to think twice.

Yeah, it's all that damn surrender-talk. Not the 500+ KIAs since the surge began, or the 25,000 casualties or 3600+ deaths. Or the fact that the majority of Americans think the troops should come home after war that's been mismanaged by the President for 4+ years. Nope, it's the surrender-talk in Congress.

Yep. Sure.

But what was the problem when Army recruiting hit a 26-year low...two years ago?