Posted on 01/18/2010 1:42:07 PM PST by fedupjohn
Wow! Read this one. It is really good. And this gentleman says it just like it is..
This venerable and much honored WW II vet is well known in Hawaii for his seventy-plus years of service to patriotic organizations and causes all over the country.
A humble man without a political bone in his body, he has never spoken out before about a government official, until now.
He dictated this letter to a friend, signed it and mailed it to the president.
Dear President Obama,
My name is Harold Estes, approaching 95 on December 13 of this year. People meeting me for the first time don't believe my age because I remain wrinkle free and pretty much mentally alert.
I enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1934 and served proudly before, during and after WW II retiring as a Master Chief Bos'n Mate. Now I live in a "rest home" located on the western end of Pearl Harbor , allowing me to keep alive the memories of 23 years of service to my country.
One of the benefits of my age, perhaps the only one, is to speak my mind, blunt and direct even to the head man.
So here goes.
I am amazed, angry and determined not to see my country die before I do, but you seem hell bent not to grant me that wish.
I can't figure out what country you are the president of. You fly around the world telling our friends and enemies despicable lies like: " We're no longer a Christian nation" " America is arrogant" - (Your wife even announced to the world," America is mean- spirited. " Please tell her to try preaching that nonsense to 23 generations of our war dead buried all over the globe who died for no other reason than to free a whole lot of strangers from tyranny and hopelessness.) I'd say shame on the both of you, but I don't think you like America, nor do I see an ounce of gratefulness in anything you do, for the obvious gifts this country has given you. To be without shame or gratefulness is a dangerous thing for a man sitting in the White House.
After 9/11 you said," America hasn't lived up to her ideals."
Which ones did you mean? Was it the notion of personal liberty that 11,000 farmers and shopkeepers died for to win independence from the British? Or maybe the ideal that no man should be a slave to another man, that 500,000 men died for in the Civil War? I hope you didn't mean the ideal 470,000 fathers, brothers, husbands, and a lot of fellas I knew personally died for in WWII, because we felt real strongly about not letting any nation push us around, because we stand for freedom.
I don't think you mean the ideal that says equality is better than discrimination. You know the one that a whole lot of white people understood when they helped to get you elected.
Take a little advice from a very old geezer, young man.
Shape up and start acting like an American. If you don't, I'll do what I can to see you get shipped out of that fancy rental on Pennsylvania Avenue . You were elected to lead not to bow, apologize and kiss the hands of murderers and corrupt leaders who still treat their people like slaves.
And just who do you think you are telling the American people not to jump to conclusions and condemn that Muslim major who killed 13 of his fellow soldiers and wounded dozens more. You mean you don't want us to do what you did when that white cop used force to subdue that black college professor in Massachusetts , who was putting up a fight? You don't mind offending the police calling them stupid but you don't want us to offend Muslim fanatics by calling them what they are, terrorists.
One more thing. I realize you never served in the military and never had to defend your country with your life, but you're the Commander-in-Chief now, son. Do your job. When your battle-hardened field General asks you for 40,000 more troops to complete the mission, give them to him. But if you're not in this fight to win, then get out. The life of one American soldier is not worth the best political strategy you're thinking of.
You could be our greatest president because you face the greatest challenge ever presented to any president. You're not going to restore American greatness by bringing back our bloated economy. That's not our greatest threat. Losing the heart and soul of who we are as Americans is our big fight now. And I sure as hell don't want to think my president is the enemy in this final battle.
Sincerely, Harold B. Estes
Go Harold! You said it for all of us! Thank you!
I would never consider myself worthy enough to stand in the same room with this guy, yet I am so extremely proud of his service to this country...
Just checked it with the lefty site Snopes and it confirms it to be legit: http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/haroldestes.asp
Thank you Master Chief Estes for telling it like it is!
Hear! Hear! And a tip of the hat to Master Chief Bos’n Mate Harold Estes.
...”and just who do you think you are”...awesome!
My Daddy served in WWII as well, he is heart-broken over what has happened to the country for which he fought.
This is what I love about the older generations. They tell it as it is. I agree with him 100%.
Thanks for checking.
Way to go “Boats”! Deck Division tells it like it is.
Full Speed ahead and Fair Winds from a fellow Squid!
I think when people like him rise up...it means that there are alot of people already ahead of him who feel the same way.
The American public got buffaloed. It won’t happen again.
We need good people to lead us.
We know there is no such thing as a moderate democrat. We learned the hard way, but we can undo the wrong in November, which can’t come fast enough.
Unfortunately, the great chill giver, the one and only islamic muslim-in-chief will never read it; will never see it; and his handlers will never allow it's truth to reach him.
The first inkling he'll have is when he's thrown out of office....and he'll blame that on the race card.
More's the shame....but out he goes.
From one vet to another....thanks again.
When anything reads that well and makes me so proud, I have learned to check, just in case.
How happy was I to see that even the liberal snopes (which leans left but is pretty honest) authenticated it! :)
I was never in the military, but I have learned a few things from all my FRiends here (I stop by the Canteen when I get a chance).
Is a “Boat” revered like a “Gunnie” in the Army and Marines? I don’t know the vernacular so I just saluted his official rank :)
Thanks and Fair Winds to you as well!
Awesome !!
Shared with my email list as well........Thanks Steve !!!
This should be spread all over the place...hard to believe a 95 year old could dictate that...if it was up to Obama the guy would probably be dead by now for lack of medical care.
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My father retired in 1947 as a Navy chief, and passed away in 1973. I’m glad that he never had to see what our country had become after he had served it for so many years.
I like his letter :)
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