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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Oliver Burkeman

Notoriously unpatriotic, peacenik sector of US society gives huge sums to Obama

John McCain knows the realities of war. Too many younger Americans don't, and it's these cossetted, lily-livered stay-at-homes -- bearded types, who wouldn't know a Humvee if it drove over their Birkenstocks -- who are donating in their droves to Barack Obama's campaign. Take, for example...

Oh, wait --

What?

American troops abroad have donated six times as much money to Obama as to McCain. They've actually given much more to comedy internet candidate Ron Paul than they've given to McCain. George Bush, by comparison, raised more money than his Democratic opponent in 2000 and even in 2004, as the Iraq war began to grow really unpopular.

Look, guys, it's McCain who's the candidate of national security and war and fighting and things like that. Why do America's troops hate America's troops? [via Americablog]

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