shipoker55 wrote:My problem with McCain supporters, is they use his service record as a reason he should be president. Hear me out...he has a very impressive mlitary record. BUT, when you say why are you voting for him, the vast majority begin with, He was a P.O.W. at least that has been my experience. w-e-l-l, being a P.O.W. is not a qualification or a prize. He did what he was supposed to do in Vietnam, with dignity and integrity. I served in Vietnam...but that doesn't make me better qualified to be president, that electing a president who not only did not serve in Vietnam...but didn't even show up for stateside duty!
I would like to support him in his bid for the white house, but the hanoi hilton isn't a stepping stone to it's door!
I'll waste my vote by writing in Colin Powell...rather than waste my vote on any of these three we are now offered.....JMO, of course
Ship, I made the statement earlier that most of the 14.5m retired, inactive, Reserve, National Guard, and Active duty Military all had more on thier individual resume's to be Commander in Chief, than Barak Obama does on his.
It is a honest statement, Ship. They is only one way to understand what 'military' is about. That one has to be there in some manner. Seeing a Rambo movie or other flic on it does not cut it.
Obama has many impressions of what our military is about. He intelligent and well read. But this is different between placing a
uniform on and wearing a business suit to work every day of your
life. From one you get one perspective from the other a totally different one.
I am not saying that the civilian cannot understand this. Saying that
the civilian has a much harder time 'leading and commanding' military
when he has not been one of them. Let me give an example:
Maybe you played sports one time. OK? You're a football player.....and a new coach is employed. First day of fall practice the team meets, he introduces himself to you. He covers his background with you. He was a All American soccer player in college and has never put the pads on. Think you have a good season going? Yes, exactly. With out having been in the trenchs, been a running back, been a linebacker, been a quarterback, been a wide reciever, been a deep secondary player......how does he know what is going on out there? He has no experience to share with you.
And yes C. Powell would make a excellent Commander in Chief or VP in my opinion as well.
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