{"id":26190,"date":"2011-08-16T08:55:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=26190"},"modified":"2011-08-16T09:43:47","modified_gmt":"2011-08-16T13:43:47","slug":"dicksmith-and-his-inability-to-comprehend-what-he-reads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=26190","title":{"rendered":"dicksmith and his inability to comprehend what he reads"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our friend, dicksmith, at VoteVets’ VetVoice blog<\/a> thinks that Governor and Presidential candidate, Rick Perry “smeared” the troops’ professionalism;<\/p>\n

At his speech before Iowa Republicans Sunday night, [Rick Perry] said, “One of the reasons, one of the powerful reasons, that I’m running for the presidency of the United States is to make sure that every young man and woman who puts on the uniform of this country respects highly the president of the United States.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, dicksmith can’t think for himself, so he turns to equally illiterate moron Adam Weinstein of Mother Jones<\/a> to coalesce his thoughts;<\/p>\n

Perry is insinuating that “America’s roughly 3 million active-duty and reserve soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines don’t respect President Barack Obama-whose administration drew down their numbers in Iraq and Afghanistan, revamped the Department of Veterans Affairs, increased Pentagon funding, and oversaw the operation that killed Osama bin Laden.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Really, Richard? They’re supposed to be grateful that Obama has begun pulling them out of Iraq and Afghanistan despite the increasing violence that threatens the results of their sacrifice in those nations? Maybe that’s what you anti-war creeps want, but certainly not a majority of the troops who served there and are now watching their good works collapse.<\/p>\n

Obama “revamped” the DVA? How has it improved? They can’t meet deadlines and provide the care and services they promised, but I guess you could call that revamped. He has improved funding of the DVA, but he’s far short of the 800% increase of the Bush years. <\/p>\n

Increased Pentagon funding? When? Right before his administration proposed $800 billion in cuts?<\/p>\n

And if by “oversaw the operation that killed Osama bin Laden” you mean that he watched it on TV, you might be right, well, except for the period of time that the satellite picture blacked out. But dicksmith makes it sound as if Obama devised the plan and trained the SEALs to the task personally. He watched…remotely…a safe distance away. All he did was give his permission to continue.<\/p>\n

American troops are perfectly capable of disagreeing with the policies of a President and still holding respect for the office of Commander-in-Chief. For Rick Perry to suggest otherwise is nothing more than a below the belt smear against their professionalism. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Perry suggested no such thing. What he meant was that the troops need a leader who doesn’t accept the accolades for their efforts…like your “oversaw” comment.<\/p>\n

Rick Perry is a veteran, after all. So I can expect VoteVets to support him if he does end up running against non-veteran Obama, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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