This is supporting our troops ???

[uscitizen]

Pay Cuts a Possibility for National Guard Troops in Kosovo

Monday, March 19, 2007

By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
AP

NATO forces have been responding to scattered violence since fighting began in Kosovo in 1999.

WASHINGTON — As ethnic tensions continue and all sides await a critical U.N. decision on sovereignty, the Pentagon is considering reducing the pay of an estimated 1,900 U.S. troops stationed in Kosovo as part of a NATO peacekeeping force.

Far from the battles in Afghanistan and Iraq, these troops — comprised of more than 1,500 Army National Guard and the rest reservists or active duty soldiers now in the middle of a one-year deployment — could stand to lose upwards of $2,000 in pay each month, plus tax-exempt status and a free plane ticket home for R&R, say National Guard advocates and families of those currently deployed.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,259764,00.html

 

[Cypress]

"So what? These guys volunteered for service. The have no right to complain"

--Dixie

 

[maineman]

don't you know? the republican definition of "supporting the troops" is to support pResident Bush in whatever he choses to do with the troops and to make sure that you have a yellow ribbon "Support the Troops" made in China bumper magnet on your SUV. That's it! That is what "supporting the troops" is really all about. It's that simple.

 

[uscitizen]

The terms of their contract should continue as long as they are under their enlistment period. It is not like the private sector where they can quit if they don't like the job.