Ads: Vets appeal to stop 'phony' Trump

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Ads: Vets appeal to stop 'phony' Trump

By DANIEL CHAITIN (@DANIELCHAITIN7) • 3/5/16 1:18 PMe

A pair of advertisements released this week feature decorated veterans urging voters to "stop Trump now."

In the first 60-second video, Lt. Col. Michael Waltz, a former commander of Afghanistan Special Forces, said the Republican front-runner has not served the country "a day in his life" and "essentially dodged the draft." The video points to a series of deferments, both student and medical, that kept Trump out of the Vietnam War draft in the 1960s.

Waltz, who was awarded four bronze stars for his service in Afghanistan, chided Trump for once describing his experience at a military-themed boarding school as "always felt that I was in the military."

"All Donald Trump has served is himself," Waltz said.

Waltz also condemned Trump for dismissing the war experiences of Sen. John McCain. Trump said the Arizona senator is "no war hero." McCain, a former Naval aviator, was captured, held as a prisoner of war and tortured for several years during the Vietnam War. He refused a offer to be release based on his status as the son of admiral.

Trump "essentially called anybody who was captured in combat a loser," Waltz said. "It's something that I just personally can't stomach, and am sickened by, as should every veteran and every soldier in the United States military."

 
In the second ad, retired Lt. Col. Tom Hanton, himself a former POW, said that if Trump were captured during an armed conflict, he would not have fared so well.

"Trump would not have survived the POW experience. He would have been probably the first one to fold," said Hanton, who after his place was shot down in Vietnam spent over a year in the Hanoi Hilton, the same detention camp McCain was held.


Hanton labeled Trump a "phony" and called on voters to "learn about Donald Trump — he is not what he appears to be."

The adds were released by the American Future Fund, a conservative advocacy group, whose website features a page titled, "We can't trust Donald Trump."

Stuart Roy, a spokesman for the American Future Fund said in a statement that "t's unthinkable we could have as commander in chief someone who avoided the draft and then insulted our bravest American heroes as 'losers' for having been captured in the line of duty."

"The more people know about Donald Trump, the more they understand that honor and Trump are not synonyms," Roy said.

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Tump's blustery insistence that "the military will do what I tell them to do" in the debate was a huge mistake, as evidenced by how sheepishly the Trump campaign walked it back yesterday.

He's shown his hand, however, and no sane human being should cast a vote for a Hugo Chavez wannabe.

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Waltz is afraid that his government defense contracts via the GOoPErs are going bye bye.   

Mike, as President of Metis Solutions provides corporate leadership and strategic vision for a growing defense contracting firm that provides strategic analysis, policy development, intelligence support, and foreign commercial development to U.S. Government and corporate customers worldwide.

http://www.michaelgwaltz.com/about/

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Waltz is afraid that his government defense contracts via the GOoPErs are going bye bye.   

http://www.michaelgwaltz.com/about/

Trump doesn't get to determine who the defense contractors are or how much money they get. That is the job of the Pentagon and Congress.  Trump can veto a defense bill if he wants, but that veto is likely to be overridden.

[Carling]

Trump doesn't get to determine who the defense contractors are or how much money they get. That is the job of the Pentagon and Congress.  Trump can veto a defense bill if he wants, but that veto is likely to be overridden.

Thanks for adding absolutely nothing.  Waltz is a GOoPEr and you posting him ranting about Trump is just silly.

The CIC certainly gets to set military policy and where we are in the world as a military force.  Of course Waltz wants to keep the UNIPARTY gravy train going. 

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WALTZ, MICHAEL MR
ALEXANDRIA,VA 22314   ASKARI ASSOCIATES   6/22/2015   $2,700   Bush, Jeb

http://www.opensecrets.org/usearch/?q=michael+waltz&cx=010677907462955562473%3Anlldkv0jvam&cof=FORID%3A11

 

[sinkspur]

Thanks for adding absolutely nothing.  Waltz is a GOoPEr and you posting him ranting about Trump is just silly.

The CIC certainly gets to set military policy and where we are in the world as a military force.

You stated that Walz is worried about his job vis-a-vis defense contractors.  Trump has no effect on whether he has a job.  That's the determination made by the Pentagon/

Your assertion about Walz is likely bullshit as you know nothing about him personally, except he despises Trump, which is a growing thing these days.

The president gets to set policy, but Congress funds that policy and if Congress doesn't go along, he can't do jack.

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Thanks for adding absolutely nothing.  Waltz is a GOoPEr and you posting him ranting about Trump is just silly.

The CIC certainly gets to set military policy and where we are in the world as a military force.

I put you-know-who on ignore, so I can hopefully respond to serious people here.

The aforementioned has a simplistic view of government. If the sitting Potus likes a contractor, the contractor has a plus and the departments and Congress will follow through and picks them, and vice versa.

That is life in the big city, and in the private sector too. People learn stuff like that if they have real jobs and work, instead of spending their entire lifetimes on the internet.

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I put you-know-who on ignore, so I can hopefully respond to serious people here.

The aforementioned has a simplistic view of government. If the sitting Potus likes a contractor, the contractor has a plus and the departments and Congress will follow through and picks them, and vice versa.

That is life in the big city, and in the private sector too. People learn stuff like that if they have real jobs and work, instead of spending their entire lifetimes on the internet.

LOL!!  I know snide, and you are giving me a run for my money lately, ts.  Welcome to the dark side.

Congress controls the purse strings, the Pentagon makes the selection of  defense contractors.  Trump doesn't know jack about the defense business so your point is what?

I don't put anybody on ignore.  Lots of cowardice on this board lately.

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