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ColemanMaskell

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1. Yeah, not good. Very not good. Assuming the Guardsmen were not themselves party to any conspiracy

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Sun Oct 23, 2016, 07:12 PM

Oct 2016

they need to drag every case through every court they can. Offering them bonuses and then reneging is itself fraud against the Guardsmen who accepted the bonuses. If some middle management Guard officers made the offers without authorization, those individuals may have broken laws, but the people who re-enlisted on the basis of such promises did so in the reasonable belief that those extending the offers were authorized to do so. Surely the ACLU would take these cases (one hopes?)

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Thousands of California soldiers forced to repay enlistment bonuses a decade after going to war [View all] Zorro Oct 2016 OP

Yeah, not good. Very not good. Assuming the Guardsmen were not themselves party to any conspiracy ColemanMaskell Oct 2016 #1

Both guardsmen and recruiters are at fault. X_Digger Oct 2016 #3

Who's idea is this? MFM008 Oct 2016 #2

the defense dept vanishes pallets of money bricks in Iraq... Javaman Oct 2016 #4

I'm Conflicted erpowers Oct 2016 #5

I agree. Mariana Oct 2016 #6