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Re: Our troops: an economic target
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 1 Jul 2003 01:30:08 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti wrote:
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Editorial: Nothing but lip service
http://www.armytimes.com/print.php?f=0-ARMYPAPER-1954515.php
In recent months, President Bush and the Republican-controlled Congress have
missed no opportunity to heap richly deserved praise on the military. But
talk is cheap - and getting cheaper by the day, judging from the
nickel-and-dime treatment the troops are getting lately.
Pretty disgusting to declare the war over and then start pulling the benefits
almost immediately, esp. seeing as the “occupation” will be ongoing.
I’m not some rabid “support our troops” type -- I don’t want them over there
to begin with. But if the govt. can see fit to send our young people to do
their dirty work for them, then they can foot the appropriate bill for it
too. These people have risked their lives for goals that remain largely
unknown or unrealized, but that doesn’t mean that they now deserve shabby
treatment from those that sent them to Iraq in the first place!
-- Hop-Frog
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Completely concur.
Dave K
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) Only mostly concur. Better pay? Better amelioration to families if someone dies in the line of duty? You bet. Not a hesitation in the world. If we want the best armed forces in the world, we need to pay what they are worth and then some. Pride (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| Editorial: Nothing but lip service (URL) In recent months, President Bush and the Republican-controlled Congress have missed no opportunity to heap richly deserved praise on the military. But talk is cheap - and getting cheaper by the day, judging (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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