Chamblee54

BHO seems to be making both right and left wingers mad at him. At one level, this is a sign that he is doing his job. When you go a bit deeper, you begin to wonder.
The one complaint involves Memorial Day. Traditionally, POTUS puts a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. BHO is going to be elsewhere, and VPOTUS Joe Biden is going to fill in. One putrid blogger is getting upset.
This person claims to speak for our soldiers, and says that “they” do not respect BHO. This may be true for some. However, our military is made of free men and women, who don’t have a unanimous opinion about anything. Add to this the large numbers of African Americans in the service, who possibly share the pride of civilian African Americans in a dark skinned POTUS. One wonders how Mr. Erickson made this call.
It was also noted that Mr. Reagan and Mr. Bush, the elder, played hooky on Memorial Day wreath laying. As the putrid blogger tweets “Diff b/w Reagan and Bush not going to Tomb and Obama? No one questioned their support for soldiers and belief in American Exceptionalism.” No one? Of course, Daddy Bush pulled the troops out of Babylon, after their mission was over, instead of leaving them in a quagmire.
And now for something completely different. It seems like the military is being sent on clandestine missions in countries we are not at war with. The idea is to pave the way for future actions, most notably in Iran. First we help Iran by getting Archenemy Saddam out of power, then we plan a military strike against them.
The New York Times has a piece about this latest development. Apparently the reporting was censored. “The Times, responding to concerns about troop safety raised by an official at United States Central Command, the military headquarters run by General Petraeus (spell check suggestion:Petroleum), withheld details about how troops could be deployed in certain countries.”
HT to Obsidianwings and Andisheh Nouraee (spell check suggestions: Blandish, Outlandish, Entourage, Courage) . Pictures are from The Library of Congress.