Hessians

Atrios says that CNN is reporting that our recruiting efforts for the military are going so badly that we are setting up recruiting offices abroad to recruit foreigners. This sounds like an absolutely horrible idea to me. The one thing that's constrained us politically from fighting too much (not very well, but at least a little) has been the threat of losing our young men and women. With an army made up of foreigners, Americans won't care how many wars we are in.