Also, see Obama’s quote from 2002 where it was his grandfather, not his uncle, ‘hearing’ about not witnessing, and the reference is to US troops liberating Auschwitz and Treblinka, but NOT any concentration camps that US troops actually liberated. He’s simply plugging in any name(s) of concentration camps that he can think of, not relating an actual specific, REAL story.
I think Obama is just improvising something from an article he read or a Hollywood film, etc. and mangling it. If his family really did have any family tales from a great-uncle (or his grandfather) Obama sure has not concerned himself with getting any of the facts right, that’s for sure.
The thing is, simply talking about his grandfather’s wartime service would have been good enough, and most honorable, but he had to go and try to embellish to score political points. ..... at least that’s how it’s looking to me right now.
Senator Obama’s family is proud of the service of his grandfather and uncles in World War II – especially the fact that his great uncle was a part of liberating one of the concentration camps at Buchenwald. Yesterday he mistakenly referred to Auschwitz instead of Buchenwald in telling of his personal experience of a soldier in his family who served heroically...
Burton didn't address his uncles apparent mental instability, it's cause, or it's applicability to todays troops, but I'm sure he will. BTW, the uncle is apparently still alive. If he did suffer a breakdown, and I'd speculate that's BS, I'm sure he's pleased his nephew injected him in the campaign.