Clinton hurt our Military, financially and otherwise. How many years were you in the service during the Clinton administration? He did almost as much damage to it as Carter did.
Bump for when leadpenny gets up in a few hours.
A president has to play the cards he's dealt. You're not going to get me to defend Carter or Clinton, but each were at the mercy of the times in which they served. Carter was pretty much the caretaker of the military that was trying to recover from the effects of Vietnam. Clinton had to manage what we commonly call "The Peace Dividend." The Reagan and Bush Administrations brought down the wall and Clinton had to deal with a World that was unaccustomed to having only one super power.
President Bush has had six years to prepare the country and the military for whatever has to be done. History will judge how well he has done and is doing, and it won't have anything to do with what Clinton did or didn't do with the military.
Did I serve under Clinton? No, but I have a son who spent almost the entire time as an enlisted man during the Clinton years. He made all the deployments beginning with Haiti. He's now a Captain serving in Kirkuk. If has opinions on politics in Washington and elsewhere, he pretty much keeps them to himself.
Me? I served during the last two years of the Kennedy Administration, the first two years of the Reagan Administration, and everything in between. Even after I began to become politically aware during the turbulent events of 1968, I still was busy looking out for the guys on my left and right. Soldiers don't usually have the time, nor do they care to get involved in politics.
"Clinton hurt our Military, financially and otherwise."
I don't want to pick a fight, but can you explain how Clinton hur our Military, when for most of his time in office Republicans had power in Congress. I really would like to know as I have a son in Special Forces, planning to do his 20.