Monday, January 08, 2007

US Army Attempts to Recruit the Dead


You were wondering where Bush was going to find the troops for a surge? Not to worry, your government has a plan. The New Way Forward is apparently based on resurrecting the dead.

BBC -- US Army urges dead to re-enlist:

The US Army is to apologise to the families of officers killed or wounded in action who were sent letters urging them to return to active duty.

The letters were sent to more than 5,100 Army officers listed as recently having left the military.

But this figure included about 75 officers killed in action and about 200 wounded in action.

Via Progressive Gold where Republic of Palau points out that this idea comes straight from a zombie film. Hat tip to The Sideshow.