Taking John McCain's advice, Barack Obama spent last week touring Afghanistan and Iraq. The he made a little trip through "old Europe". Seems the "old Europeans" like Barack Obama. McCain has had nothing good to say about the trip he advised Obama to take. He did point out that Obama short-changed injured troops in Germany. Whether Obama had a good reason for canceling his visit with the wounded troops or not might be argued. But let's argue about the times John McCain refused to support the troops.
August 2001: McCain voted against increasing the amount available for medical care for veterans by $650,000,000.
April 2003: McCain urged other Senate members to table a vote (which never passed) to provide more than $1 billion for National Guard and Reserve equipment in Iraq related to a shortage of helmets, tents, bullet-proof inserts, and tactical vests.
October 2003: McCain voted to table an amendment by Senator Dodd that called for an additional $322,000,000 for safety equipment for United States forces in Iraq and to reduce the amount provided for reconstruction in Iraq by $322,000,000.
March 2004: McCain once again voted for abusive tax loopholes over veterans when he voted against creating a reserve fund to allow for an increase in Veterans' medical care by $1.8 billion by eliminating abusive tax loopholes.
March 2006: McCain voted against increasing Veterans medical services funding by $1.5 billion in FY 2007 to be paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes.
April 2006: McCain was one of only 13 Senators to vote against $430,000,000 for the Department of Veteran Affairs for Medical Services for outpatient care and treatment for veterans.
May 2006: McCain voted against an amendment that would provide $20 million to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for health care facilities.
September 2007: McCain voted against the Webb amendment calling for adequate troop rest between deployments. At the time, nearly 65% of people polled in a CNN poll indicted that "things are going either moderately badly or very badly in Iraq.
John McCain - Supports our troops and Barack Obama does not?
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As a veteran this really pisses me off.
I agree with polishifter on pissedonpolitics.com that McCain is a different kind of vet. The nature of his time served does not bond him or enable him to understand most other vets.
He uses his service for personal gain and he is willing to use our soldiers for the same.
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