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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
More or less. They knew what was coming, Republicans don't like socialism in the military either.
In other news, the leaks plaguing Trump aren't due to some "deep state" conspiracy, the Orange House is literally so poorly run, and Trump is so insecure, that they happen on their own.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/21/opinions/meaning-leaks-trump-administration-hall/index.html
[[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/21/vladimir-putin-so-hot-right-now
Washington Post:
Vladimir Putin’s popularity is soaring among Republicans]]
You're were supposed to defeat the Sith, not join them!
edited 21st Feb '17 8:00:26 PM by FluffyMcChicken
Of course the Republicans don't care about the troops, if they did then VA reform would be one of the main talking points.
Why do the military hate Democrats anyway?
Also, more town halls have passed, and more Republican Senators are getting told off by angry constituents
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So which senators are Bail, Leia, and Mon Mothma? Might be good to know once the FreedomTM Star gets greenlit.
PSN ID: FateSeraph | Switch friendcode: SW-0145-8835-0610 Congratulations! She/TheyOne of the tweets had this quote by a constituent:
@theLibrarian: As a whole, a solid portion of the military dislikes Democrats depending on their age: new enlistees grew up hearing about the cluster of Iraq/Afghanistan and listening to how Bush got undercut by the Senate and Mccain 'would have finished it.' The generation before remember Clinton in the White House dealing with the fallout of Bush Senior/Reagan's economic policies while NATO was disarmed and bled dry to 'save' Russia. Anyone leftover from earlier is likely convinced the Republicans are still the party of Eisenhower, which they very clearly have not been since 1963-64.
TL;DR when Fox news is your only source of information, you wind up with a warped view of the world and how it is put together.
And Nixon also ended said war, for the US anyway.
I'd also note that hippies were equated to with draft dodgers as well. Which meant those who got chosen had to gripe about getting picked because some other guy decided he'd skip out instead.
EDIT-
You keep mentioning the bit about Eisenhower sending troops into Vietnam assuming its going to Vietnam that veterans see as the sin. For some that may be true, but it's also not mutually exclusive.
edited 21st Feb '17 8:36:31 PM by FFShinra
Ironically, Trump's replacement for Flynn wrote a book that laid the blame for the failure in Vietnam squarely at the feet of the military brass, and dismissed the left's impact on domestic support for the war.
More I read about this Mc Master guy, the more I like him.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.![]()
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, Really, I am wondering why he took the job-a sense of duty did not stop Harwick and who knows how many others behind the scenes from giving a hard pass. I guess we will find out when he gets in there; if he is just trying to do the best with what's available, or if he made a serious miscalculation-like thinking he might be able to cut Bannon out of the loop or something equally unlikely.
edited 21st Feb '17 10:02:57 PM by ViperMagnum357
Those previous guys also appear to have been told they'd be unable to hire their own staff, for some reason. Mc Masters or whatever his name is appears to have been where the administration learned their lesson.
We must remember that these are the guys who asked Obama how much of the staff was staying and how many people they would have to hire, only to be told "everyone is leaving" and "the entire four thousand person staff."

They like using the soldiers to make themselves feel powerful and because jingoism.
As far as having any actual respect for them or their lives, haha fuck no.
edited 21st Feb '17 7:40:51 PM by Draghinazzo