I read recently that the Political Action Committee (PAC) associated with the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) had endorsed Barbara Boxer, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid. I thought that was rather odd. I even went as far as to suggest to my husband that he not join or support the organization. Well, I guess I wasn't the only person who had a problem with the endorsement.
Yesterdau's Wall Street Journal reported that as of last Friday, VFW Commander-in-Chief Richard Eubank has removed all eleven board directors of the group's PAC. Many veterans had complained that the people the board had endorsed this year were anti-military, and the board directors had refused to rescind this year's congressional endorsements.
The article also reported:
"In a memo Thursday, Mr. Eubank said he would also move to dissolve the PAC altogether at the group's annual convention next August, saying that "the recent endorsement decisions have, in fact, harmed the VFW's reputation and future ability to fulfill our mission.""
I can't help but remember Harry Reid's statement in 2007 when the surge was being debated in Congress. Aside from the impact it must have had on the military, the statement in essence calls our national leaders liars. That is not the sort of man the VFW should be endorsing. Here is the quote via MSNBC News on April 20, 2007.
"I believe myself that the secretary of state, secretary of defense and - you have to make your own decisions as to what the president knows - (know) this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything as indicated by the extreme violence in Iraq yesterday," said Reid, D-Nev.
That statement from a sitting congressman is a disgrace. The statement alone shows a total lack of respect for the soldiers serving in Iraq. There is no way the VFW should endorse Senator Reid.
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