Today's "Stripes" headlines: Troops in Iraq face cut in special pays

[lebkuchen]

"Boosts in danger, separation pays could be allowed to lapse"

The article, not on their estripes.com website YET, is by Edward Epstein of the SF Chronicle: Pentagon wants to cut back Iraq pay. Someone has already posted it on this site.

Folks, the military is livid. Bush is so incompetent that he is now rapidly losing troop support.

It's only a question of what tomorrow's Stripes headlines will read: more incompetence by the Bush administration over the largest blackout in history, or more incompetence by the Bush administration as they backtrack with "Those pay cuts are all a HUGE misunderstanding!"

Whatever, he's made it clear he is no friend of the military.

[Hubert Flottz]

1. Our Soldiers earn every penny they get!

Too bad the politicians don't!

[CogitoErgoDem]

2. They've already chosen #2...

..time to roll out that "overzealous staffer" again.

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

Here's the kicker:
Chu conceded that the pay of some U.S. troops serving in other difficult areas of the world could fall if Congress did not reinstate the incentive increases, but that the Pentagon favored an end to the broad package as it constantly reviewed compensation in different deployment areas.

"It (the package) is too broad-based. It's like using a sledge hammer to hit a small nail," he told reporters.

The staffer giveth, the staffer taketh away...

[lebkuchen]

3. To both above....

today's the day the Bush administration has finally succeeded in choking the golden goose in the eyes of the military.

Mark your calendar.