{"id":31021,"date":"2012-07-23T18:05:47","date_gmt":"2012-07-23T22:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=31021"},"modified":"2012-07-24T08:30:17","modified_gmt":"2012-07-24T12:30:17","slug":"obama-to-vfw-ive-got-your-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=31021","title":{"rendered":"Obama to VFW: I’ve got your back"},"content":{"rendered":"

The president spoke at the VFW convention<\/a> in Las Vegas today and he closed his speech with the phrase “I’ve got your back”. The first thing I thought of was the last time I heard him mention my back at the American Legion convention last year when he said he wasn’t going to balance the budget on the backs of veterans while his defense secretary was planning to do exactly that.<\/p>\n

President Barack Obama gave a 31 minute speech to the VFW National Convention Monday in Reno, ending the speech by telling the vets, \u201cI\u2019ve got your back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Obama’s remarks were often followed with cheers, applause and standing ovations.<\/p>\n

He promised to keep the U.S. military as the indispensable fighting force in the world and vowed to continue fighting to improve the veteran\u2019s health-care system.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, when he talks about the “veterans’ health care system, he’s talking about the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, he’s not talking about the DoD healthcare system that we earned. He’s trying to push us out of that system and into the VA. I don’t like the VA because it’s staffed by civilians who don’t understand me and my ailments. Army doctors do understand. VA doctors are bureaucrats, it’s been my experience that military doctors care more about what they do. The VA hospital is closer to me, but I go where there are military doctors.<\/p>\n

Now, I’m not sure that Romney won’t screw veterans, the only reason he hasn’t, I’m sure, is because he hasn’t had the opportunity yet. But I’m also certain that I would rather Obama have my front, because I don’t trust him behind me. And the only reason that I need someone watching my back is because of him and his administration doing their best to put it to me, so I sure don’t want him watching it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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