Who Will America's War Veterans Support In This Election Cycle?

Weary Warriors Favor Obama -- Reuters

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - Mack McDowell likes to spend time at the local knife and gun show "drooling over firearms," as he puts it. Retired after 30 years in the U.S. Army, he has lined his study with books on war, framed battalion patches from his tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, a John Wayne poster, and an 1861 Springfield rifle from an ancestor who fought in the Civil War.

But when it comes to the 2012 presidential election, Master Sergeant McDowell is no hawk.

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My Comment: I understand the sentiment from these soldiers .... they are tired of war and they want US forces out of Afghanistan. But while many will support President Obama in his re-election campaign, the sad fact is that it is President Obama who has just recently signed a security agreement with President Karzai that will guarantee US forces in Afghanistan for the next decade and beyond. And as for Republican challenger Mitt Romney .... I have doubts that he will do anything differently.