That was my first thought and I was hopin some replied to you.
And to add to your point about McCain serving:
Posted on 06/30/2008 9:54:41 AM PDT by Right Winged American
Someone on here is smoking dope. What ocean is McCain’s prison in? It is in Vietvan you twerp. The title is Vietnam veteran - not North or South Vietnam.
What a laugh! The veteran’s Vietnam Service Medal and Vietnam Campaign Medal are unalterable proof and unassailable documentation of being a Vietnam veteran.
“Further, while this whole process of excluding BWN Vietnam Veterans from receiving veterans benefits began under Togo West under the second Clinton Administration, it was implemented by the VA under the current Bush Administration.”
This action therefore is another shining example of why it is important to eliminate previous opposition party cadre from ones new administration at the outset.
This action should be unceremoniously tossed onto the table before President G.W. Bush with demands this performance of the opposition be stopped, reversed immediately.
I haven’t a problem with telling people that “I am a Viet Nam ERA Vet”, because that is what I am. I served in South Korea 1966-1968. A man or woman that served in the Viet Nam Theater is a Viet Nam Vet period.
GRRRRRRR.I am so mad right now.
Strange. This site is unreachable.
Let me see if I have this right....
All those Blue Water Flag Officers - who came ashore to visit the whore houses of South Vietnam are therefore eligible to be Vietnam War Veterans since their feet and other body parts touched South Vietnamese “property” ——— but the Marine/Navy Carrier Pilots who overflew our positions and attacked forces opposed to us are merely “Vietnam Era Veterans”!!! Is there no depth to which the freaking imbeciles in Washington won’t stoop to?
Recent events involving Murtha, Reid, Pelosi, Kerry, Kennedy, Delahunt, Durbin and then Obama’s selection by the DNC to run for President -— makes a very convincing argument that a lot of folks in our Government are Fxxking Insane.
Simple. When the Department of Veterans Affairs takes a law like the Agent Orange Act of 1991, and 'interprets' the legislation as it makes the rules for implementing it.
This is new; it was begun during 2nd Clinton as part of the 'Peace Dividend', and implemented during GW's. This is indeed new. But not surprising, considering the abysmal choices for VA Secretary perpetrated by men trusted by the President.
Regrettably, GW was and is too loyal to nail them when they screwed the pooch.
Again, sigh.
This qualifies for a HUGE “WTF?!?!” Thank God Tonk didn’t live to see this...it’d kill him.
Yes, I’m sure it was a conscious decision. Get a grip and put the blame where it’s due.
So how, exactly, is this headline "crap"?
This is a crock. How shameful to post cooked-up headlines the same as the leftmedia does. Shameful and sad.
It ain’t just McCain, ping. I bet Tonk’s doing more than 60 rpms, cobra.
It took forever to load for me, too, but it's up now. The whole web seemed to hiccup for a few minutes.
If you care to examine the people that “W” has put in place with regard to veterans’ matters you will see it isn’t an accident.
He appointed one nit wit who announced he had decided that only military personnal who suffered wounds in combat could receive VA benefits. He also sought to redefine the meaning of veteran. He dropped the idea once he found out that only Congress determines such things.
I know the Chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee, under pressure from the White House, got the boot when Republicans were still in the majority. He was determined to be too friendly to veterans and veterans service organizations.
No doubt and yes, it's not just McCain, it's thousands of people who fought and bled in the Viet Nam war.
It sounds like you are intimately and emotionally involved in this, so I will not presume to know more than you. However, as I read the Federal Register attachment from above, it looks like this is a very narrow definition used for purposes of determining who may be presumed to have been exposed to Agent Orange. I see no indication that others who do not fall under the definition may not also be determined to have been exposed to AO through some other adjudication process.
Certainly, this will not revoke Senator McCain’s status as a Vietnam Veteran.
Ok, it’s all Bush’s fault.
That was my first thought and I was hopin some replied to you.
And to add to your point about McCain serving:
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