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Perhaps these 500 former Generals and Admirals agree with what John McCain has stated about people in the military not thinking that Obama has their backs after how he abandoned his Ambassador and Navy SEALS in Benghazi?
Or perhaps they just want to lock in their future wealth.
Ummmmmm...can you please explain how that isn't deflecting from the fact that these 500 former military leaders are endorsing Romney?
I'm quite sure they are aware of Romney's background, but they STILL endorse him....why would YOU have a problem when 500 former Generals and Admirals don't?
Well, they don't outline their reasoning very well, do they? So we're left to speculate about their motives, and it's pretty clear that in military matters, Romney has demonstrated 2 firm principles:
He'll see to it that the Gvt. Cheese keeps being delivered on time, if you're in the weapons-making industry, and
He will gladly argue that other people should be forced to go fight, as long as he can keep his own hide safe.
They appear quite willing to overlook #2 as long as #1 is kept to, and that, frankly, makes me believe their goals aren't necessarily aligned with what is best for the nation.
Or would you say that a man who runs off when it looks like his nation might ask him to live up to his own declared principles and put on a uniform has the attitude one should look for in a CINC? I guess you would.
Not really unless I'm goofy enough to think a military pension makes you a millionaire.
I am retired military, and I'm certainly not becoming a millionaire on my measly pension.
Christine said nothing about military pensions. You inferred that all on your own.
She, no doubt, was referring to this:
"Six months after Marine Lt. Gen. Gary McKissock retired in 2002, he did what many other ex-military leaders do: He joined the board of directors of a defense contractor, a company doing business with his former service.
McKissock also had a second job. The Marines brought him back as an adviser, at double the rate of pay he made on active duty. Since 2005, the Marines have awarded McKissock contracts worth $1.2 million, in addition to his military pension of about $119,000 a year.
McKissock is one of at least 158 retired admirals and generals the Pentagon has hired to offer advice under an unusual arrangement. Most of the retired officers, one to four stars in rank, have been paid hundreds of dollars an hour by the military even as they worked for companies seeking Defense Department contracts, a USA TODAY investigation found. That's in addition to pensions of $100,000 to $200,000 a year for officers with 30 or more years of service."
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