Reuters is reporting King Georgie IV will not honor his Majesty's agreement with US Soldiers. This is PATHETIC. How in the world will the military convince young Americans to volunteer for the U.S. armed forces? Will they pay for college? Will the military give those volunteering the money our "monarch" promised?
"As the war in Iraq drags on, the Army is accumulating a collection of problems that cumulatively could call into question the viability of an all-volunteer force," said defence analyst Loren Thompson of the Lexington Institute think tank.
"When a service has to repeatedly resort to compelling the retention of people who want to leave, you're edging away from the whole notion of volunteerism."
When soldiers enlist, they sign a contract to serve for a certain number of years, and know precisely when their service obligation ends so they can return to civilian life. But stop-loss allows the Army, mindful of having fully manned units, to keep soldiers on the verge of leaving the military.
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