Republican Convention Disrespects Afghanistan Veterans

[ProSense]

Republican Convention Disrespects Afghanistan Veterans

by: Brandon Friedman
Thu Sep 04, 2008 at 18:30:37 PM EDT

On September 11, 2001, terrorists based out of Afghanistan attacked the United States. Our troops have been fighting there for nearly seven years, and the war is now escalating. In that time, 582 Americans have died there.

Yet, during the Republican National Convention, when it came time to honor the wartime sacrifices Americans have made overseas, the Party chose to focus on John McCain's Vietnam experience instead. In fact, the word "Afghanistan" was never mentioned by any of the speakers. But McCain's time in Vietnam was referenced a whopping 20 times. Progressive Accountability has the numbers.

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[whistle]

1. McCain wants to reopen the Vietnam War and get it right this time

:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

The GOP insanity

[John Q. Citizen]

2. Yep, Mccain wants to go backward 40 years or so. The future doesn't much concern him.

[Breeze54]

3. You do know that McDim was the ONLY soldier in Vietnam and was ALONE in the Hanoi Hotel, right?

:sarcasm:

[mattstat]

4. "Impeach" means "to indict"

Clinton was impeached, don't forget.

[Breeze54]

5. Nope... the Senate never took any action on it... but what's your point?

http://www.ourtimelines.com/zpcimp.html

Although the impeachment process succeeded at the level of the House of Representatives,
without the Senate's confirming action in this matter, no further action was taken.