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Way to go Obama

  • Fellow Warriors of An Loc,

    If ever there was a reason to pass on an email about the treatment that our fellow combat veterans have received, this is it. Evidently, our Commander-in-Chief is more interested in developing his skills with the teleprompter, than he is in recognizing a generation of warriors - the true architects of our nation’s prosperity.

    If you are so inclined, please pass this on to our fellow Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coasties.

    May God Bless America

    Tom Waskow, Lt Gen USAF (Ret)

    All:

    I just wanted a bunch of you to know about this travesty. When we were turned away from The Wall, I went to lay wreaths on my Mom and Dad and Brother and Sister’s graves at Arlington. Guess what? They had that closed for the great man too!!! Not sure who his canned audiences were at either place, but not many veterans like the thousands of guys I saw going away pretty angry. Tommy DeFrank, be a voice on this, please.

    John

    Today as I usually do each Memorial Day and Veterans Day, I joined my fellow Soldiers I served with in Vietnam to lay a wreath for our fallen at the Vietnam Veterans Wall. We always gather at 0903 hours at the Three Soldier’s Monument. There we meet for a while and talk, see how everyone is doing, if anyone needs help, introduce any new guys from out of town who are visiting, new guys who are joining us for the first time, introduce any members of our family or friends who have come with us, always followed by a few remarks about fellow members of the Blackhorse Regiment who had passed since we had last gathered and then we welcome each other home. Today after walking across Memorial Bridge and rounding the Lincoln Memorial I saw our guys all gathering outside of a barricade around the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. When I joined them I found out to my total disbelief that we could not enter. No veterans allowed. The reason was that Obama was coming there to make a speech and the area was closed to everyone except special people with special passes until his speech was over 5 hours later. I was stunned. Thousands of Vietnam veterans gathering like us with wreaths in hand to recognize our fallen and turned away so that a politician could give a speech. Most of us had been there when Reagan spoke, Bush 41 and 43 had spoken, even Clinton, although most of us turned our backs on him in one of the largest, silent protests ever...seen by everyone...stinging in its impact...totally unreported by the media...but even then, we were not turned away. Today we were. I saw where in a poll where Obama is over 25 points behind Romney with Vets...if they all had seen what we experienced today and knew what had transpired, the spread would be much wider. I doubt if this will even be reported in the media. But, it should. This was not our day...it was their day...the boys who lost their lives. But it was their brothers day to come and touch their names on the Wall and remember them. It was also Decoration Day...the day we recognize those who gave all for all of us. It was not about our narcissist president and his attempt to appeal to the Vietnam Vets for votes. Shut out, we met next to a hot dog stand under a shade tree and held our semi-annual ritual for our fallen. Later that day, one of our men stayed behind and saw to it that the wreath was placed at that section of the Wall when we lost the most during the war. We won every battle in that war and were denied victory. We had to listen to an illiterate world say that we had lost our war. Our troops suffered more degradation, insult, hatred, and disgust from our countrymen than all other US troops from all wars combined. We came home to a country that didn’t want us...and to many countrymen who loathed us...but yet we persevered. Today...was just one more cut...but it was a cut that will not heal any time soon.

    Wayne

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    USMCAG

  • Wish I could say I was surprised.

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    EF_Wolverine

  • EF_Wolverine said...

    Wish I could say I was surprised.

    Complete disgrace.

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    USMCAG

  • Apparently, the Obama people are clueless, regarding protocal, when it comes to such things. It's not a part of their MO to be concerned any further than it benefits the image they've canned for Obama.

    BTW, I participated in the Marine Mud Run this past Saturday in Pinnacle, NC. I had a lot of fun and was impressed with the young men and women I came in contact with. Keep it up Marines!

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  • goodnews said...

    Apparently, the Obama people are clueless, regarding protocal, when it comes to such things. It's not a part of their MO to be concerned any further than it benefits the image they've canned for Obama.

    BTW, I participated in the Marine Mud Run this past Saturday in Pinnacle, NC. I had a lot of fun and was impressed with the young men and women I came in contact with. Keep it up Marines!

    Plus 1.

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  • Obama is a complete disgrace to our military!! Worst president in the history of our country!!

    CousinEddie

  • I'm sure it's Bush's fault.

    VTSmitty

  • VTSmitty said...

    I'm sure it's Bush's fault.

    And I'm sure that is Clinton's fault.

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  • Bo Knows said...

    And I'm sure that is Clinton's fault.

    Which is Reagan's fault

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    I dream of a day when chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned.

    Gfortress5

  • Gfortress5 said...

    Which is Reagan's fault

    FDR started this whole damn thing

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    Dawg E Style161

  • Dawg E. Style said...

    FDR started this whole damn thing

    Agreed!

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    I dream of a day when chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned.

    Gfortress5

  • ilovelamp51 said...

    Lincoln IMO

    what you did there...I see it

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    Dawg E Style161

  • It's all LBJ's fault.

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  • When in doubt, blame Buchanan. SOB.

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    EF_Wolverine

  • Looks like Wayne is still fighting his innermost demon: the paragraph.

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    devidee

  • Well if King George wasn't such a douche, maybe this all could have been avoided

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    ezel4

  • ttt

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  • Not sure how you close those places on Memorial Day.

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    Sir Mix A Lot

  • ilovelamp51 said...

    Lincoln IMO

    Ahahahaha this is the funniest thing over ever read on this board

    LScootU

  • Most worthless president ever - ignorant and refuses to work hard.

    Leppycole

  • Leppycole said...

    Most worthless president ever - ignorant and refuses to work hard.

    You don't think he works hard?

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    GONIG BUCK

  • GONIG BUCK said...

    You don't think he works hard?

    Nope. He plays a lot of golf.

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  • USMCAG said...

    Nope. He plays a lot of golf.

    A lot of presidents do. Say what you want about his platforms, ethics, and values, but there *is* hard work involved with being the president.

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    GONIG BUCK

  • GONIG BUCK said...

    You don't think he works hard?

    Stop sidetracking the topic.

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  • USMCAG said...

    Stop sidetracking the topic.

    I'll respond to anything posted in a thread that I want. If you think it's sidetracking the topic, than you should take it up with the person who made the original comment I replied to - but of course, you wouldn't do that.

    This post was edited by GONIG BUCK on 6/5/2012 at 5:04 PM

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