NATO AIR
Senior Member
ouch, ouch and ouch.
everyday i work out at the gym onbase... i see about 60% of the people cringing when kerry comes on the tv (you can watch tv on an lcd screen and run the treadmill, i know i'm easily amused,sorry). i see about 40% of the people cringing when bush comes on tv.
we've had fights underway over this, and trust me, the overwhelming majority of people (at least out of my 5,500 i serve with underway) are not all bush fans. i count eleven people in my workcenter of 25 as democrats, three of them voted for bush in 2000 and are now voting kerry.
the same is true with iraq and afghanistan from what i hear from friends who serve. there is a feeling among a minority (not the majority) that bush's people really "f'ed up the post-war effort (and i think they have, but i hold the cabinet responsible, not bush) and they want to punish bush for allowing it to happen.
the majority of troops/sailors/marines are republicans and pro-bush (i was appalled at kerry's conduct in calling the Iraqi PM a puppet and argued for hours with my boss about this). but a growing number of the minority who are either apolitical or are anti-bush are going democratic.
most of us are not terrified of bush or kerry. we're terrified of the budget two years from now, and how the hell either man is going to pay for all the financial mess we're making now. and for those of us not in iraq, we're terrified for the guys over there. seeing those guys/gals dealing with suicide bombings, rocket attacks and seeing children and old women get blown up by islamic facists makes our jobs and efforts seem childlike.
everyday i work out at the gym onbase... i see about 60% of the people cringing when kerry comes on the tv (you can watch tv on an lcd screen and run the treadmill, i know i'm easily amused,sorry). i see about 40% of the people cringing when bush comes on tv.
we've had fights underway over this, and trust me, the overwhelming majority of people (at least out of my 5,500 i serve with underway) are not all bush fans. i count eleven people in my workcenter of 25 as democrats, three of them voted for bush in 2000 and are now voting kerry.
the same is true with iraq and afghanistan from what i hear from friends who serve. there is a feeling among a minority (not the majority) that bush's people really "f'ed up the post-war effort (and i think they have, but i hold the cabinet responsible, not bush) and they want to punish bush for allowing it to happen.
the majority of troops/sailors/marines are republicans and pro-bush (i was appalled at kerry's conduct in calling the Iraqi PM a puppet and argued for hours with my boss about this). but a growing number of the minority who are either apolitical or are anti-bush are going democratic.
most of us are not terrified of bush or kerry. we're terrified of the budget two years from now, and how the hell either man is going to pay for all the financial mess we're making now. and for those of us not in iraq, we're terrified for the guys over there. seeing those guys/gals dealing with suicide bombings, rocket attacks and seeing children and old women get blown up by islamic facists makes our jobs and efforts seem childlike.