Nifty! Bet McCain is pissed, though. Now they may have to pay benefits.Pentagon to phase out unpopular ’stop-loss’ program – CNN.com
The military will phase out its “stop loss” program, the contentious practice of holding troops beyond the end of their enlistments, for all but extraordinary situations, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Wednesday.
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Hey, see, religion takes you to such a wonderful place that women hire men to go rape women so that they’ll become terrorists!
Teh crazy does not discriminate based on gender!
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So, in case you missed it, yes, we know, we were lied to, and have continually been lied to, about the Iraq war.
Here’s a couple snippets from the NYT article.
Most of the analysts have ties to military contractors vested in the very war policies they are asked to assess on air.
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John C. Garrett is a [...]
Parents Keep Veterans From Giving Talk At School
A group, Veterans For Freedom is going around giving talks and whatever. Anyhow, they were signed up to speak at a high school which was eventually cancelled due to the politics of the event. Michelle Malkin has kittens.
Ms. Malkin quotes the Star Tribune, but doesn’t want to give all [...]
(I make reference to body counts below, a couple times. I am only referring to American dead. 4000. For the purpose of this post, we’ll forget about the astronomical number of Iraqis who have died in all this. The argument described below is based purely on how the troops, and the [...]
Well, I suppose that depends on what you mean.While I do see the distinction between saying there has been a big victory, and saying that the door has been opened for a big victory, you know damn well that what Bush was saying was “there’s been a big victory, but I don’t hold me to [...]
Rather, she either doesn’t want to answer the question, can’t answer the question, or doesn’t understand the question.How could al-Qaeda take over Iraq’s oil supplies?
Daily Kos: Dana Perino: Missed the point or lied
Q The President warned of the danger that al Qaeda could gain access to Iraq’s oil resources. But I don’t understand [...]
While I do understand that, sometimes, the government makes a commitment, or has to do unpopular things.Thats fine and as it should be.Cheney does go on to say, basically, that, when pressed. But the initial response is very telling about the absolute contempt this administration holds for the people who they were elected to [...]
John, you know nothing about science, even less about economics (which you admit), you scare the military, and apparently can’t keep a handle on foreign policy issues.
The next presidential run may be the Democrats’ to lose, but I honestly think EVERYONE loses if McCain wins.
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I understand that there’s a good reason that the military is run by civilians.But two things seem apparent to me.1. If we want to use the military, our civilian leaders should set the goals and parameters and then step the fuck back. Seriously. These men and women have spent their lives training and [...]