Stretched Thin

Republican lawmakers are becoming concerned that our military is being stretched too thin. So am I:

Amid worries the high level of deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan could discourage potential new service members, Rep. John McHugh, R-New York, said it was not reassuring that most reserve components were falling below their recruiting goals for the year.

As of May 31, the Army National Guard was reported at 88 percent, the Air National Guard at 93 percent and the Air Force Reserve at 91 percent of their goals.

The article does a good job of summarizing all of the various indicators which by themselves might not be cause for alarm, but taken together paint a more bleak picture.