Wednesday, January 07, 2004
Troop morale in the tank
ABC News reports:
Funny. There are things that money can't buy.
Not that we expect Bush to understand this, of course.
At a checkpoint on the barren plain east of Baqouba, word of a new U.S. Army plan to pay soldiers up to $10,000 to re-enlist evoked laughter from a few bored-looking troopers.
"Man, they can't pay me enough to stay here," said a 23-year-old specialist from the Army's 4th Infantry Division as he manned the checkpoint with Iraqi police outside this city 35 miles northeast of Baghdad.
Funny. There are things that money can't buy.
Not that we expect Bush to understand this, of course.
