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I’m the type of person you said should be a Trump supporter, but I don’t think that any veteran should support you based on what you’ve said and done since announcing you were running for president last year. It’s critical that all veterans take a close look at you and what you stand for.
originally posted by: neo96
I’m the type of person you said should be a Trump supporter, but I don’t think that any veteran should support you based on what you’ve said and done since announcing you were running for president last year. It’s critical that all veterans take a close look at you and what you stand for.
Why the hell would ANY active duty support the flip side of the coin ?
Really ?
After decades of denigrating them calling the baby killers, and every other name in the book.
For DECADES go after their funding, and tell then to go fight wars politicians start.
For the last decade the flip side of that coin trying to make them pay for their own healthcare.
For the last decade thousands of veterans left to die waiting on lists.
You go right ahead and make this about Trump.
That bias is speaking loud and clear.
originally posted by: Benevolent Heretic
a reply to: neo96
It only about right or left or politics in YOUR mind.
originally posted by: neo96
originally posted by: Benevolent Heretic
a reply to: neo96
It only about right or left or politics in YOUR mind.
I have nothing but CONTEMPT for those that TRY to use us military servicemen as political props.
originally posted by: Gryphon66
originally posted by: kelbtalfenek
a reply to: Gryphon66
Names don't bother me. Internet warriors don't bother me. What bothers me is this whole exclusionary idea that America is being ruined by "(Insert race/religion/status here)" idea. What is ruining America is the sound bite mentality and the lack of ability for Americans to think critically about anything.
I remember when we were all Americans first and foremost.
That was way back before the Reagan/Republican Revolution and over a decade of Fox News and Right Wing Radio's 24/7 constant divisive barrage.
originally posted by: burdman30ott6
a reply to: Gryphon66
I assume we're expected to ignore the many watchdog groups that have called for investigation of WWP regarding why their administrative overhead and salaries are so much higher than similar charitable veterns groups' expenses are?
I mean really, one of the WWP higher ups dislikes Trump... and?
originally posted by: Benevolent Heretic
originally posted by: Sargeras
a reply to: Benevolent Heretic
Are you a veteran?
No. I don't see how that's relevant to posting a letter from a veteran... What does MY status have to do with anything?
Thanks for telling vets what we think.
And where did I do that? Oh, right! I didn't.
he represents the opposite of the values that our armed forces hold dear
originally posted by: 200Plus
a reply to: Gryphon66
The sad brutal truth is that if John McCain is a "war hero" then Jessica Lynch is a "war hero" too.
You'll never be able to convince an actual soldier that Lynch was any kind of "hero".
War is hell. It is the worst mankind can visit upon his fellow human beings. I lived through 42 months of it.
I do not champion the cause of American politics. I do not champion the rights or wrongs of conflict. I do everything in my power to instill in the younger generation to understand how easy it is to lose one's humanity in war. I do my utmost to make them ready to make the right moral decisions when they hold God-like power in their hands.
McCain never did that. He flew a plane a few times. Survived being a POW (God help him I can't imagine how terrible that experience was). Then he used that experience to get into politics and has been screwing over the vets and soldiers ever since (except when it's election time and he pays them lip service and reminds them he is a "war hero").
If this "light bird" was a soldier then the left should pay no attention to his opinion at all (oops- he agrees with them). If he was a Trump supporter he would be a war monger or suffering from PTSD or mTBI and unable to give a valid opinion, but since he supports Hillary (by opposing Trump) he is a war hero.
Isn't a lefty war hero an oxymoron? like jump shrimp or military intelligence?
The hypocrisy of people really knows no bounds it seems. I wonder if Huffpo will run a hit piece on him next week if he changes his mind?