unreal: calif. soldiers billed for thousands after military decides not to honor decade-old enlistment bonuses 




why, west wondered, would any sane citizen risk his or her life to serve in a military system so corrupt and backward that it would make its veterans pay back their rightfully earned bonuses? 




what made this move by the pentagon even more unsettling was how much money it had frivolously wasted on other things that the colonel believed did not deserve to be funded. 




<u+201c>here we have a pentagon stating it will pay for sex change surgery for those who are suffering from gender dysphoria,<u+201d> he wrote. <u+201c>i just want to know, how much money did the department of defense pay for those <u+2018> transgender handbooks <u+2018> and training materials?<u+201d> advertisement - story continues below 




he asked a similar question regarding all the taxpayer funds wasted on providing welfare to illegal immigrants , on operating sanctuary cities and on importing <u+201c>tens of thousands of syrian refugees into the country, with benefits.<u+201d> 




<u+201c>why not cut that off and provide the funding for these men and women who<u+2019>ve served?<u+201d> west wrote. <u+201c>this has been 10 years past and now we<u+2019>re punishing those who<u+2019>ve gone on with their lives?<u+201d> 




<u+201c>they did nothing wrong, they didn<u+2019>t seek to defraud our nation <u+2014> heck, they put their lives on the line to backfill the manpower shortages made by politicians and government bureaucrats,<u+201d> he continued. <u+201c>is this truly how we honor those who have served?<u+201d> 




no, it is not. or rather, it should not be, though clearly obama disagrees. advertisement - story continues below
allen west reveals how obama<u+2019>s pentagon just destroyed recruiting efforts for decades
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