State Dept. too few volunteers

[olehounddog]

Due to lack of volunteers State Dept. to order personnel to serve in Iraq or face dismissal. Sounds like the people who work there are tired of this hogwash too.

[M.Bellmore]

Hm. Lowly paid govt employee force to goto Iraq, or quit and go work for more pay as a contractor and NOT go to Iraq. Sounds like a hard choice :D

[Primbs]

I heard that military contractors are getting paid five times as much as our soldiers.

This is causing some grumbling in Iraq. If you quit the military, you can quintuple your salary in days.

[EvilEngineer]

I heard that military contractors are getting paid five times as much as our soldiers.

This is causing some grumbling in Iraq. If you quit the military, you can quintuple your salary in days.

yup, and the pisser is that it is still OUR tax dollars paying the contractors. I say screw the contractors and just pay the employees more. Doubling their pay would still be a savings from the contractors.