Jim Webb’s G.I. bill another example of commitment to troops
Over the past few decades Republicans have shown time and time again that they see nothing wrong with using American soldiers as political ploys. Touting their commitment to taking care of our veterans but not really ever backing it up with any sort of substantial legislation. Talking the talk, but not walking the walk, so to speak. Fortunately, Democrats have shown time and time again they are willing to look out for those who risk their lives looking out for us. The latest example being Senator Jim Webb’s “G.I. bill”:
Sen. Webb’s “New GI Bill,” which went into effect Aug. 1, returns a full measure of educational aid to Americans who’ve served since 9/11, when falling towers and a flaming Pentagon signaled the start of a long war against a new set of lethal enemies. The fierce fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan–between them, the wars have killed more than 5,000 Americans and wounded perhaps 10 times that number–justifies a robust GI Bill, especially since, as Mr. Webb last year told Free Lance-Star readers, “Seventy percent of the Marine Corps and 75 percent of the Army leave at or before the end of their first enlistment, so the all-volunteer military is not an all-career military. When the overwhelming majority are leaving at the end of one enlistment, you still have a citizen-soldier, and those are the people who have not been taken care of.”