An incident early in Bill Clinton’s presidency was an indicator of liberal Democrats’ hostility toward the military.
In early April 1993, General Barry McCaffrey – then an aide to General Colin Powell – visited the White House. Upon entering the building, McCaffrey encountered a young woman he presumed was a presidential aide. When the general greeted the young woman, she allegedly said icily, “I don’t speak to people in uniform.”
When other military personnel member protested the insult of McCaffrey, Clinton initially claimed the report was an “abject lie.” When that line couldn’t be sustained, Clinton tried to smooth over the incident by inviting McCaffrey to jog with him. Shortly thereafter, the aide was allegedly fired, and McCaffrey was appointed as Clinton’s Drug Czar. (I have not discovered what actually became of the aide.)
This incident, and others before and since, reveals hostility toward the military that seems endemic among liberal Democrats. At least as long ago as 1969, when the draft-dodging Clinton wrote that he “loathe[d] the military,”
through the Carter administration’s budgetary butchery that produced a “hollow military” in the 1970s, up to and including Barack Obama’s trade of alleged Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl for five top Taliban leaders, several of whom will very likely resume killing Americans, those who have looked closely have detected a seeming dislike of all things military among key left-wing Democrat politicians and their advisors.
Want more evidence that liberal Democrats despise the military? How about the Obama administration’s indifference while the Veterans’ Administration engaged in dilatory tactics that resulted in American vets’ deaths, while dispensing generous bonuses to those who covered up the VA’s villainy? How about the Obama administration’s decision to lock aging World War II vets out of their memorial in Washington, while permitting use of that facility by a ragtag claque of anti-American protesters agitating for amnesty for illegal immigrants?
Other instances of left-wing Democrats’ enmity to the military over the years could be mentioned, but that would be gilding the lily.
Via: American Thinker
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In early April 1993, General Barry McCaffrey – then an aide to General Colin Powell – visited the White House. Upon entering the building, McCaffrey encountered a young woman he presumed was a presidential aide. When the general greeted the young woman, she allegedly said icily, “I don’t speak to people in uniform.”
When other military personnel member protested the insult of McCaffrey, Clinton initially claimed the report was an “abject lie.” When that line couldn’t be sustained, Clinton tried to smooth over the incident by inviting McCaffrey to jog with him. Shortly thereafter, the aide was allegedly fired, and McCaffrey was appointed as Clinton’s Drug Czar. (I have not discovered what actually became of the aide.)
This incident, and others before and since, reveals hostility toward the military that seems endemic among liberal Democrats. At least as long ago as 1969, when the draft-dodging Clinton wrote that he “loathe[d] the military,”
through the Carter administration’s budgetary butchery that produced a “hollow military” in the 1970s, up to and including Barack Obama’s trade of alleged Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl for five top Taliban leaders, several of whom will very likely resume killing Americans, those who have looked closely have detected a seeming dislike of all things military among key left-wing Democrat politicians and their advisors.
Want more evidence that liberal Democrats despise the military? How about the Obama administration’s indifference while the Veterans’ Administration engaged in dilatory tactics that resulted in American vets’ deaths, while dispensing generous bonuses to those who covered up the VA’s villainy? How about the Obama administration’s decision to lock aging World War II vets out of their memorial in Washington, while permitting use of that facility by a ragtag claque of anti-American protesters agitating for amnesty for illegal immigrants?
Other instances of left-wing Democrats’ enmity to the military over the years could be mentioned, but that would be gilding the lily.
Via: American Thinker
Continue Reading....
