What return is there on someone with a six figure salary fighting in Iraq
when this same money could be used to pay healthcare workers and educators
to improve U.S. society? Bush's fiasco in Iraq is a lose-lose enterprise for
Iraqis and Americans.
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Six-figure bonuses retain US commandos
By RICHARD LARDNER
Associated Press Writer
October 11, 2007
The Pentagon has paid more than $100 million in bonuses to veteran Green
Berets and Navy SEALs, reversing the flow of top commandos to the corporate
world where security companies such as Blackwater USA are offering big
salaries.
The retention effort, started nearly three years ago and overseen by U.S.
Special Operations Command in Tampa, Fla., has helped preserve a small but
elite group of enlisted troops with vast experience fighting the
unconventional wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to Defense Department
statistics.
Overall, more than 1,200 of the military's most specialized personnel near
or already eligible for retirement have opted for payments of up to $150,000
in return for staying in uniform several more years.
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