Senator McCain said a thing last night, very quietly, which kind of got buried; but to me was extremely vital.
It has to do with our veterans. He said he knows how much and the kind of care our active and veterans are going to need.
He's right. And this is a huge point. On the ground, the word is, about the sheer numbers of military folks (and their families) who are going to be needing various kinds of care. From traumatic brain injuries, PTSD, missing limbs, etc.
This is not at all a small item to think about.
We already know the Dems are focused on categorizing all military as PTSD and using this to rail against the "evil" U.S. They'll post non-stop pictures of soldiers physically maimed through "Bush's War".
All this means is, they'll use more funds to promote their politics, than to actually go to where care "funds" needs to go.
At current, HIV/AIDS and Breast Cancer get HUGE funds in contrast to say, TBI (traumatic brain injury); but the numbers of those with TBI outstrips by huge numbers those with HIV/Aids and breast cancer.
Obama and his coalition will, by their very nature and agenda, be reliably counted on to make a mess of getting the right kind of help to our soldiers.
How do I know this. I met far too many Vietnam vets in the San Francisco Bay Area who WOULDN'T go get help and because they ran into too many "anti-war" peeps at the places they were supposed to go get help. So, these guys didn't go for help. They needed help, and most of what they got was the classic, sniping "anti-war" bs from many who got JOBS working at Vet facilities.
It screwed them up, even more.
It makes the bile rise in my throat to even think of that happening, again.
John McCain spoke about speaking about the war in ways which were at best temperate, lest we give info, if not inspiration, away to America's enemies.
In this regard, John McCain was chastizing Obama, and Senator McCain was ABSOLUTELY right to do so: "Loose Lips Sink Ships".
Not long after this, Senator Obama went on to talk about America not being safe, and he went on to list the areas, very specifically, which were wide open to potential terrorist attack; instead of speaking in noblesse generalities.
I heard him; and my mouth instantly went into "Hi, I'm So. California's electrical grid.. we're waiting on you AQ, we are like so vulnerable, hit us please".
Egads. Obama just really doesn't get national security. He either doesn't get it, or thinks he's back in the 'hood speaking to the people in Mr. Roger's neighborhood. blech.