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TR:

Thanks for posting this. It's about what I would expect from the Washington Post.

"So, we pay the soldiers a decent wage, take care of their families, provide them with housing and medical care and vast social support systems and ship obscene amenities into the war zone for them, we support them in every possible way, and their attitude is that we should in addition roll over and play dead, defer to the military and the generals and let them fight their war, and give up our rights and responsibilities to speak up because they are above society?"

I have yet to see a decent wage paid to soldiers who go in harm's way, especially the junior enlisted. Taking care of the families usually comes from within the military community - not the civilian sector. We've always tried to take care of our own. It's been a while since I've seen post housing, but it usually was a step or two ahead of being declared uninhabitable. And I would damned well like to know what obscene amenities our troops get.

Jeeze - this guy really gets to me. I'd like for him to spend some quality time with our troops to see what life's really like. I better quit now before my blood pressure spikes!