The cost of deployments...


	The cost of deployments...

earnric

4-5-2008 6:22 PM

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earnric says:

We are simply asking too much from our brothers in uniform... a cost that is being paid for a low probability of an outcome in our national interest.
When will we stop gambling with our military?

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