No Pay Cut for Troops in Iraq, Afghanistan-Pentagon

[Roon]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Moving to quash a political firestorm, the Pentagon (news - web sites) on Thursday denied that it will cut the pay of nearly 160,000 U.S. troops in Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan (news - web sites) by $225 on Sept. 30 when special military pay hikes approved by Congress are due to expire.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&e=5&u=/nm/20030814/ts_nm/iraq_usa_pay_dc

[arcane1]

1. how long until the Chimp spins this...

into a "pay raise"


:shrug:

[KCDem]

3. that was my first reaction, too.

And some misinformed folk will believe that. :grr:

[arcane1]

4. perfect simian logic, remember the first tax cuts?

he said that if Congress repeals the tax cuts, that's the same as a tax increase. Thus, repealing a pay cut= pay raise!

brain-dead freepers cheer from their living rooms


that said, I'm glad they are getting this, just sucks that the ONLY reason is because it was getting bad PR for the apes

[lebkuchen]

2. This about face is so standard for the Bushies

Reminds me of the incident a couple of weeks ago, when the Bushies threatened to pull guards off international/domestic flights. That got turned around right quick once the phones started ringing the WH.

The Bushies are actually quite disorganized.

[arcane1]

6. same with the terrorism betting pool

but they are made to be heroes for killing their own plan, never reviled for coming up with it in the first place!

[Robbien]

5. They just had bad timing. Rove let the rumor fly on the same day

the Military Families for Peace press conference hit the mainstream newspapers. Ha!

[ewagner]

7. Hats off to the DUers

Who predicted this.

I'm only surprised they didn't let dubya announce it at Miramar.

[Sequoia]

8. Deny all when caught in a lie

that's their ploy. Try to tell this to Bush lovers and they call you all sorts of names in the book, even that worn out tag, communist.

[lindashaw]

9. Interesting quandries for Karl Rove to ponder

in Washington Post piece "Schwarzenegger Outcome Could Affect Bush in 2004." Seems Hispanics are upset, and Bush's "No problemo" might fall on deaf ears.

[kskiska]

10. "Help is on the way"

Impose the pay cut, restore the pay. Presto! Pay raise! Works just like rescinding the tax cuts you never got.

[symbolman]

11. Let them eat cake, eh?

They are lying.. here's the truth:

http://www.takebackthemedia.com/onearmy.html

[lkinsale]

12. "incentive" and other packages?

"We prefer other compensation powers to ensure that we target benefits on the troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan," he added, citing incentive and other packages that the Pentagon is authorized to use."

And what would those be? Incentive to do what? Re-enlist?

[VolcanoJen]

13. Kick!

:dem: