Mitt Romney's speech: What about the veterans?

[jody]

2. I'm a veteran and see nothing in Juliette Kayyem's education or career that gives her a unique

insight into the problems facing veterans whose service to the United States span pre WWII to the misadventures of Bush and Obama in Afghanistan.

She writes "the focus on domestic issues has not only silenced most national security discussions" but I disagree.

IMO the silence is caused by essentially identical policies of Bush and Obama and Dem and Rep senators and congresspersons.

No one wants to admit that the only way for the US to deal with Afghanistan is follow the lead of Russia and all other invaders by just leaving.

Now both parties seem intent on invading Syria and attacking Iran, each of which would add hundreds of billions of dollars in future veteran's benefits.

To paraphrase Admiral David Farragut during the Battle of Mobile Bay, "Damn the future cost of veteran benefits, full speed ahead to attack Syria and Iran!"