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Posted on 03/08/2008 1:56:51 PM PST by World_Events
Speaking on behalf of the Democratic Party, an Iraq combat veteran said Saturday that apparent GOP nominee John McCain should not win the presidential election because he would continue the war in Iraq.
Roger Martinez, who served as an Army ranger in Afghanistan and Iraq, noted in the Democrats' weekly radio address that President Bush endorsed McCain this week. Bush said McCain "won't flinch in the face of danger" and McCain strongly supports the U.S. efforts in Iraq. Electing a leader who would continue Bush's policies in Iraq would be a mistake, Martinez said.
"Our country and our armed services cannot afford another leader like President Bush who would keep our overstretched military in Iraq for 100 years while ignoring the other threats our country faces both at home and around the world." McCain has said that U.S. troops could be in Iraq for many years if those troops were no longer being injured or killed.
"I honor and thank John McCain for his years of military service to our country," said Martinez, who is studying at the University of Texas at San Antonio. "But I don't think he offers the right leadership on Iraq or understands how to reinvigorate our economy here at home."
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I was just gonna ask the same question—real, or Memorex?
I don't know if he was a real Ranger.
He is a real Democrat, though.
>>”Our country and our armed services cannot afford another leader like President Bush who would keep our overstretched military in Iraq for 100 years while ignoring the other threats our country faces both at home and around the world.”<<
Who said anything about ignoring other threats.
But when you invade a country and wipe out the government and infrastructure it takes a while to give the people a real chance. It could go much faster if they would get their act together like Japan and West Germany did or if they decide they don’t want our help.
Where do they get boobs like this who take the “100 years” literally and stand up and give speeches on behalf of the Democra........oh, right.
“But when you invade a country and wipe out the government and infrastructure it takes a while to give the people a real chance. It could go much faster if they would get their act together like Japan and West Germany did or if they decide they don’t want our help.”
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I wonder how long we have to stay in Iraq where the Islamists in Mesopotamia have been accustomed to autocratic rule for over 1000 years. How much US money and blood is this going to cost?
The fact that the “media” didn’t exploit Martinez’s rank by mentioning it in the article tells me about all I need to know about Martinez. I wonder if the “media” would do a story like this about an Iraq and Afghanistan combat veteran who supports McCain. I won’t hold my breath.
Your gonna get a few people like this. Where are the comments in the MSM from the other 5,000 that came home last quarter?
I hate the way the Democrats do this, trot out a veteran and act as if he speaks for all veterans. It is a cheap, tasteless trick.
I’m not sure if this guy got the memo. Most of what the Democrat candidates says on their campaign trail doesn’t reflect what they’re saying else where.
After Obama was critsized for wanting to pull the troops out of Iraq only to return if Al Qaeda shows up (Which they’re already there) Obama said he really meant that he would pull them out sometime down the road.
I love it though. A lot of crap they spew comes backs and bites them in the arse.... the same as when Hillary spent years dissing the red states, the red necks, the nascar people.... Today she needs their votes bad and it LOOKS to me like people remember all that elitist talk she’s been spewing in the past.
She doesn’t seem so darned smart now.
Martinez and not in the bag for McVain..... after the Illegal-Hispanic-invasion-amnesty-travesty?
Hope this is a lesson to Captain Queeg.
The ONLY people loyal are the conservatives.
We don’t throw our own under the train.
Come back to the camp and we would have your back. Keep being a RINO-LIB and the snakes you lay with will bite you in the A$$.
Swiftboating is the practice of revealing facts about a candidate’s background which contradict their phony persona.
That's NOT what is happening here.
Swiftboating is a honorable practice. This is a blow hard with an opinion. Opinions are... well you know.... they all stink.
You are correct about opinions ..... EVERYBODY has one pewwweee
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http://thebellwetherdaily.blogspot.com/2008/03/dnc-enlists-ohio-vet-to-slam-john.html
There is a little more on Martinez here. Also mentioned on Forbes site.
I don’t think one disgruntled grunt matters. Most on the ground want to win as they did in Vietnam, Korea, and before. Losing is not a luxury for real soldiers or the last Super Power in the world. We should take a lesson from our previous retreats and how they came home to roost in the horror of 9-11. Demonstrating weakness makes one a target more than anything else.
That said, things have turned the corner in Iraq and it is not time to retreat in the face of success no matter who is calling for it. Even the Democrats have muted their rhetoric in the face of the success of the surge. McCain should be given credit for not retreating on Iraq when it would’ve been easy for him to do so though he’d have been sacrificing any chance at the Presidency had he flinched in such a way.
If there is one singular reason why McCain should be President above all others is that he is committed to winning in Iraq and that he understands and articulates the nature of the enemy. Token soldiers wallowing in the politics of cowardice should be seen for what they are. They are sell outs to the enemy and that enemy isn’t only those who prostrate themselves before Allah in the name of Jihad but also those leaders in this nation who would shackle the hands of Uncle Sam and force him down in the international square in a submissive posture before our enemies while they gather around to stone and spit on him.
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