On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To jump in with my own experiences. > > Under the Clinton administration it seemed that the "dumb grunt" perception > was furthered. Operational tempo was at an all time high (Somalia, Haiti, > Eastern Europe, Korea, Kuwait, Saudi and so on) yet budgets were being cut > left and right. Training budgets (field time, bullets, fuel for aircraft > to > practice airborne insertions) were down, promotions were down, people were > being RIFd (reduction in force, fired basically, laid off). You really had > to scrape to get good gear, and had to buy a lot of your own stuff. > > There was also a more negative mentality about the military by the > government in general. Clinton wasn't allowed to Ft. Bragg for fear he > would > have been assassinated. When my unit had to assist with presidential > security in the middle east during a summit we weren't allowed to be > visible > to him or his staff. That administration needed us, but it didn't want to > see us. > > Thanks Loathe.
I can understand why you might be wary of an Obama administration.....he shares the same political party as Clinton....but do you think Obama will foster the same anti-military sentiment in his administration? -- I'm only one, but not alone My finest day, is yet unknown ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:278554 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
