Obama Leading Mitt Romney Among Veterans, 32 Percent-THINK

[Raymond]

Obama Leading Mitt Romney Among Veterans, 32 Percent- THINK

While the 2012 campaign today is dominated by economic and domestic
issues, military concerns could easily jump to the fore. Nearly 90,000
U.S. troops remain in Afghanistan. Israeli politicians and their U.S.
supporters debate over whether to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities as
partisans bicker over proposed Pentagon budget cuts.

Mitt Romney has accused President Obama of "a dangerous course" in
wanting to cut $1 trillion from the defense budget - although the
administration's actual proposal is a reduction of $487 billion over
the next decade.

"We should not negotiate with the Taliban," the former Massachusetts
governor contends. "We should defeat the Taliban." He has blamed Obama
for "procrastination toward Iran" and advocates arming Syrian rebels.

Romney, along with his primary rivals Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich,
had also accused Obama of "appeasement" toward U.S. enemies - a charge
that drew a sharp Obama rebuttal. "Ask Osama bin Laden and the 22 out
of 30 top al-Qaeda leaders who've been taken off the field whether I
engage in appeasement," the president shot back. He has reproached GOP
candidates: "Now is not the time for bluster."

If the election were held today, Obama would win the veteran vote by
as much as seven points over Romney, higher than his margin in the
general population.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/14/obama-veterans-mitt-romney_n_1515735.html