March 17, 2009
Posted by Claire
Obama – just another military hating Democrat
This should have every Veteran up in arms. This POTUS won’t stop until he has decimated Veteran’s benefits. The sad part is what I heard from Veteran’s who were going to vote for him was that he was going to take care of our Veterans. Yeah, he’ll take care of them alright — in the typical, predictable Democrat way. Change? Yeah, right. There is nothing new under the sun.
American Legion commander “angered” after meeting Obama
posted at 7:00 pm on March 16, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Hotair(excerpt)
Apparently, the Obama administration hasn’t backed away from its plans to start offloading costs for wounded veterans to third-party insurance, which will make acquiring such insurance nearly impossible. The commander of the American Legion emerged from a meeting with President Obama “angered” at Obama’s insistence on generating revenue from those who sacrificed for American security:
The leader of the nation’s largest veterans organization says he is “deeply disappointed and concerned” after a meeting with President Obama today to discuss a proposal to force private insurance companies to pay for the treatment of military veterans who have suffered service-connected disabilities and injuries. The Obama administration recently revealed a plan to require private insurance carriers to reimburse the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in such cases.
“It became apparent during our discussion today that the President intends to move forward with this unreasonable plan,” said Commander David K. Rehbein of The American Legion. “He says he is looking to generate $540-million by this method, but refused to hear arguments about the moral and government-avowed obligations that would be compromised by it.”
The Commander, clearly angered as he emerged from the session said, “This reimbursement plan would be inconsistent with the mandate ‘ to care for him who shall have borne the battle’ given that the United States government sent members of the armed forces into harm’s way, and not private insurance companies. I say again that The American Legion does not and will not support any plan that seeks to bill a veteran for treatment of a service connected disability at the very agency that was created to treat the unique need of America’s veterans!” Keep Reading
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March 17, 2009
John over at thisainthell.us is all over this too. And he’s right. Its about buying votes.
March 17, 2009
Moral congruency – and why fundamentally character is ultimately so important. I think it’s reasonable to assume that a good portion of the military voting population was sitting on the fence until General Colin Powell gave his endorsement. For some it was a very confusing signal from a man whom many of my friends had considered a very viable candidate for President himself. As this comes full circle, that is the prediction of what many have warned would happen, I wonder if General Powell has any regrets. We have abandoned our flag and our constitution.
I, along with the majority of my peers, bit my tongue while on Joint Staff when President Clinton was Commander In Chief. His indiscretions with an intern under any reasonable review would have gotten any officer, any military member, court-martialled and not for reasons sensationalized. The program itself subordinates a young intern under very unique circumstances that imply special confidence, mentorship, and trust.
If what is being reported is true regarding President Obama and his abandonment of Veterans, then those in the military who were brided to him through General Powell’s endorsement and ultimately voted for him, have become President Obama’s metaphorical whore. It was the Tree of Liberty that was to be sprinkled with the blood of the Patriots from time to time not the President’s Garden of Socialism. What has this nation come to if we abandoned our men and women in uniform?
With Utmost Respect ~ Semper Fi, Hank
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