Now regarding Obama support for the troops. On the final bills to support funding the troops Obama voted NO. McCain voted no on bills that wanted us to surrender in Iraq and thankfully these surrender bills were defeated. Obama voted against the surge that brought us Victory in Iraq. He himself admitted that the surge worked beyond his wildest expectations which proves beyond a shadow of doubt that he has a very weak and very wrong judgments on military and national security matters.
Also 70% of the active duty troops voted for McCain and against Obama so this clearly tells you what the troops feel regarding Obama support to them.
First I did not want to respond to your post since it is totally futile to discuss facts and truth with Obama supporters however I wrote this post just to show the absolute facts and truth. I am not going to convince you and for sure you are not going to convince me.
You can have the last word and I am not going to further respond because it is a waste of my time.
Wow. First, thank you for the kind words regarding my brother. He is a hero, not only for his actions in the Corps, but also for how he lived his life other than that.
Now, I feel it quite amusing that you don’t want to discuss this with an “Obama supporter” because we are so apparently close minded. But, the same goes for McCain supporters. Look, typically the military votes Republican. You really would be hard pressed to find a time when the majority of the military population voted for a Democrat, so that doesn’t convince me. And, just an FYI, we do not and have not had victory in Iraq yet. Let’s be honest. This war will rage on for years because of the nature of the cultures that make up that region. There is too much hatred between the different sects and as long as we are over there, we will continue to come in between them and suffer and cause more casualties.
And, unfortunately, though the war was 1 of my top issues in selecting a President, it was not my only. I can definitely see where both sides are coming from. 4 years ago, I would have campaigned for McCain, but he changed. His morals changed and I changed. I cannot stand by and allow people to continue bad policies that hurt this country that my brother, father and entire family love so dearly. I still think back and wonder, what if I would have voted for Gore or Kerry? Would this country be in the state it is in now? Would my brother be dead? The last 8 years have not been good and we need to try something new. Maybe it doesn’t work, but maybe it does. Give Obama a shot.
And as for those of you that call him Hussein or OSama, get a grip. That is so racist and rude because, let’s face it, you are trying to say he is akin to Saddam Hussein and Bin Laden. What the military is fighting for is to keep our country a land of opportunity and to make sure those same opportunities are not taken from others around the world. Do you really think that your words and actions are in the same spirit? Absolutely not! The more than 4000 service members did not die so that you could act/speak in this manner. Have respect for your fellow man, no matter what his/her background is. After all, the military is made up of a cross section of this country, not just one or two races or religions.