Rest is Bad?

Senator Jim Webb (D, Virginia) recently proposed legislation to require that troops receive the same amount of time at home as they spend deployed. In other words, if a soldier is deployed overseas for 13 months, he must have 13 months at his home base beore his next deployment. Democrats believe they have the 60 votes to pass this legislation, but not the 67 votes to overturn a little George veto. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on Sunday reported that he would advise little George to veto this legislation. He called it a back door attempt to draw down troop levels.
In a mildly related issue, former Secretary of State Colin Powell was asked what is the greatest threat facing the United States. His answer is illuminating:
"People will say it's terrorism. But are there any terrorists in the world who can change the American way of life or our political system? No. Can they knock down a building? Yes. Can they kill somebody? Yes. But can they change us? No. Only we can change ourselves. So what is the greatest threat we are facing?"
Al-Qaida governs no Islamic nation and poses no military threat to the integrity of the United States or any Western nation. At worst they are capable of theatrical mass murder.........But little George and his band of Chicken Hawks are doing real damage to our military and our American way of life with his politics of fear and his war for profit! Who's the danger?