Once you tell the bad guys that you have a created a program in which people can get around security, then you have created an incentive for them to tap into that system. Do you really want that?

The requirements are pretty onerous.

The political atmosphere is charged. Democrats can't afford to be seen as soft on defense or terrorism. They're going to have to fight the social cuts without bargaining on defense.

Stop-loss masks the recruiting problem. We are talking about thousands -- if not tens of thousands -- of troops who are being held past their release date.

While it may not be fair to say they don't deserve to make what they are making, it is correct to question why they are making so much money. Their profitability is tied to government policy decisions.

As a company's fortunes fare, so do the CEOs and other top managers, and that is the way it should work in the business world,