Quote:I'm curious, me and you we line up on plenty of stuff but that last statement "Bush was good to us (military)" just blows my mind. This is the president that sent you and your brothers in arms into two foreign nations to play police. This is the president that started the entire the homeland is a battleground, same guy that created the Patriot Act the TSA the NSA and Fusion centers. I get the guy gave lip service to the military but his regime is just as guilty as Obama of spilling American Blood for foreign intervention. Because he saluted you and gave lip service he was "good"? 

 

I'm sorry Bush was just as every bit of evil as Obama. Bush was in no way good for me, same as Obama their big government foreign interventionist I see them both as my political adversary.

 

I understand what you are saying, but Bush went out of his way to make sure he was taking care of us.  He thought what he did by sending us to Iraq/Afghanistan was the right thing to do for the safety of everyone in this country.  If it weren't for crazies like Bin Laden, Isis, etc, we'd be out of a job.  It's not pretty, but we are there when called.  Not once did Bush freeze pay, reduce cost of living, reduce housing, try to make us pay for our healthcare, and reduce education benefits..  This is all the things Obama has done since taking office.  We feel under paid and unappreciated for the amount of things we are asked to do.

 

A civilian gets paid well over 6 figures for being in those countries as contractors.  Most people in the military do not sniff that amount, and we are getting bombed and shot at.  Whether Bush was right or wrong, he never made us feel like some worthless baby killer.

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