[DakotaRed]

The recruitment chain that has given the United States highly qualified, highly skilled and highly motivated ground forces for the three decades since the government abandoned the draft has started to break down.

Of course, it's all Rumsfields fault [sarcasm] Couldn't have anything to do with several troops being charged and tried for performing their duty, could it? Couldn't have anything to do with daily, almost hourly, negative reports about the troops and the War on Terror, could it? No, of course not, it's all Rumsfield

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

"Couldn't have anything to do with several troops being charged and tried for performing their duty, could it?"

Generally, the duties of troops do not include violating the orders given them.