Post's Stupidest Headline

This from today's Washington Post:

"Pentagon: Wars Strain Military"

Mikaela says:
Is it just me, or is that absolutely, unbelievably stupid?

Thanks for today's "Duh" moment, Post.

"A senior military official said, for example, that it is obvious that if another conflict arises while the United States does battle in Iraq and Afghanistan and fights the global war on terrorism, it would not be as easily accomplished as if the other three conflicts did not exist.

'It wouldn't be as pretty,' the official said."

Since when is war "pretty," even on a conceptual, strategic level?

The way Democracy Now reported this story made it sound like this report was the Army's way of protesting the Iraq war and its extended engagement. If so, what kind of argument is that? "Take us out of this unjust and deadly war so that we can spread ourselves more evenly over the rest of the planet." Really? Well that's an argument to get behind! Has anyone else wondered at the irony of the Army (specifically the War College) becoming a tool for anti-war protest? These are strange times, indeed.