Army Disowns Republicans One Week Too Late

Published: September 27, 2007, 12:24 pm

Tags: army, webb hagel amendment, defense department, george casey, recommended

(From the diaries -- kos) for•ti•tude, n.: Strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage. The Washington Post reported yesterday that the Army is now saying 15-month deployments without a proper recovery time are “not sustainable.” Again, this is exactly what the Webb-Hagel Amendment was all about—that is, until it was torpedoed by Republican al Qaeda supporters in the Senate last week. This story was previously diaried by dday and Lightning Pride in two excellent pieces, but I want to expound on it a little—as well as to keep this story front and center. So, there’s good news and bad news. I’ll start off with the good news first: The Army has now essentially come out and said that the Republicans who voted against the Webb-Hagel Amendment don’t support the troops. This is what Ann Scott Tyson of the Post reported yesterday: Army Chief of Staff George W. Casey Jr., who

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