When President Bush went to Iraq in 2003 to have a Thanksgiving dinner, they gave him numerous rounds of applause. A dozen, at least. Hmmm....
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news.../2003/11/20031127.html
When President Bush went to Iraq in 2003 to have a Thanksgiving dinner, they gave him numerous rounds of applause. A dozen, at least. Hmmm....
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news.../2003/11/20031127.html
frostedflakes
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So the soldiers liked Bush in 2000 more than Obama in 2008?
OP, are you trying to suggest the troops are dumb?
OP, are you trying to suggest the troops are dumb?
The only ones who have suggested that are the lefties. I suggest they have better judgment than the American public.
Apparently the troops are stupid, but the welfare bottom feeders who can't afford healthcare are geniuses.
No one ever accused the military of intelligence.
That's ok, there are plenty of us military and ex-military who would be the opposite...at the very least.
Brainonska511
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No this thread is about you being a troll. No one gives a shit what the troops think, its not their job.
umbrella39
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Hmmm, nice photo
Here's some non-tripe filled accounting from Mlive:
Face it OP, you failed trying to compare apples to oranges again. But we have come to expect that kind of insanity from you. Keep doing it over and over, the results won't change. But don't let that stop you from trying. You are officially bankrupt.
Here's another
Red Dawn
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Why would the troops be enthusiastic for Bush? Have they been treated well upon their return? Were they given the proper armor when deployed? Has the VA been doing a good job under the Dub? Seems to me that they got a raw deal signing up with the Dub as their CIC.
I know when I was in basic training, when in the mess hall no matter who entered it was policy that you remain seated and respectful. I don't know what the final numbers were, but I seriously doubt Bush led in the miltray vote by much.
I also would like to add, that it would probably be against military policy I bet for them to have "display" for the incoming Commander and Chief. That is just a guess.
So, your thread is to attack the troops - to say that they lack both the judgement to prefer Obama and applaud him more, and the courtesy to applaud him for his office?
You yourself said 'some won't even look at him'.
If you're trying to argue that the military is indoctrinated with right-wing poison to lean far that way, to raise the issue of a dangerous political schism between the military - who may not like the civilian control over its vast budget and power - and the public in our democracy, y9ou are doing fine.
The incredible differences in how the public views Obama more favorably than Bush does not help your point that the troops feel the opposite make the troops look very good.
If the troops like a president who harms the country so much, who starts war on lies, then they're the ones with the problem.
You might think they'd not be happy with a president who gets 5,000 of them killed, but I guess when you compare that to the millions in the defense industry and all the prosperity war brings and the chance for 'honor' and other such things, as Chris Hedges explains in his book "War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning", maybe they're all for the warmonger president. But that doesn't speak well for them.
Its obvious that you're incredibly superior to the men and women in uniform (past and present)....
One has to wonder how many grandfathers of this nations population had served in the military. Must've been the generation of idiots during WWII, eh?
he said generally. are you saying that it isn't true?
because in my home town the people who joined were the people who didn't have any particular skills that could make money and needed to do something with their life..most of those people also had parents who beat them..some of them were my good friends
my father was a marine for 20+ years and guess what..he was one of those people..wanted to feed the family and didn't know any other way but to sign up
the bulk of the military is made up of non-college graduates ...it doesn't surprise me in the least that they might not be as "smart" in that sense ..it doesn't mean that they are lesser human beings or anything of a sort
i think its hard for the right wing ideologues to accept that a very large portion of the military is made up of people who don't really care about all its bullshit messages, they just want a stable job...it doesn't support their rosy little image of the good little patriots marching around doing bush's bidding
retrospooty
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JohnOfSheffield
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Well, that is just pathetic.
Shows the lack of moral among the troops, i would NEVER allow such conduct among my men.
JohnOfSheffield
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I don't think Kerry would say something like that, this is just a 12 year old wanting to feel better about himself after failing the latest math test.
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