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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?
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If he's gonna bitch about what soldiers are paid, why doesn't he look at what Congress and the Senate get paid, and the fact that one term in either House or Senate qualifies that person for the highest wage paid during their tenure - for life.... without ever having to step into the fray, and without all the perks like being able to vote down an 8% pay raise every year, free transportation, and PACs throwing more money at them. A senator starts at $180k IIRC, add in the benes - and you could field about 10 private soldiers for a year. would this shitbag be able to live and support his family on what an average soldier makes? Would he do the job the soldier has volunteered to do to protect his ability to spout crap? Military families are taken care of properly? Housing? Support Systems? Medical Care? Obscene Amenities? What friggin planet is he living on - must be a hallucination.
I guess I'm agreed with HipShot.
Well guys and Gals - this is who we protect.
***RANT OFF***
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Sun-Tzu, "The Art of Warfare"
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