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Originally posted by Superbelt
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec28.html
We didn't have to do this under Clinton.
This to me shows the discontent our soldiers have for our leadership now. They can't keep soldiers. Our national guardsmen are BEYOND pissed.
I know ten guys who are in the national guard. All but one has put in his discharge papers. All of them did it specificially because they are either pissed they have been in Iraq so long, or to keep from being deployed there in the future.
Bush is turning out to be a serious disaster for our national defense. We are way overtaxed, and now we need to deny discharges to retain any semblance of a competent military. If we keep going this way for another 5 years (god forbid Bush gets elected) I don't think we could adequately defend our own borders.
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I agree, this is bad. We should increase our defense budget and pay the troops more so it is not such a financial burden on their families.
