Pub math: If x=D, then x=bad, however, if x=R, then x=good

[riverdeep]

The closest the dems have come to curtailing this war came last week, with the Webb proposal to give the troops the same amount of time resting that they spend in the field. By all accounts, it had a good chance of passing. Oh, Dear Leader might very well have vetoed it, but not without some political wounding. Then, Defense Secretary Bob Gates started making the rounds calling the Webb amendment dangerous:

http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,149497,00.html

It was enough to give cover to the gutless bastards pubs who switched.

On September 25th at a Department of Defense briefing, a reporter asks a Pentagon official about "lengthening the dwell time at home":
(video, fast forward to 10:33)
http://dodvclips.mil/?fr_story=FRsupt218762&rf=sitemap

He answers "It's the Army's goal to get to the same amount of dwell time as they are deployed..." The same thing as the Webb proposal.

Yes, yes they are that heinous.