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In reply to the discussion: U.S. generals enjoy a lifestyle befitting a billionaire (WP) [View all]ellisonz
(27,711 posts)33. Starve the Beast
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"...they shouldn't be THAT much nicer than the enlisted men and women who also sacrifice."
CrispyQ
Nov 2012
#10
I don't think anyone should be allowed to attend West Point or the other service academies until
byeya
Nov 2012
#3
It may inflate their sense of invulnerability and prompt them to careless actions.
Overseas
Nov 2012
#19
These are the same imperial satraps who lost 2 wars in ten years. (That has to
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#17
I don't see a problem with them being able to summon a string quartet or a choir
Hippo_Tron
Nov 2012
#22
And THAT, my dear friends, is where the military budget can be cut to the bone.
loudsue
Nov 2012
#24
Why is it just now "coming to light". Are they that good at keeping their lifestyle secret?
rhett o rick
Nov 2012
#28
"Soldiers usually win battles and generals get the credit for them." Napoleon Bonaparte
Tierra_y_Libertad
Nov 2012
#36