tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20285278.post1266581757418936193..comments2023-05-11T02:52:57.766-05:00Comments on Rob's Musings: What to do with our soldiers?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20285278.post-1815880113730944892007-06-07T20:22:00.000-05:002007-06-07T20:22:00.000-05:00Rich - Makes sense, it's a tough situation. They n...Rich - <BR/><BR/>Makes sense, it's a tough situation. They need some business people in there running the budgets.<BR/><BR/>RobRob Deichert Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06678054546366450788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20285278.post-87458069637469601272007-06-05T10:04:00.000-05:002007-06-05T10:04:00.000-05:00OK Rob - I'll bite: while I agree, I do think ther...OK Rob - I'll bite: while I agree, I do think there's some posturing going on by the Pentagon (just the other day the National Guard was complaining that "all the money was going to Iraq vs. training people Stateside.") Well, if I had to chose I'd chose to better arm those in the field vs those on the farm. And while there are basic supply issues at stake, the other basic issue is one of support: meaning, nobody wants to put more money into Iraq; late last year some within the Democratic party were talking about 0 funding the war in hopes it force the President to withdraw from Iraq. The choice from this angle is whether it's feasible to present the taxpayers an additional $2B (or whatever) to meet Pentagon expectations of "fully funding the war". All this while, keep in mind that the Pentagon is like any other government organization and will spend what you give them at the risk of "giving money back" to the General Fund. So while I agree that the war is underfunded and that Congress and the American taxpayers should contribute more to support troops in combat, I think the idea of "fully funding" a war (muchless this war) is an impossibility.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20285278.post-79579282772286065082007-05-29T12:54:00.000-05:002007-05-29T12:54:00.000-05:00Rob, Great post, and one I wholeheartedly agree wi...Rob, <BR/><BR/>Great post, and one I wholeheartedly agree with.<BR/><BR/>Good post Rob. <BR/><BR/>AndyAndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583167484624318237noreply@blogger.com