By Emmanuel Goldstein

Criminal and congressional investigations go on to document the evidence for the upcoming criminal case against a Ft. Hood Muslim terrorist and to (hopefully) correct what allowed this to happen. This November 5 incident was a tragedy. This tragedy could have and should have been avoided if PC had been taken out of the equation.
But even prior to this shooting, Presidnet Obama arranged for the press to be present so that they could photograph him saluting the remains of those that had fallen on missions he sent them on. Should that be something that is advertised? A guilty dog barks first and he certainly wanted to show us that the barking wasn’t his I guess. What is telling is that only one family allowed him to be photographed with them or their loved one. The military knows what the media won’t say. He arranged that little “show” for his own personal and political gain. Tacky to say the least. Uncaring? You betcha. Quite telling? I think so.

While troops still lay bleeding and fighting for their lives; while loved ones awaited news of survival or of the passing of family members; the occupant of our White House was giving “shout outs” to people and thanking them for a wonderful conference and “honoring” imaginary war heroes. Tacky to say the least. Uncaring? You betcha. Quite telling? I think so. Teleprompter issues?

Where were the other great military minds? I think that “the Maverick” John McCain should have condemned those statements that were uttered in jest by President Obama. I don’t remember John Kerry jumping in front of a camera to condemn this act like he did while accusing this same military of raiding Iraqi homes in the night. What about John Murtha who can look into his crystal ball and convict our troops without a trial? They used the terms terrorism about our troops and then apparently can only get upset about the Ft. Hood shooting because it cut in during their time watching Oprah. Tacky to say the least. Uncaring? You betcha. Quite telling? I think so.

In the interest of fairness and non-partisan views, I thought that the speech President Obama gave a few days later at Ft. Hood was a good one. The speech touched on a number of issues and brought home that soldiers, while in uniform, serve in the interests of national security, but are also people with stories that go past the uniform. The speech, in my opinion, was a proper and dignified one. I give points to President Obama and his teleprompter.

Then on Thursday, November 19, I think we see the real President Obama again. Telling those that serve in uniform and risk their very existence to preserve the Republic “You guys make a pretty good photo op” is ridiculous. They are a “photo op.” They might as well be no more than the flags and velvet curtains behind him. Apparently to Obama,, one of the responsibilities of the military is to make him look good. Tacky to say the least. Uncaring? You betcha. Quite telling? I think so. More teleprompter issues?

I think that to add insult to injury, the Commander in Chief then tell these pawns that he wants to increase their pay. This understandably results in cheers from those in attendance. This brave President then says: “That’s what you call an applause line,” before boarding his jet and taking off. Tacky to say the least. Uncaring? You betcha. Quite telling? I think so. Even more teleprompter issues?

I think that our current politicians seem to think that those that serve in the military are nothing but little plastic Army men that he can leave in the sandbox without even putting them into the toy box. They are not cheap plastic toys that can be forgotten or used for their amusement. Our military deserves better. Who in Washington will demand it for them? Who will speak for them as they cannot speak for themselves due to the chain of command. Lamar? Corker? Anyone? We have Congressmen that could speak up too. Don’t let the deafening sound of crickets be all they hear on their behalf.