Veteran: Obama Sounds Like ‘Used Car Salesman’
A military veteran and member of the American Legion says many veterans doubt their Commander in Chief is serious about looking out for their interests.
(One News Now) – President Obama addressed the American Legion’s national convention in Charlotte this week amid the growing ISIS crisis and the problems surrounding the Veterans Administration. “The bond between our forces and our citizens has to be a sacred trust,” he stated, “and that for me, for my administration, upholding our trust with our veterans is not just a matter of policy, it is a moral obligation.”
Capt. Darin Selnick (USAF-Ret.) is senior veterans affairs advisor for Concerned Veterans for America and a member of the American Legion. He thinks many of those in attendance didn’t trust the president’s words – but instead are watching his actions.
“When you say you care about the military and veterans and yet you’re constantly shrinking the military and you’re handing out pink slips while they’re in combat, it takes a while to not believe the Commander in Chief,” says Selnick. “… You say you support our veterans but [your actions show] you only support our military [by] giving them a welfare check and making them a victim.”
The CVA advisor also isn’t confident about what the president said about his pledge to fix the problems at the VA.
“You say you want to hold VA staff accountable, but no one’s held accountable. And so the disbelief grows and grows and grows – and so does the disaffection,” the Air Force veteran explains. “So I think a growing number of veterans just don’t believe it anymore. It’s the used car salesman sort of thing.”
Selnick adds that he has his doubts that Robert McDonald, the newly named head of Veterans Affairs, is going to have an easy time overcoming the huge bureaucracy in order to make necessary improvements.
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