Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Helping The Troops

Bobby Muller: How in Good Conscience Can We Do This To Our Men And Women in Uniform? - Politics on The Huffington Post: "...If the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff told you that our troops were at their breaking point, when the Department of Defense reported that our current deployment policies are compounding the wounds of war, causing mental health problems among our troops to skyrocket, and that one of the primary causes was our current policy of deploying troops back to Iraq and Afghanistan without adequate dwell time at home, would you do something about it?

Would you support a policy where soldiers are deployed for 15 months in Iraq and then receive at least equal time stationed stateside to rest, train, and then fight again? (And at least three times that much as home if they are from the Guard or Reserve.)

You'd do that right?

Well, guess what? Back in July before they took their summer break, a lot of United States Senators voted against this fundamental act of fairness by voting against the Webb-Hagel Amendment. (click here to see a press conference where I spoke up for this bill before the vote....)"

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