McCain demands White House apology »
Posted By Eagle_Eye 8 months ago in Political NewsIn an interview on FOX News, the Vietnam veteran and former Republican presidential candidate said the Obama administration owes veterans an apology after releasing a report last week suggesting that members of the military returning from Iraq and Afghanistan could fall victim to "right-wing extremism."
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Eagle_Eye8 months ago
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FTA: "McCain also took issue with the report's suggestion that Timothy McVeigh's military background made him more susceptible to committing terrorist acts.
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"Timothy McVeigh didn't learn to make that huge bomb while he was in the military," McCain said. "He learned it afterwards. So to point out one veteran who committed an act of atrocity I think is outrageous. And as a veteran and having thousands and thousands of friends of mine who are fellow veterans, I think a real apology is owed throughout the administration.
Appearing on CNN's "State of The Union" on Sunday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said the report is not meant to paint veterans themselves as "right-wing extremists."
"The report is not saying veterans are extremists, far from it," she told CNN's John King. "What it is saying is returning veterans are targets of right-wing extremist groups that are trying to recruit those to commit violent acts within the country. We want to do all we can to prevent that."-
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mesodude8 months ago
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Thanks for posting this, EE. I feel embarrassed and disgusted that the GOP is pimping military vets in their non-stop attempts to smear Obama. These cons are absolutely filthy and unbalanced. Their desperation is getting quite serious.
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Pecossam8 months ago
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Eagle_eye,
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to CNN's John King:
"The report is not saying veterans are extremists, far from it. What it is saying is returning veterans are targets of right-wing extremist groups that are trying to recruit those to commit violent acts within the country. We want to do all we can to prevent that."
Really, Janet? "We want to do all we can prevent that." Then I would suggest you tell those you suspect of IGNORING their oaths to NO LONGER run ROUGHSHOD over the Constitution of these United States. For OUR CONSTITUTION is what an enlisted Service Member swears allegiance to FIRST and FOREMOST.
"I,________________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same;....". The rest then states, ".....and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."
Did you get that, Janet? "...I will SUPPORT and DEFEND the CONSTITUTION of the United States AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, foreign and DOMESTIC; that I will bear TRUE FAITH and ALLEGIANCE to the same;...."
It is very simple, Janet, even for Socialists/Communists to understand: If one will OBEY and HONOR the Supreme Law of these United States, the CONSTITUTION, then one need not worry about the returning Veterans confusing one for a DOMESTIC ENEMY.. On the other hand, if one is given to Unconstitutional Socialist/Utopian Goals and Actions, and does not give a darn how he (or she) strives for them (INCLUDING running ROUGHSHOD over OUR CONSTITUTION), then one may have BIG PROBLEMS, as most Veterans I know take their oath to the Constitution VERY SERIOUSLY. Do you understand, Janet? I hope I've clarified things for you and assuaged your fears. -
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Spadecaller8 months ago
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Thanks EE.
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McCain is the last person Americans should trust (right wing or left) when it comes to character evaluation. After choosing Sarah Palin for a running mate, it is quite clear he is not the most insightful person - to put it mildly.
When he was campaigning and the extreme right wing of his party began acting out in front of the cameras on national TV, he was forced to defend Obama from the scurrilous attacks about being a Muslim terrorist. Most people know that he did that to protect his own image and not to protect Obama.
After McCain tried to portray Obama as a frivolous big spending President who was ready to have a new fleet of presidential helicopters built ( which was false), it became clear to me that McCain had a severe case of sour grapes.
Furthermore, it was Bush's own intelligence that reported the concern of some veterans becoming involved in extremist activities following their discharge. No group of people, including veterans, are exempt from misconduct and criminal activity. So what is McCain's real problem? I'm sure anyone can guess.
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Eagle_Eye8 months ago
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fta: ""But when you read the report, what it was saying is that, look, we have a threat of terrorism within our own shores and one of the groups being targeted to see if they will be aligned with that are some of our veterans," she said."
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I think they are trying any way they can to blow things out of proportion to just keep shiz stirred up with their rantings. -
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not2needy8 months ago
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Obama administration owes veterans an apology after releasing a report last week suggesting that members of the military returning from Iraq and Afghanistan could fall victim to "right-wing extremism."
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"The last people on earth we need to worry about are our veterans," McCain said. "And by the
way, after the Vietnam War, for years there was this portrayal of the Vietnam veteran as crazed and committing — having committed war crimes. There were all of these problems they were going to have. Studies years later have proven that it's totally false."
John McCain is a nut! He needs to go to the house, set down and stfu! -
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chevydog8 months ago
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Think that there is a massive overreaction to "right wing extremism" on this forum. Not that we endorse it; we can't. But it the past it's been a few loudmouths with lithograph machines. Now with technology advances it's a few loudmouths with PC's and websites. Think that if I were a returning vet and anyone came close to intimating that I might be inclined to associate with this kind of people, I'd be rightly miffed. Think I'm with McC more than not on this one.
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Yes, what Timothy NcVeigh did was horrid; no question. But if one looks at the (relatively short) history of politically-inspired violence in this country, more has come from the left than from the right. Think of the Weathermen and other student revolutionaries of the early 1970's. They were mostly the children of well-to-do progressive parents (some classless people today might use the term "liberal").
As for McVeigh, his knowledge of bombs was commonplace. What wasn't as common was having a source for a detonator. In the 1970's I worked at a nitrogen chemicals plant in MO. It was both interesting and spooky to read of explosions made with the same stuff that I was carrying around 300 lbs of in my car routinely.-
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willottica8 months ago
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There is also the very real fact that in order to go to war you have to be willing to kill and die for a cause. This is something necessary for terrorist activities, and something that I would wager a large number of the population just wouldn't be able to do. Furthermore, military training, by necessity, desensitizes soldiers to violence and death.
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There is nothing to say that veterans will be more likely to side with right-wing extremist groups, but they do have training which would make them more dangerous if they do. This would make them more attractive to such groups.
It's not a nice thing to say. And most veterans wouldn't dream of joining up with a bunch of wingnuts -- but some would, and each one of those that would is more dangerous than an ordinary citizen joining up.
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