BushCo screws armed forces, film at 11

[mountain_laurel]

via scothen_krau:

The Pentagon has reneged on its offer to pay a $15,000 bonus to members of the National Guard and Army Reserve who agree to extend their enlistments by six years, according to Sen. Patty Murray (D-Seattle).

disgraceful. just fucking disgraceful.

Comments

[dnereverri.livejournal.com]

Uh-oh.

See, that's one of the big mistakes that the Romans made, and the Europeans in general never learned: ALWAYS PAY YOUR TROOPS, DAMMIT.

I've been wondering what it would take to produce noticeable desertion rates or outright mutiny... This might be it.

Idiots.

[merde.livejournal.com]

yeah, that was my thought too. BushCo could lose a lot of support over this if the news spreads instead of getting buried.