The Military Times Poll showed that the overwhelming number military support McCain.

Democrats are not strong supporters of the military and they are incompetent.

You husband is entitled to his opinion but that does not make it a correct opinion.

We now have Obama. I am retired from the military. Hope your hubby makes it to retirement before Obama pulls the Dem tricks and forces people out before 20 so they don’t have to pay retirement. Hope he makes it before the military is cut to the bone and destroyed like happened under Carter.

Good luck.

Thanks you husband for his service and thank you for supporting this country.

You are free to choose. Hope your choice does not cost you.

Let me just say that my husband, who has been serving for over 18 years so far, continued to do his job under President Bush in spite of the fact that he felt the man to be a dangerous incompetent.

While he has never been to Iraq, and does not believe that the war is justified, he has said many times that he would go and do his duty there, the duty to which he humbly committed himself 18 years ago.

You write as though you speak for all military members. I am quite relieved to say that on the base where we are currently stationed, many cars sported Obama stickers during this campaign, and many people spoke in favor of the Democratic nominee.

In the past, it’s true, neither Clinton, Gore, nor Kerry received much support from the military members with whom I came into contact.

This time is different. Many commissioned and enlisted (such as my husband) supported and voted for Obama.

To those who say they will not accept a commission with Obama’s signature, I say “good riddance.” Kindly make room for those individuals who are proud to serve not their egos, but the United States of America.

No spending on new weapons, no spending on new technology and cutting strength.

There is no half truth in Clinton cut the military strength.

Look back at any of my comments and find a point where I dispute that Clinton reduced the military in every way you list. That’s the half truth that you latch onto just like your credible Republican defense official being quoted in a right wing tabloid.

The whole truth is that the cutbacks started in administrations before Clinton and were carried out by both parties in Congress and the White House, but you hate Bill Clinton so you place the blame squarely on him, as usual. Big fat suprise.

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By your logic though, you should love George Bush. He has moderately increased spending on social programs. If more people are left out of them it is not his fault, he spent the money.

Clinton hated the military and there was a moratorium on equipment for quite some time.

All true. But I expect you to see it differently, you don’t think she had sex with that woman or that he committed crimes in Whitewater and other items.

I was in the military then. I remember what it was like and how our budgets were.

You also criticize me for using a former defense official and then you use a couple of newspapers….

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The Republicans are trying to portray Clinton and the Democrats as weak on defense and to make the peace dividend look like a partisan effort. But contrary to the Republicans’ claims, the post-Cold War shrinkage of the U.S. military was very much a bipartisan effort. It began under a Republican president and a Democratic Congress and continued under a Democratic president and a Republican Congress.

Or here:

Overall, while defense spending may have trailed off slightly depending on which indicator we look at, it remained relatively constant during the Clinton administrations. Bear in mind, this is also considering that Clinton’s first administration took place immediately after the end of the Gulf War and the Cold War. It seems that according to the data, the idea that Clinton decimated/significantly cut military/defense spending is a major overstatement.

But don’t let the truth get in the way of your myth or anything…

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Clinton reduced the number of Army divisions by half. I served during that time and remember how we were affected after Reagan rebuilt the military left in disarray by Carter. The first bush built a good coalition and we had more troops during his time in office.

Read about it Here

There was a peace dividend and the budget rose more slowly after Reagan ended the Cold War. Clinton reduced the number of troops by half and the number of divisions by nearly the same.

BTW, there are many military members who are Democrats that I respect.

I have no issue with Hillary and Obama not serving in the military. My point is that neither can make a valid claim that they have more experience than John McCain to be Commander in Chief. He has far more knowledge about the military and has actually led troops, something they have not done. Therefore, claims that they are more qualified are laughable.