Spider WEBB'S for brains

Congressman Webb has sponsored a bill to give our GI's a very handsome and yes even deserving Educational support, after three years of military service. Great--but not only dumb it is impractical. Yes we should have a good and rewarding bill for the services rendered, but the bill should not be counter-productive. Also, using, as an example, the GI Bill advanced after WW II is ludicrous. Those men coming out of the war were, for the most part, Draftees, that answered their Nations call. Once the war was over, they were in fact, discharged for the convince of the Government. In short, at that time they were no longer needed. However, their service time, which was disruptive to their lives, the GI Bill was not only to reward them for their service, but to help them to be rehabilitated back into the civilian population. This Bill had a positive means by giving them a chance to get a better education once they were released from their military obligation. On the other hand, for many years now, we have relied on an all Volunteer Military Force. To maintain this force, any benefits made must be a two way street. It must serve to enhance the military goals of service to the country as well as the Retention needs. It cannot be, as Designed by Congressman Webb and his cohorts, a means to reward the service man to such an extent, for minimal service with maximum benefits for all. It has to be rewarded in such a manner to serve the Country as Well as the man. This plan does not do that. Yes our service men, for time served, should be duly rewarded, however, it should not be one size fits all. Nor should it be disruptive to the maintaince of an all Volunteer Force. It must not or should not ever be a reward that would lure the service man out of the service and for only a minimal time service. It has to be based on a graduated time served plan, i, e., compensation on a length of time served scale. The longer one serves, the more he will be rewarded at the end of his tour. To do otherwise would be destructive to our military forces. To Comdr. Webb, you of all people must be aware of what such a bill, as proposed by you and your co-sponsors, would do to our Volunteer Forces--but in case you lack this level of comprehension,--IT WOULD DESTROY THE MEANS FOR RETAINING A COMPETENT MILITARY FORCE LEVEL. Sen. McCain has it right. And for you, Mr. Obama, you just don't know what the hell your talking about! "Politics is not the science of setting up a permanently impregnable society, it is the art of knowing where to go next in the exploration of an already existing traditional kind of Society." Michael Oakeshott - The Political Economy of Freedom l949 The Messenger.