Support the troops - support the administration - which is most important for a true believer? I would like to see the President get involved in this matter and resolve it immediately!

Check history to see how many times our troops got screwed. It is normal and goes back to the days of General Washington. Let them fight and forget them. Promise anything and then forget it.

One thing they promised us if we got killed in Vietnam was we would be shipped home in a pine box. The truth is they ran out of pine boxes early on (like 1966) and shipped bodies home in plastic bags.




>Unbelievable. I hope someone does lose their job over this. And not some flunky, either; the person who made the decision.
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>You mention that you heard about this on a conservative talk show. I don't think it's a political issue. We basically all support the troops, don't we? A completely separate issue from supporting the war.
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>>How to treat the troops.
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>>Can you imagine that I heard about this on a conservative talk show?
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>>If you do not care to check the links the Pentagon has demanded the return of some or all of reenlistment bonus paid to soldiers who were wounded in Iraq and not able to fulfill his/her enlistment. In some cases $30,000 is demanded from people without arms or legs.
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>>We had an expression when I was in the Air Force: “Reenlist and enjoy the benefits”!
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>>http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/004754.php
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>>http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/68486/
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>>http://www.alternet.org/blogs/waroniraq/68486/
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>>http://kdka.com/kdkainvestigators/military.signing.bonuses.2.571660.html