The Law of Unintended Consequences Strikes Again!

Just in case you might have missed the article that the Sioux City Journal buried in Section D of Wednesday's paper... Fears of serving (and possible dying) in the Iraq war are now resulting in reduced levels of recruitment for the U.S. Army, according to recent market research-firm studies commissioned by the government. The article disclosed that an August 2004 study by GfK Custom Research Inc., for example, found that "Statistically, the fear factor is about twice as strong among potential recruits as a whole than it was in 2000." Well, thank heavens for common sense among at least one segment of the U.S. population! One wonders how the Bush Administration will spin this uncomfortable fact (knowing them, however, they'll likely just ignore it).
Peace!
Historian