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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
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It seems the well of military folks' goodwill toward the Perpetual War on Terror Doctrine is running drier.
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All I'm saying is that the article has it down pretty well. People just don't like the odds anymore, compared to the pay (or loss of pay in many cases) that accompanies repeated mobilizations. If people wanted to go active duty, they would have joined active duty.
At one point it was touted as a risk of an occasional 6 month or 1 year overseas deployment (see, e.g., 1991 mobilizations).
But when people are hearing about the 3rd mobilization in 4 years (one under Clinton, one immediately in response to 9/11, and one that can be tied to Iraq one way or another), they wonder where the rest of the flag wavers are.
If nothing else, somebody will have to start raising military salaries if they want to counter the effects of this.
That, and try and raise the permanent level of reserves/national guard forces by 50-100% so that particular units aren't left wondering why it seems like they are always getting mobilized.
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