Military heroes and Romney donors added to POS’s enemies list

Are you a military hero? Did you donate money to the Romney-Ryan campaign?

Congratulations! You are now on the POS’s enemies list!

Breitbart News reports, Aug. 21, 2012:

[The POS] has added military heroes to his “enemies list,” singling out veterans’ groups such as Special Operations for America and Veterans for a Strong America on his campaign website, much as he singled out donors to Republican rival Mitt Romney for attack. Several veterans’ groups have spoken out against the Obama administration’s habit of taking credit for the Osama bin Laden raid and leaking military secrets for political gain–so the Obama campaign is trying to shoot the messenger. 

The charge made by the Obama campaign is that the veterans’ groups are “Swift Boat 2.0”–referring to the group that launched a series of ads (never refuted) in 2004 contesting claims by then-Democrat presidential candidate John Kerry about his war record. Left-wing groups aligned with the Obama administration have even gone so far as to call the U.S. Navy Seals “gutless” for their participation in criticism of Obama.

Ryan Zinke, a member of the Montana state Senate and a U.S. Navy SEAL from 1985 to 2008, told Breitbart News: “It’s a sad time for America when a President has to resort to bully tactics, intimidation, and misleading personal attacks against anyone who dares to speak out and be heard. The good thing is Americans have a long history of defeating tyrants.”

Joel Arends, recipient of the Bronze Star and chair of Veterans for a Strong America, said:

“The president’s team is more serious about labeling a group of veterans as “swift boaters” than they are about going after the leakers in his administration.  The reality is as simple as it is disturbing – American lives are now in danger because this White House under the leadership of President Obama have leaked vital national security secrets.  And instead of appointing a special prosecutor - this President dispatches his campaign team to smear a group of vets looking out for their buddies in uniform. It just shows the lack of seriousness on the part of this administration.

If they want to call us swift boaters because we are looking out for our buddies on the battlefield that’s fine with me – we’ll take the political body blows for our comrades in order to ensure that the American people fully understand our position on the issue and see the administration’s intransigence on this issue.”

I’m not a military hero nor even a military vet, but I did donate money to Mitt Romney’s campaign after he picked Congressman Paul Ryan to be his VP running-mate.

Maybe I’ll see you in the cattle-trains bound for those FEMA camps in every state of continental U.S.A.! With any luck, maybe I might even be in a bunk bed next to yours!

H/t FOTM’s beloved moxielouise.

~Eowyn

Ex Navy SEAL joins Romney to defeat Obama

A former Navy SEAL is so irked by Commander In Chief POS Barack Obama taking credit for Navy SEAL Team 6′s killing of Osama bin Laden that he has formed a political action committee (PAC) to defeat the POS and elect Mitt Romney.

Navy SEAL Commander Ryan Zinke

Hunter Walker reports for Politicker.com, July 18, 2012, that Ryan Zinke, a Republican member of Montana’s state senate and ex-Navy SEAL, announced the launch of Special Operations for America (SOFA), a PAC dedicated to “the election of Mitt Romney and like-minded candidates.”

Zinke said this in his statement announcing the launch of SOFA:

“Navy SEALs, Special Operations Personnel and Veterans across America have been outraged since Barack Obama conveniently took credit for killing Osama Bin Laden for political gain. The active duty military has no voice as they are forbidden to publicly engage in the political campaign process and it is career suicide for senior military leaders to speak out against the President.

The President has failed and he is jeopardizing the safety of our troops, their families and our National security for political gain. Obama has exposed the identity of special operations units, leaked classified information, and limited the rules of engagement of forces on the ground. For those who have taken an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and domestic, it is a call of duty to take back America from a Commander-in-Chief that is incapable of understanding the sacrifices that have been made for the values that have made America great.”

50-year-old Zinke has served in the Montana State Senate since 2009. According to Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans for Congress, a political action committee dedicated to electing Republican vets, Mr. Zinke was a member of SEAL Team Six, the elite unit that killed Bin Laden, from 1990 until 1993 and from 1996 until 1999. He held several titles including Task Force Commander. In 2004, he was named “Deputy and acting Commander, Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Arabian Peninsula in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.” In that capacity he “led a force of over 3500 Special Operations personnel in Iraq in the conduct of 360 combat patrols, 48 Direct Action missions, and hundreds of sensitive operations” and “was responsible for killing or capturing 72 known enemy insurgents and terrorists.”

Zinke was awarded two Bronze Stars for active combat duty. He has a BS from the University of Oregon, an MBA from National University, and an MS from the University of San Diego.

~Eowyn