The troops issue is the only reason to even consider voting for McCain. I had said I wouldnt vote for McCain and I wont unless I can be convinced our country/troops will be in great danger.
My point is conservatives cannot keep fighting a two front war...against the RATS and turn coat RINOs. Conservatives can recover from Obama. Maybe a landslide in 2010 as in 94?
McCain amended the heart out of the statute. For example, the 1995 version required a unit commander to report to his theater commander within two days that a person was missing and describe what rescue and recovery efforts were underway. The McCain amendments allowed 10 days to pass before a report had to be made.In the 1995 act, the theater commander, after receiving the MIA report, would have 14 days to report to his Cabinet secretary in Washington. His report had to "certify" that all necessary actions were being taken and all appropriate assets were being used "to resolve the status of the missing person." This section was stricken from the act, replaced with language that made the Cabinet secretary, not the theater commander, the recipient of the report from the field. All the certification requirements also were stricken. 'Turn commanders into clerks' "This," said a McCain memo, "transfers the bureaucracy involved out of the field to Washington." He argued that the original legislation, if left intact, "would accomplish nothing but create new jobs for lawyers and turn military commanders into clerks."
In response, the backers of the original statute cited the Pentagon's stained record on MIA's and argued that military history had shown that speed of action is critical to the chances of recovering a missing man. Moving "the bureaucracy" to Washington, they said, was merely a way to sweep the issue under a rug.
Chilling effect cited
One final evisceration in the law was McCain's removal of all its enforcement teeth. The original act provided for criminal penalties for anyone, such as military bureaucrats in Washington, who destroy or cover up or withhold from families any information about a missing man. McCain erased this part of the law. He said the penalties would have a chilling effect on the Pentagon's ability to recruit personnel for its POW/MIA office.
I don’t think our country can recover from obama. I’m concerned about islamofascism and the terrible fiscal shape we’re in right now. The baby boomers will retire soon, the dollar is already very weak and the US may have its credit rating lowered.
If the stakes weren’t as high, I might consider a gambit to accept a Carter today to get a Reagan in the future to further the conservative cause but I just don’t think we can afford that risk right now.