I voted for Dr. Ben Carson in the primaries, an educated, kind, well-spoken, and wise man whose book literally changed my life by inspiring me to enter the medical field.
I am also a gold star wife. I actually am not fond of the term "gold star wife." It makes me feel like I'm being told I did well by sacrificing my beloved husband and now get to have my gold star. Although, I suppose it is kinder than calling me a war widow. But I digress.
The reason I am writing this today is because although Mr. Trump was not even close to my first choice candidate, I have come to realize that conservatives must coalesce behind him if we do not want to lose our country forever.
I say conservatives because this is much bigger than the petty Republican party. We are at a crossroads as a nation, and we must decide in November if we want to attempt to retain all of the amazing concepts which helped build this country or see them destroyed forever.
Ms. Clinton wants to fundamentally change the way this country had been run up until President Obama took office. He started the downfall of our Constitution and she wishes to continue it.
But even if you want to focus solely on the recent Gold Star controversy Mr. Trump finds himself in, he is still the better choice.
Ms. Clinton has a long and extensive history of treating military members, secret service members, support personnel, and even military K9 units like trash while they are actively trying to protect her. She yells at them, belittles them, treats them like servants, throws them out of her living quarters, and slams the door in their faces. Her favorite pastime appears to be dropping F bombs at them and trying to make them carry her luggage or disregard protocol for her own selfish comforts. She thoroughly disregarded multiple calls for help and reports of violence from the Benghazi Four, actions which directly led to their deaths. Instead of admitting this, she denigrates the men's surviving parents, insinuating they are liars or confused about what she told them. I can tell you from experience that in the midst of grief from the recent death of your closest loved one, every detail involving their death sticks in your mind and tortures you. I have no doubt those mothers are telling the truth. Besides which, Mrs. Clinton followed the same pattern with the women who accused her husband of sexual misconduct. She has a history of this behavior.
Additionally, the majority of my formative years were spent watching then President Bill Clinton drop missiles all over the middle east. 9/11, an event which took years to plan, occurred only 9 months after George W. Bush took office. President Clinton admitted he had four chances to take out Osama bin Laden and did not. So, we had a president who dropped missiles all over the region ISIS now inhabits, perhaps leading to 9/11, which led us into war. And we had a president who identified the most dangerous threat of the region and knowingly decided not to take action four times.
At this point one might ask why I bring this up; it is not as if Hillary was president then. However, it was commonly known that Hillary considered herself a partner in presidential happenings. And, it was she who said, "We are the President." So, yes, I do hold her responsible for the acts of the Clinton administration, acts which I feel led the US into the Iraq war. But even if she was blameless for all of that, President Bush handed President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton a stable Middle East and they proceeded to do everything they could to destabilize the area and breed the terror organizations we are plagued by today.
On the other hand, we have Donald Trump, a verbally reckless man who seems to live to kick the hornet's nest. However, they say that actions speak louder than words, so let's examine his actions, shall we?
Trump skipped a highly televised debate to raise millions for veterans' charities.
Trump sent a $25k check to Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi to help him get back on his feet. If you don't remember, the Sgt. is a former Marine who was left to rot for 7 months in a Mexican jail while Obama pandered to the Mexican president and fully ignored the plight of the Sgt.
In the 1990s Donald Trump sent his private plane to transport 200 stranded Gulf War veterans back home.
In 1995 Trump was named grand marshal of the NY Veterans' Day Parade after personally donating $200k himself and raising $300k more, helping to save the parade.
Should Trump have kept his mouth shut? Yes. But losing a family member in war does not protect you from criticism. In fact, an uncouth Clinton supporter told me last week that I was mocking my husband's sacrifice by even being a conservative. Mr. Khan lobbed a mortar round at Trump and Donald responded with a nuke. He needs to tame himself, but what he did was mild in comparison to how Clinton and the main stream media treated Pat Smith after her RNC speech. She didn't ruin the night. Her emotions are valid. Her statements can be backed up and she doesn't deserve to be beaten to death. Yes. Those are all public statements made by the media.
Trump wasn't my first choice and I hope at some point he behaves like a man who will make this country proud. However, the Clintons have and still do accept millions of dollars in donations from arms and defense contractors, both officially through campaigns and privately through their Foundation. The US represents an astounding 54% of the world's total business for these companies. Nine of the ten largest arms producers in the world have donated to Mrs. Clinton. In fact, right before Secretary Clinton brokered a deal between Boeing, other defense contractors, and Saudi Arabia for $29 billion worth of aircrafts, the Clinton Foundation received a $10 million donation from the Saudi Royal Family and $900k from Boeing. Asst Secretary of State Ben Shapiro said the deal was a top priority personally for Secretary Clinton. I'll bet it was exactly $10.9 million personal for her.
So, Trump may be more of a wild card, but if you want to know who will get more of our military family members killed, look no further than Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a woman whose soul belongs to large special interest groups which will expect to benefit a great deal from war related business dealings under a Hillary Clinton presidency, and a woman whose poor judgement has already lead to American deaths.
On a side note, my heart goes out to the Khan family. I know EXACTLY how they feel and I wouldn't wish this on anyone, regardless of political affiliation. If you have read this and agree, thank a veteran for their service today.
