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cheapdate

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8. The military isn't a jobs program.

Reply to 24601 (Reply #6)

Wed May 16, 2012, 09:54 PM

May 2012

Either we legitimately need to maintain military personnel levels at one number, or the other. It would seem to me that with the war in Iraq essentially complete and the war in Afghanistan winding down that a reduction of personnel would be reasonable and justified.

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Top Army General Objects To GOP Plan To Slow Troop Reductions [View all] Purveyor May 2012 OP

K&R think May 2012 #1

No surprise that the GOP doesn't want to reduce the MIC. n/t BadgerKid May 2012 #2

I thought the GOP was all about listening to the military commanders in the field... Swede Atlanta May 2012 #3

The Army Chief of Staff is neither a Commander nor in the field. And just to correct the 24601 May 2012 #5

Why do republicans hate the troops? n/t tabasco May 2012 #4

Refusing to eliminate their jobs and throwing them out on the street isn't hating the troops. 24601 May 2012 #6

So, given a choice between cutting Social Security pscot May 2012 #7

The military isn't a jobs program. cheapdate May 2012 #8

Hahahahahaha. tabasco May 2012 #9