{"id":67604,"date":"2016-08-23T10:03:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T14:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=67604"},"modified":"2016-08-23T10:09:04","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T14:09:04","slug":"veterans-support-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=67604","title":{"rendered":"Veterans support Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our pals, Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Dan Lamothe at the Washington Post write “Why many veterans are sticking with Trump, even after he insulted a Gold Star family<\/a>“. They try to explain to the echo chambers of the traditional readership of the Post and to the #NeverTrump bunch why veterans overwhelmingly stick with Trump as the National Security candidate. They quote Jim Webb, Junior, the son of Jim Webb, the former Senator and Navy Secretary and I think he sums it all up pretty well;<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there\u2019s a pretty sour taste in a lot of guys\u2019 mouths about Iraq and about what happened there,\u201d said Jim Webb Jr., a Marine veteran, Trump supporter…\u201cYou pour time and effort and blood into something, and you see it pissed away, and you think, \u2018How did I spend my twenties?\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a mentality that they don\u2019t want to see more of that,\u201d he said, adding that he worried that a Hillary Clinton presidency would result in \u201ccontinued adventurism,\u201d given her record supporting interventions in Iraq and Libya.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

For Webb, writing in a candidate or voting \u201cout of protest,\u201d is not an option. For all of Trump\u2019s perceived flaws, Webb said, he thinks he is the strongest candidate.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is bringing a comprehensive re-examination of how we conduct business,\u201d Webb said. \u201cWhether it\u2019s on taxes or it\u2019s how we\u2019re involved in the world, it\u2019s very sorely needed.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Veterans see the world differently than their non-veteran peers. We look at it terms of realism – that each nation acts in it’s own interests, or more accurately, acts in the interests of it’s ruling politicians. So, which politician vying for leadership acts more closely in our view of the country’s interests? <\/p>\n

The Clintonians and Obamians always consider first how their actions will affect the opinions that other nations will have as a result of their decisions. Whereas a Trump Administration wouldn’t be hamstrung by those considerations – Trump doesn’t seem concerned about what other people think of him. <\/p>\n

To wit;<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d rather have an a\u2013hole in the office who doesn\u2019t have a filter than a pandering, corrupt hawk who has special interests in mind rather than the American public,\u201d said [David Buzzard, a 26-year-old former Army specialist], who has the light outline of a scar under his left eye, the faint evidence of a roadside bomb that hit his patrol in 2011 in Afghanistan\u2019s Wardak province.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But, don’t worry, the Brandon Friedmans of the world are still solidly in the Clinton camp;<\/p>\n

Brandon Friedman, a former Army captain who deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan and later served in the Obama administration, pointed to a litany of remarks made by the Republican presidential candidate that disparaged the military and veterans. He also pointed to Trump\u2019s lack of support for the post-9\/11 GI Bill, a piece of legislation that has helped thousands of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan receive a higher education, and Trump\u2019s claims that the U.S. military \u201cdoesn\u2019t win anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I see veterans saying things like, \u2018He\u2019s proud of the military,\u2019 I don\u2019t think they\u2019re paying attention to the words coming out of his mouth,\u201d said Friedman, who plans to vote for Clinton. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing to me that he\u2019s been actively hostile to the veterans community and still retains so much support.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Brandon Friedman was a founding member of MoveOn.org’s VoteVets and he was brought into the Shinseki VA Department as lead social media propagandist. He’s still one of Shinseki’s apologists, so, you know, his opinion of Trump really doesn’t have much value in a real discussion of facts. Friedman’s understanding of veterans’ issues is sadly lacking in any real substance beyond rank partisanship.<\/p>\n

I’m still not sure the best place for my vote in a few months, but I’m sure it won’t go for another Clinton.<\/p>\n

By the way, there are more than 2000 comments on the Washington Post article and you probably don’t want to read them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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