Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Respond to Senator McCain's
By VoteVets.org
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Press Release
PUBLISHED: June 11, 2008
WASHINGTON - This morning on NBC's Today Show, Senator John McCain maintained that it was "not too important" when troops came back from Iraq.
In response, Brandon Friedman, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and is Vice Chairman of VoteVets.org, released the following statement:
"John McCain showed once again this morning that he doesn't get the big picture when it comes to the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or the morale of the troops.
“My first question is this: What do the troops in theater think of a statement like that? What does the young sergeant on the 14th month of his third tour think when John McCain says it's "not too important" when we come home? In fact, this kind of talk is devastating to the morale of the troops.
"It's also apparent that John McCain has no idea what's going on in Afghanistan and Pakistan--the two places that both General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker said represent a greater threat to America than Iraq. If McCain had been paying attention, he would be aware that a recent RAND study showed that the situation on the Pakistani side of the border is dangerously unstable--and that we are at risk of losing the larger battle there. Likewise, he would be aware that the Pentagon can't find enough troops to serve in Afghanistan--because they're all in Iraq.”
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