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How many times do these assholes need to be told that our military is burned out and at its breaking point before they would vote for something that would limit soldiers' physical and mental exhaustion? This is another classic case of disconnect because Lieberman and the spineless Republicans don't have the fates of their own kids at stake.
Webb's bill would have given National Guardsmen three years off for every one they served in Iraq. How is that unreasonable to grant to people who signed up thinking they would be helping out in crises on the home front, not getting sent to risk death in Iraq?
Let's face it, despite the rhetoric the troops come last because they don't have the lobbying clout of a McDonnell Douglas or a Grumman or any of the other big-bucks military contractors.
