Attention Mssrs Inhofe and Roberts

You may have to "spin-harder" to blame this one on the left and the media.

From that famous commie-symp, liberal, soldier-hatin' rag Stars & Stripes:

Just six months into the government’s fiscal year, the Army was carrying almost the same number of deserters on its books as the service registered for all of 2004.

War and stop-loss policies, which prevent voluntary separations from the military, are the likely culprits for the increase, according to Army researchers.