Pay Cut for Troops?

I hope that this can be filed under "more lies from the SFChronicle." If this is correct , I am leading a march on Washington.

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon wants to cut the pay of its 148,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, who are already contending with guerrilla-style attacks, homesickness and 120-degree-plus heat.
Unless Congress and President Bush take quick action when Congress returns after Labor Day, the uniformed Americans in Iraq and the 9,000 in Afghanistan will lose a pay increase approved last April of $75 a month in "imminent danger pay" and $150 a month in "family separation allowances."

Gee, guys, maybe we could cut the mohair subsidy and pay our soldiers. Any chance we could take $300 million out of the farm bill? Maybe let private industry develop fuel-cell cars?
Thanks to ZogbyBlog!

UPDATE: Score one for jk! It appears that this IS more lies from the SF Chronicle. They fooled Taranto at the WSJ Best of the Web, but not me. Today's Best of the Web corrects with a letter from a Captain Jamie Flanders of the USAF. Still not enough for these brave heroes but better than the SF Chronicle portrays.

Posted by jk at August 14, 2003 02:35 PM