Romney who went to France as a missionary to avoid combat just said of course we go to war with Iran

[NNN0LHI]

Amazing isn't it?

Don

[Parker CA]

1. He also said "If BO is Pres then Iran will have a nuke, and if Mittens is Pres, they won't." LOL

[gejohnston]

6. you would think that

someone that knows about military stuff would ask these people like Mitt "since they don't have a missile or plane capable of moving it, so what?" Do they seriously think Iran has been building or buying missiles or planes capable of inflight refueling (or the tankers to refuel) without anyone noticing? Even if they could only go short range, would they be stupid enough to nuke Israel or Iraq?

[rurallib]

2. Willing to fight to the last drop of YOUR blood.

but please ask for any special favors for protecting his (and Skip, Flip, Nip, Chip & Dip's) asses.

[K8-EEE]

3. Romney and his 5 chicken hawk sons are so brave with other people's lives nt

[teddy51]

4. I gotta say, that there is not a Repub. out there that is any different from this asswipe. n/t

[zbdent]

5. Hey Mitt ... put your kids on the front lines ...

you know, like you avoided, despite being a "Talk Hawk" ... calling your daddy "brainwashed" when he changed his mind about Vietnam ...

[eggplant]

7. On what do you base this causality?

I believe that he went to Frence as a missionary, and that he avoided combat. But Mormons regularly go on missions as a part of their faith. Do you have any basis for saying that his motivation was to avoid combat?

[Gabi Hayes]

9. while you're defending him, why don't you list all the honors these 8 hero candidates have accrued

during their long military careers?

thanks for playing

[tuckessee]

15. I don't think there is a requirement to have been a military carrerist to be President.

If so Barak is in big trouble and I guess our rightful President in 2008 should have been lifer John McCain.

[Gabi Hayes]

17. miss the point much? I guess you fail to see the irony of all these bold big stick brandishers

fulminating over the bankrupting maintenance fantasy of the power and strength of the US military, much less necessity, of our continuing to impose a pax americana over the world, when all they are is a bunch of chickenhawks

Obama has NOTHING to do with it; thanks for introducing that huge red herring, though

the only good thing to come of the failure of the supercommittee, btw, will be, supposedly, dramatic cutbacks in defense spending

[eggplant]

25. I wasn't defending him.

I was asking for supporting documentation to corroborate the OP's contention.

[Gormy Cuss]

19. It's well documented that the LDS obtained deferrals for Romney.

Here's one report on it:
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/specials/romney/articles/part1_side_2/

and here's another:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mitt-romney-biography-republican-2012-presidential-candidates/story?id=14563880

He used his missionary work then college to get out of service. After that he was a married father, another way to get put pretty far down the list for the draft.

[eggplant]

24. Thank you. n/t

[krucial]

8. Romney

As a Viet Nam disabled Infantry draftee,it makes my blood boil whenever I see these spineless draft dodging warmongering Coward and hypocrites,like Romney and the other republican Chicken hawks,who have never seen a war they didn't like,because they don't have to be in it,but are more than willing to send other peoples kids off.

I wonder if he is going to man up and let all his sons man up to their responsibility to defend his and their freedoms? As as far as i know,none of then have been in the service?
He has taught them well."How not to risk your own life for America"

[tuckessee]

14. Did you feel the same way about Bill Clinton & Kosovo? n/t

[bullwinkle428]

18. How many Americans died in the military action against Kosovo?

[Gormy Cuss]

22. No reason for them to risk their lives when there are so many other people's children doing it.

My brother was a Vietnam infantry draftee too. He had absolutely no desire to fight a war but he had no choice. There was no one around to buy his way out of it.

[Angry Dragon]

23. It is my understanding when asked why his sons

never did service he said that they were serving their country by working to get him elected

edit to add:

But he wound up his response with this: “It’s remarkable how we can show our support for our nation, and one of the ways my sons are showing support for our nation is helping to get me elected,

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/questions-about-romneys-sons-and-military-service/

[DonCoquixote]

10. But there is no difference between BO and MR

Remember this when the right's useful idiots start their sheep bleating.

[Dawson Leery]

11. I see why McCain's trust fund daughter supports Romney.

Two chickenhawk neo-cons who never joined the military and saw war, yet are more than willing to send in other people's children in an illegal pre-emptive strike.

[Major Hogwash]

12. On the one hand, Mitt is a huge liar.

On the other hand, he is the least crazy of the Crazy Eight that are running to be the GOP candidate.

[tuckessee]

13. So what? Is one required to either support or oppose all wars?

It can be prefectly logical to oppose one war and favor another, especially if there are decades between them. Someone who opposed WW1 may have not been inconsistent at all if they later favored involvement in WW2. They were two different wars lead by different people fought for different reasons.

I said the same thing when BC was Prez and he was criticized for using deferments to avoid Vietnam yet later he launched a war in Kosovo.

BTW, it's really interesting to see how modern liberals now attack people for avoiding military servitude during the Vietnam War yet that war and the conscription that made it possible were almost unanimously opposed by contemporary liberals & progressives.

[The Magistrate]

21. The Attack, Sir, Is For Jingoistic Warmongering After Having Avoided Combat Service Personally

It is not simply a question of disparaging people who did not enlist,or avoided conscription,in their youth. Some will push it a bit too far, as they are of the view that war can never be a legitimate instrument of policy, and are willing to use any implement that comes to hand, but this does not change the aptness of the critique in many instances.

[SoCalDem]

16. As we all know, millions of French people go to bed every night

praying that two guys on bikes will show up at their door to save them :rofl:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

20. That's okay - Republicans have Rick Perry the experienced Commander In Chief

to fall back on if they manage to see through Romney as the combat-avoiding, sabre-rattling blowhard that he is.