This is not something that we just give lip service to"
– President Obama, speaking at the Native American Conference, 11/5/09, 5pm
Not until about 2:28 into the event does President Obama, the Commander-in-Chief, say anything about the men and women under his command at Ft. Hood, Texas where US Army Major Malik Nadal Nasan has taken the lives (at the time of this writing) of 12 people and wounded 31.
Leadership? Oh really – he certainly flounced up to the stage, all happy-face and a cheery "shout out" to a friend in the crowd. Then, upon looking at his notes (really, he really had to look at his notes? Oh yeah – no TOTUS!), he realized – oops, gotta get serious here. Go ahead, watch it – I see no emotion, merely reading words from paper – obligatory words:
Lip service. His remark at the top of this post was directed to the native Americans assembled as part of a conference. He promised no lip service from him or his staff – he meant what he said about helping them more.
Lip service. Today, his actions, his words, in that clip immediately rang true. No lip service for the native Americans – but for his soldiers? For those who have pledged their lives to service for this country? He has given me no reason to believe that our brave military is going to receive anything other than lip service from him or his Marxist sycophants. To them, America is the one who is at fault and the military is one of the prime reasons and tools of oppression. Lip service – just more of a political afterthought by the Commander-in-Chief.
This event could have been at the Youngest’s base. My son could have been the one of those at a Readiness Center – he is to be soon deployed to Afghanistan with his unit. This could have hit home, our home – this could have been personal. This could have been my family’s tragedy. And Obama all but cracks jokes. How DARE he!
My heart goes out to all of those families that this terrorist has affected. A military life is hard, dangerous – the Eldest went to Iraq with the Marines so I know what it is like to look to the driveway quickly when the sound of a "different" car would go by – is it that one with the official US Govt plates? Are uniformed Marines getting out? Thankfully, that tragedy passed us by – but the emotions last. I still stand at the end of the driveway.
Faced with that reality, no family expects something like this to take the life of their loved one while on a domestic base, here in America. Foreign soil? Actively deployed? Yes, you steel yourself for the event you pray never comes – once overseas, once on the battlefield. But not here.
Yes, I am calling him that – news is coming out that he, a Muslim, has seemingly committed an act of Jihad according to Sharia’h law. He turned his back on his comrades, his fellow soldiers. He turned his back on the military who paid for his medical education.
He turned his back on his country – his allegiance was to Islam and not to the US. Fortunately, he failed in his last mission – he is alive.
May he fully receive the justice that he so callously, in the performance of his Islamic faith, denied to the soldiers waiting to go to the battlefield to protect this country AND the helpless Muslims in Afghanistan that the Taliban and Al Queada wish to hurt, main, kill or enslave.
Remember, Islam means "submission" – their goal a world-wide theocracy where Sharia’h law reigns supreme governing all aspects of one’s lives – our lives. Freedom? Liberty? Foreign concepts to Islam – submission is all encompassing.
Lip service – our troops deserve far better.
