Posted on 08/11/2011 5:41:09 PM PDT by jazusamo
If the American people were doubtful about the manipulative nature of Barack Obama, his undignified behavior at the "dignified transfer" of the remains of 30 American troops killed by Taliban insurgents in the worst single loss of life in 10 years of the Afghan war should extinguish any remaining doubt. It's confirmed -- Barack Obama is willing to disrespect the families of dead war heroes if doing so assists in his desperate bid for reelection.
After the tragedy in the "forested peaks" of Wardak Province, 60 miles southwest of Kabul, Pentagon officials had said that because 19 families of the deceased 30 soldiers objected to media coverage of the remains coming off a plane at Dover Air Force Base, no images would be taken. The Pentagon was so emphatic about the sensitive nature of the event, they even "rejected media requests to take photos that showed officials at the ceremony but did not depict caskets."
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The issue here is not whether Obama was saluting or not; it's that the President's unrelenting quest for attention was the sole reason that the crushed parents, brokenhearted wives, and confused children whose loved ones' bodies were rolled off a cargo plane into a concrete hanger were denied the simple request for a private moment of grief.
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Now, upon the deaths of 21 of those Seal Team Six members, the President's narcissistic self-absorption has usurped honoring the express wishes of men lying silent within metal tombs who asked nothing from the country they died defending except that above all, family comes first.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
The Musim has no soul.
President Obama to US troops in South Korea, 11/19/09
No low to which he will not stoop. But his allies in the media won’t play this up. This photo issue came up the day after the campaign said they would seek to “kill” their opponents next year. No decency whatsoever.
Vote whore
The AMERICAN FLAG at the White House has still NOT been lowered to half mast in honor of Our Seals!
The Yahoo News site had an article about this yesterday. The comments were brutal toward Zero. From Yahoo!
Thanks for relating that, Obama is clueless.
It didn't take obama long before I couldn't stand him. At this point, I have no trace of good will toward him what so ever. I utterly despise the guy. I'd be at pure, undistilled hatred were it not for his kids.
But after a few more speeches and these photo opts and even his being a somewhat decent dad isn't going keep him from my top 5 most hated living humans list.
The difference in this case was that when the nearly three dozen soldiers, 21 of whom were DevGru SEAL members, arrived from overseas, prior to being formally identified by Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, “any given case could contain the remains of troops whose families did not want coverage.” So taking pictures was strictly prohibited.
What the Pentagon didn’t anticipate was the President’s falling poll numbers putting him in dire need of a good saluting-dead-soldiers photo op.
Unbeknownst to those caught up in that heartrending moment, a White House photographer accompanied the President to the ceremony — incognito. By that night, “an official White House photo of a saluting Obama was distributed to news media and published widely. It also was posted on the White House website as the ‘Photo of the Day.”
Don Wilson said he “did not know the White House photographer was present and had no idea a photo of the event was being released until it became public.”
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You know I can’t find the words to describe how incredibly much I despuse this man. And I had better stop there.
Despise. I think this has gotten to me so much I can’t think straight. Yesterday I spelled Corps without the s.
I understand what you say about Clinton and agree. He did many things that were deplorable but he didn’t hate our country.
I can’t say the same for Obama, he’s done many things that are contrary to the well being of the country.
One has to wonder if he was pandering to the Muslim vote. Just a thought.
I went to my facebook early this morning to see what news was up. And there first thing was The White House page and that photo of the day labeled...President Obama saluting at the dignified transfer of forces killed in Afghanistan. It made me want to puke. I kept typing in the comments section...”What did he not understand about the families and the military saying NO PHOTO-OPS! They did not want their loved ones homecoming to be a media circus! He landed at Dover with a helicopter full of cameramen and media that the military had to contain in another hangar. And that picture is so bad Pete Souza had to have taken it with a cell phone camera! Why wasn’t Souza in the containment hangar with the rest?” OMG, the libbers that squat there almost went into rigor mortis making excuses. I just kept posting that over and over every time they’d attack. lol
Between the fact that Obumble’s big mouth made these men into a target, added to the release of this picture and now the news that the White House may have released sensitive information to Hollywood (of all places!!) and I have a feeling that the movie Sony is planning to put out just before the election regarding the take-down of Osama may not result in the poll bounce that Obama is aiming for.
I sure hope you're right on that and suspect you are. More and more people are getting wise to Obama's tricks and lack of caring, hopefully enough people who voted for him will take part in his resounding defeat.
The only transparency is the Emporer’s New Clothes.
I totally agree.............
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