05/26/08 07:49 AM
President Bush
opposes a new G.I. Bill of Rights. He worries that if
the traditional path to college for service members
since World War II is improved and expanded for the
post-9/11 generation, too many people will take it.
He is wrong, but at least he is consistent. Having
saddled the military with a botched, unwinnable war,
having squandered soldiers’ lives and failed them in
so many ways, the commander in chief now resists
giving the troops a chance at better futures out of
uniform. He does this on the ground that the bill is
too generous and may discourage re-enlistment,
further weakening the military he has done so much to
break. Read
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