[CLUE-Talk] Going to war, how much to pay people

[Kevin Cullis]

Yep, couldn't agree more!!  However, what we learned with WWII is that
we let Hitler get too far and it became too costly to stop him after he
got started.  If we had intervened a little sooner, not so many troops
would have had to put their lives on the line.

Thanks for the book suggestion.

Kevin

On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 18:05, David Anselmi wrote:
> Kevin Cullis wrote:
> > Hey folks,
> > 
> > After hearing President Bush's speech tonight, I thought that I might
> > enlighten some of you who may not know how much the enlisted folks make
> > to put their life on the line for us.
> > 
> > Take a look at this URL to get an idea:
> > 
> > http://militarypay.dtic.mil/pay/bp/paytables/Jan2002.html
> 
> The best pay we can give the military is wise leadership.  Obviously you 
> can't pay anyone enough to be killed or maimed in a far off place.  But 
> we can make sure they die only when necessary.  And we can make sure 
> they have to kill only when necessary.  I'm not sure either of those 
> have happened in my lifetime.
> 
> It is generally accepted that WWII was a good cause.  If you want some 
> second thoughts, take a look at "Wartime" by Paul Fussell.
> 
> Dave
> 
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