American Military May Face Not Getting Paychecks After August 2 Debt Ceiling Deadline

The politics of scare are in place. First Obama tried to scare Social Security recipients they won't get their paychecks if a debt ceiling increase is no in place by August 2. Of course, had they put your Social Security in a lock box and not spent it, then of course this wouldn't be a problem.

Now the military is being used to push the debt ceiling debate. The UK Daily Mail writes:

American soldiers in Afghanistan have been warned they may not be paid after President Obama failed in an 11th-hour attempt to reach a settlement over the U.S. deficit.

Who do you think issued the warning? Could this have anything to do with the fact Republicans generally do better with the military than Democrats?