Iraq Reviews > McCain Refuses to Meet with Anti-War Iraq Veterans

Reasonhttp://anthonynunez.blogspot.com/2008/09/mccain-refuses-to-meet-with-anti-war.html [Reason] Paul yesterday intending to present Senator John McCain with a list of demands regarding U.S. military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. The veterans

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OpEdNews - OpEdNews.Com Progressive, Tough Liberal News and Opinionhttp://www.opednews.com/articles/Protester-who-interrupted-by-Mary-MacElveen-080906-601.html [OpEdNews - OpEdNews.Com Progressive, Tough Liberal News and Opinion] Protester who interrupted McCain's speech is an Iraq War Veteran: This site reports that "John McCain skipped close to a dozen votes on Iraq, and on at least another 10 occasions, he voted against arming and equipping the troops, providing adequate rest for the troops between deployments and for health care or other benefits for veterans." Yet, yet, he wants to be the Commander in Chief of the Armed forces?

TheZoohttp://tpzoo.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/mccains-speech-interrupted-by-protestor/ [TheZoo] McCain’s speech interrupted by Iraq Vet Heckler: As Iraq War veteran and former Democratic congressional candidate Paul Hackett says, “Here is a guy who touts himself as a friend of veterans, but his history shows just the opposite. How can someone who cares about our men and women in the armed services vote against the GI Bill or veterans’

We iphone! Record every day![We iphone! Record every day!] NBC and CNN Hide Protests Inside McCain Speech: Other threshold numbers: more than 100,000 Iraqis have been killed in the war and some United Nations estimates are over 1 million Iraqis, more than $1 trillion American dollars have been spent in Iraq, and still now, more than $10 billion American dollars are spent every month in Iraq. It could be said on these numbers that there is no more consequential issue in this presidential election.

AfterDowningStreet.org - Convict Bush and Cheney!http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/35828 [AfterDowningStreet.org - Convict Bush and Cheney!] BREAKING: Iraq Veterans Against War Unfurl Banners at RNC ...: At the beginning of McCain's speech, Kokesh held up a sign reading, "McCain Votes Against Vets" and yelled, "Ask him why he votes against vets!" I followed as Kokesh was escorted out of the Excel Center by security, handcuffed by local police, and then briefly questioned while security debated whether or not the Secret Service would get involved. They did not.

YaHooka Forumshttp://www.yahooka.com/forum/politics-current-affairs/141691-mccain-will-send-them-off-war.html [YaHooka Forums] McCain will send them off to war....: These amendments would have funded additional medical care and readjustment counseling for Iraq veterans with mental illness, post-traumatic stress disorder or substance abuse disorder. McCain voted “no” on both.

Blah, blah, blahhttp://casualcausality.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/iraq-veterans-against-the-war-disrupt-mccains-speech/ [Blah, blah, blah] Iraq Veterans Against the War disrupt McCain’s speech!!: That took courage, and I’m sorry McCain’s speech got disrupted but you know what, it’s his fault and Obama’s fault and the corproate media’s fault for shuttin’ ‘em out.

Adventures in Narcissismhttp://mackys.livejournal.com/661083.html [Adventures in Narcissism] Veterans of the Iraq war infiltrate RNC, hit McCain in the face ...: Of course, McCain didn't understand this in Vietnam, so what reason do we have to think that he'll get it now? In other news, the mere act of planning a peaceful protest is now terrorism.

Eideardhttp://eideard.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/iraq-veterans-turned-away-from-mccains-nomination/ [Eideard] Iraq Veterans turned away from McCain’s nomination party: Senator McCain has consistently voted against veterans interests. In a recent report, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America gave Senator McCain a “D” rating to Senator Obama’s “B+.” Disabled American Veterans reports that Senator McCain only voted for legislation that benefited veterans 20% of the time while Senator Obama supported veterans’ needs 80% of the time.

LiveLeak.com - Rss Feed[LiveLeak.com - Rss Feed] McCain Speech Interrupted by Iraq Vet Heckler: John McCain's acceptance speech got off to a rocky start on Thursday night when, on three separate occasions, he was interrupted by protesters, twice by the liberal group Code Pink and again by a Ron Paul supporter with the group Iraq Veterans Against the War.

Mary MacElveen[Mary MacElveen] Protester who interrupted McCain’s speech is an Iraq War Veteran: According to IVAW, “McCain's record on veterans' issues is extremely poor. He received a "D" rating from the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and the Disabled American Veterans reports that he voted for legislation benefiting veterans only 20% of the time.” That is one dismal record and the mainstream media should press him on it.

AM 1090's Webloghttp://am1090.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/democracy-now-headlines-70/ [AM 1090's Weblog] Democracy NOW! Headlines: He carried a sign reading “You can’t win an occupation” on one side, and “McCain votes against vets” on the other. In his speech McCain touted his support for President Bush’s so-called troop surge in Iraq.

karmalisedhttp://karmalised.com/?p=4169 [karmalised] McCain ignores concerns of Iraq veteran during acceptance speech: “McCain’s rhetoric about winning or losing in Iraq makes no sense — he’s simply failing to admit that it’s an occupation.

Brave New Films bloghttp://bravenewfilms.org/blog/51337-mccain-refuses-to-meet-with-iraq-veterans-against-war [Brave New Films blog] McCain Refuses to Meet with Iraq Veterans Against War: Paul with the goal of presenting Senator John McCain with a list of demands about the Iraq Occupation. While the veterans had no problem gaining access to Senator Obama, Senator McCain refused to meet with the group.

PoliticalBase.com Bloghttp://www.politicalbase.com/profile/Chris%20Brown/blog/&blogId=3653 [PoliticalBase.com Blog] Sarah Palin Mocks Obama On Iraq 'Surge': Especially considering - by her own admission no less - that what little she does know about Iraq was based on what she "heard on the news". Does Palin really want to be directly challenged in the same arena as Obama and Joe Biden on her understanding about Iraq foreign policy?

Pax Nortona - A Blog by Joel Saxhttp://paxnortona.notfrisco2.com/?p=5286 [Pax Nortona - A Blog by Joel Sax] John McCain Votes Against Vets: Since FDR’s citizen armies of World War II, we have looked after the medical and social reintegration needs of our veterans. To our country’s credit, we have made major strides in understanding the physical and psychological syndromes that battle create in a person.

Veterans for Common Sense Webloghttp://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/blogid/4548 [Veterans for Common Sense Weblog] McCAIN SAYS WE HAVE WON THE WAR IN IRAQ: HE SHOULD READ THIS: http://corksphere.blogspot.com/2008/09/mccan-says-we-have-war-in-iraq-he.html. Technorati: mccain| iraq war| statement of victory by mccain| earth times|

FVSU Blog[FVSU Blog] Analysis: Republican National Convention: True to his predecessors, Senator McCain promised that he would cut taxes, war in Iraq, Afghanistan, more war, a possible war with Iran, our success at our current wars and drilling offshore. Surprisingly, I didn’t hear anything about abortion, gun rights, gay marriage, or keeping illegals out of the country with some new state-of-the-art fence.

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