{"id":67004,"date":"2016-07-21T10:38:24","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T14:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=67004"},"modified":"2016-07-21T10:38:24","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T14:38:24","slug":"gop-platform-includes-improving-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=67004","title":{"rendered":"GOP platform includes improving military"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the Military Times<\/a>, the 2016 Republican platform, adopted at their convention this week in Cleveland, includes improving pay and benefits for the military as well as ending \u201csocial experimentation\u201d and focusing on readiness and morale;<\/p>\n

\u201cMilitary families must be assured of the pay, health care, housing, education, and overall support they have earned,\u201d the platform states. \u201cIn recent years, they have been carrying the burden of budgetary restraint more than any other Americans through cuts in their pay, health benefits, and retirement plans.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbout 75 percent of enlistees come from military families. We cannot expect that level of patriotic commitment to continue among young people who have experienced the way their families have been treated.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, well, the Republicans bear some responsibility for the deterioration of readiness and morale over the last eight years. They’ve been more than willing to screw the troops to appear as if they were eager to get along with the President.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that our nation is most secure when the president and the administration prioritize readiness, recruitment, and retention rather than using the military to advance a social or political agenda,\u201d it states. \u201cMilitary readiness should not be sacrificed on the altar of political correctness.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Republicans were in a position to prevent that from happening during the Obama years, but they would rather pander to traditionally Democrat voters rather than listen to their own base. While the GOP platform looks good on paper, they haven’t done anything lately to make me think they’re serious about actually accomplishing anything in this regard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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