San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) April 24, 2012
Democratic Senate candidate David Levitt has published his answers to questions from the Veterans Democratic Club of Sacramento County, reprinted at his Levitt2012.org campaign site with permission.
Senator Feinsteins approach to soldiers and veterans has repeatedly put them in harms way without actually making Americans any safer, says Levitt. In fact, in the Senate she has consistently misled soldiers -- convincing more than two out of three volunteers that Iraq had illegal weapons or had something to do with the 9-11 attacks. Senators are supposed to lead by honestly informing the public in debate. Senator Feinstein failed to mention that no Iraqis or Afghanis participated in 9-11, and I don't think she's ever apologized for the lives lost and families destroyed.
The Sacramento Dem Vets questions show their concerns: about being ordered to commit war crimes like waterboarding and torture; about the alarming rates of suicide and homelessness among veterans; and of course, about their repeated deployment to the unending Afghanistan war, the longest US war in history. Feinstein, an intelligence and military insider known for extreme secrecy, has declined to comment on Army Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Daviss alarming February report, which documents that Americans are being lied to about our progress there. Colonel Davis concludes there is now no achievable mission in Afghanistan, and that continuing to deploy our soldiers there shows reckless disregard for their lives. But Feinstein publicly insists they stay in Afghanistan through multiple fighting seasons until at least 2014.
Its time our soldiers and veterans had a real advocate in the U.S. Senate from California, says Levitt. You just have to look online to see how Senator Feinstein has neglected them. When Levitt asked about their priorities, Afghanistan veterans like Dottie Guy quickly pointed him to three current articles:
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