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Obama: Soldiers in Afghanistan Must Be Fired Upon to Receive Combat Pay
Big Peace ^ | 2/11/12 | John Bernard

Posted on 02/11/2012 7:49:19 PM PST by Nachum

While I understand that only a fraction of the population of this nation is directly affected by what you are about to read, I would never-the-less like to remind you that the remainder of the population is affected coincidentally. While the majority of the American population probably never even considered the Armed Forces as a possible career objective, there are those who never considered life without serving their country, in uniform, on a field of combat. Most of these young men and women never take the time to internalize some idealized vision of charging death for God and Country,

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: 2012; afghanistan; afghanwar; bhofascism; clowninchief; combat; combatpay; democrats; elections; fubo; gtfo; hazardpay; kenyanvillageidiot; military; nobama2012; obama; soldiers; standdownbarry
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To: Nachum
This man will screw over anyone who honorably served this country for his precious loyal welfare class voters...A pox on any republican who doesn't stop this SOB.


41 posted on 02/11/2012 8:23:28 PM PST by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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To: Nachum

Don’t let this happen.

I served with many Australian sailors who were treated this way after Vietnam - all the sailors on the troopship HMAS Sydney and her escorts were told they hadn’t served in Vietnam despite repeated trips there and sitting in Vung Tau harbour for days at a time within range of enemy mortar fire. It was a disgusting act by a cowardly government who just wanted to save money on pensions.

It took until the mid 1990s to fix it.

If you deploy into a situation where you can reasonably expect to be attacked, you deserve to be recognised as having served in a combat situation.


42 posted on 02/11/2012 8:24:36 PM PST by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: Nachum

John Kerry can give some pointers on how to make a splinter look like a gunshot...


43 posted on 02/11/2012 8:26:28 PM PST by Rudder (The Main Stream Media is Our Enemy---get used to it.)
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To: Repeal The 17th

Amen and thank you. He’s at Spin Boldak. Kandahar Province.


44 posted on 02/11/2012 8:26:28 PM PST by Past Your Eyes (I'm not cut out to suffer fools like this.)
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To: Nachum
This is no surprise to me. Everything Obama does is for the vote, and he knows he doesn't have the military vote, so why spend money on them. He will now spend that money on his constituency: a loose coalition of Godless Communists, criminals, perverts, Hate America First Liberals, race baiters, welfare parasites, abortionist baby killers, pseudo intellectuals, environmentalist “Global Warming” insisters, and other unproductive elements of American Society.
45 posted on 02/11/2012 8:29:22 PM PST by DJ Taylor (Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
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To: SuziQ
So I guess Obama doesn’t consider getting blown up by an IED actual combat?

you are so very naive...if the IED doesn't go off....what's the threat. What if the IED you pass is a dud....why should we pay you combat pay when we have illegal immigrants who need food stamps.....where's your heart????

46 posted on 02/11/2012 8:29:41 PM PST by terycarl (lurking, but well informed)
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To: Past Your Eyes
If he told me what he was doing over there he’d probably have to kill me so I don’t ax.

I can't talk about my missions either, but people like Tom Clancy and Bill Gertz will write about what he is doing about six months from now.


47 posted on 02/11/2012 8:30:08 PM PST by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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To: ConorMacNessa

We know what this is about and it ain’t about saving money.

God bless and help those serving.


48 posted on 02/11/2012 8:30:22 PM PST by logitech
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To: Nachum

URBAN LEGEND ALERT!

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/combatpay.asp

Calm down, everyone. Combat pay HAS changed. But not like this says. Originally, if you spent only 1 day in theater, you got combat pay for an entire month. They have changed to the member receiving a certain amount per day ($7.50), which will add up to exactly the combat pay amount you usually receive for the month ($225) if you are there the entire time. If you are only there for two days, then you only get 16 bucks. Our unit received this briefing, I’m just sourcing Snopes because its easier.

Truth be known, I like this change. There’s nothing more frustrating than when a ground pounder spends an entire month downrange and gets the same sum as guy who shows up for two or three days as a maintenance guy on a rotator. In fact, I’ve known people who intentionally delayed their return stateside to the 2nd of the month, to get an entire month of combat pay.

Although I agree with the overarching argument that the military is getting the raw end, this isn’t one of them. It pays people based on how long they are in theater.


49 posted on 02/11/2012 8:31:23 PM PST by The Black Knight (What would John Rambo do?)
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To: terycarl

*snort*


50 posted on 02/11/2012 8:32:08 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: Nachum

When you are in a country where you don’t know what the enemy looks like or where he or she may come from, your in the line of fire.

I just wish that instead of “cutting” police and fire and our military they would just once say, ok we will cut white collar and secretaries.

Crap


51 posted on 02/11/2012 8:33:16 PM PST by Steve Newton (And the Wolves will learn what we have shown before-We love our sheep we dogs of war. Vaughn)
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To: Repeal The 17th

Thanks! His wife is thrilled that she’s able to ‘Skype’ with Matt, while he’s away.


52 posted on 02/11/2012 8:33:16 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: Nachum

Actually, two days at $7.50 should be 15 bucks. Public school math, sorry.


53 posted on 02/11/2012 8:34:31 PM PST by The Black Knight (What would John Rambo do?)
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To: Future Snake Eater
The military has the power to hit the reset switch in DC and set this country straight.

Instead, it takes orders from a foreign communist, loses wars and wastes soldiers lives on a regular basis as a result, and makes plans to integrate homosexuals and lesbians.

Seems like this whole civilian control of the military thing is highly overrated.

It's not like the nations problems are ever going to be solved via the electoral process anyway.

Guess it's just a matter of time.

54 posted on 02/11/2012 8:35:47 PM PST by Rome2000
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To: bgill
Ya know, John Kerry was wounded in Viet Nam.

Ah yes, the phamous rice wound.

55 posted on 02/11/2012 8:38:42 PM PST by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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To: Past Your Eyes

Mine is at some place called FOB Shinwar.


56 posted on 02/11/2012 8:39:27 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy and he is us.)
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To: Nachum

I never knew they piled crap as high as this s.o.b.


57 posted on 02/11/2012 8:39:49 PM PST by ZULU (LIBERATE HAGIA SOPHIA!!!!!)
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Oh, they’re jerks alright. Now his queen Michelle is going to breath down their neck like a DFAC NCO telling them how to eat fruits and vegetable while respecting hamburgers with AIDS.

It’s all a soldier need, another nanny nag to wag finger around.


58 posted on 02/11/2012 8:41:24 PM PST by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: Nachum

Going on a shooting offensive themselves does not count as combat? Dealing with IEDs doesn’t? So what does? I never thought much about that.


59 posted on 02/11/2012 8:41:27 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Sometimes progressives find their scripture in the penumbra of sacred bathroom stall writings (Tzar))
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To: GeronL
"...hasn’t there been enough disincentives for joining the military lately..."

Apparently, not enough. This POS makes my blood boil.

60 posted on 02/11/2012 8:43:03 PM PST by rlmorel ("A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." Winston Churchill)
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