Too far even for the Obama-sucking MSM. Last night Megyn Kelly hinted that the panel of Bergdahl’s platoon members on her show earlier this year had helped pressure the Army to do the right thing and investigate. Fellow Fox staffer Howard Kurtz agreed but equally credited the MSM with its crew of Pentagon/military correspondents who couldn’t swallow the tidy little photo op of Obama with the [weird] Bergdahl parents in that infamous Rose Garden. It all spelled too much of BS spread on the roses. Too bad Obama didn’t have any interest in this photo making the Twitter rounds yesterday
This is a US Army soldier wounded by the Taliban during a search operation to find and ‘rescue’ Bowe Bergdahl. The NYT is worried Bowe won’t be able to find a job if he gets a dishonorable discharge during his military trial. Message to the NYT, if he’s found guilty, we don’t give a crap and this pic is one reason why, you liberal, military-hating jerks.:
This flag-raising didn’t mean the battle was over; far from it, but it did represent a turning point in the horrendous, costly battle that was Iwo Jima. The Marines below cheered as they fought on, getting wounded or dying in ever-increasing numbers. An amazing, amazing story of courage, toughness and love of country and of their fellow Marines. They just would not quit, stunning the tunneled Japanese.
I despise what the Obama administration and his Democratic Party have done to our military, using them to sacrifice everything when we want them to fight, then tossing them in the garbage can when it’s no longer politically advantageous. Obama doesn’t know squat about the military or his role as Commander in Chief but he’ll haul them out to look pretty in dress uniforms [remember Michelle standing in front of the WH US Marine detail for the Oscars, treating them as pretty nutcrackers for Christmas décor] and he doesn’t respect them either but worse is how they are political tools. Obama and the Dems had to destroy any justification for Iraq in order to create a meme for the 2008 election and our military families were just collateral damage. A repeat of the Vietnam War. The Taliban and the Marines were there to kill each other, did it matter that someone took a vid of the Marines peeing on the dead Taliban?
The AP is fanatically protective of their stories and pics but this year is sharing the original article and Rosenthal pic so I can now legally share it today.
The heavily fortified elite German infantry and panzer divisions stunned the Allies by silently building up their arsenals and trekking through the Ardennes Forest. The Allies, many of whom thought they’d be back home with the war over by Christmas, were weakened by absent leaders and low munitions. Some of the GI’s had been sent there to recuperate. It would turn out to be one of the deadliest battles of the entire war as Hitler sent in his best troops, his best panzers and his best equipment, all in large numbers. It’s a testament to the courage of the Allied young men that the war wasn’t lost there.
Keep in mind the timeline: the Normandy Invasion [D-Day], codenamed “Overlord” began June 6, 1944; Battle of the Bulge was December 16,1944 – January 25, 1945. There had been a lot of brutal fighting in Western Europe, plus Sicily and Italy, so the Allies were thinking the war was winding down, time to relax and recoup. There had been some warning from Ultra, the British code-breakers, but it came quite late, was quite vague and was quite ignored by Allied commanders, who share much of the blame here. More American were killed or wounded during the Battle of the Bulge than any other operation of the war. Incredible, and a total surprise to the Americans.
There’s so much history in this battle. The fanatic Hitler Youth Brigade Panzer, the worst winter in decades, the grounded air force, the massacres of Allies that got in the way of Joachim Piper, including the famous Malmedy Massacre of 84 American POWs at Malmedy, Belgium, the frantic struggle to blow up bridges to prevent the German drive to take Antwerp, the massacre – noted for brutal torture – of the black soldiers separated from their unit and known as the Wereth 11, the impossible holding of Bastogne by Allies to keep it out of German hands, the English-speaking German spies who stole GI uniforms and infiltrated American lines, the frantic German race for fuel to keep the panzers running while the Allied attempted to stop them, and the multiple pockets of Allied troops who got caught behind German lines.
The infantry and artillery held off the Germans until the weather cleared and the air force [it was part of the Army back then] attacked German lines and their panzers and resupplied the Allied troops, who were down to their last bit of ammunition and mortar.
Here’s the site dedicated to the Wereth 11: http://www.wereth.org/en/home. There’s a memorial in Wereth, Belgium that honors the 11 GI’s. The memorial was erected by a man who as a young boy watched his father tried to save the 11 but the SS found them. The boy, Hermann Langer, never forgot the men or his father’s brave attempt to feed and hide the men, and years later ensured the world wouldn’t forget either. The frozen bodies of the 11 were uncovered in the woods after the war ended.
The Henry Fonda movie of Battle of the Bulge is an excellent introduction.
Here’s a PBS documentary on the Battle of the Bulge:
73 years ago, the US Navy Pacific Fleet was attacked at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, throwing what had previously been a European war into global war, WWII. As bad as the attack was, it would have been more devastating if our carriers usually housed there had not been assigned training elsewhere.
Some observations:
1. Half the deaths at Pearl Harbor were on the USS Arizona, which still lies – with many of the bodies intact – underwater and has never been raised. It wasn’t decommissioned and still flies the US flag at the memorial above it.
2. Although the mix-ups and foul-ups of both our army and navy were numerous before the attack – there were several alarms which never received attention by the people in charge – once the attack began, our military on the boats, the land, and the air, and civilian employees as well, showed remarked courage and sacrifice.
3. For those lefties who like to credit Russia with the defeat of Nazism and winning WWII, I’d remind you that Russia did not fight a WWII battle against Russia until she had been defeated by the US and surrendered. Russia then fought Japan in Asia for a full week. Why? To strengthen it’s hand at the post-war negotiating table of the Allies.
4. Hindsight is 20/20 but it’s also sometimes a lie. Current critics of our eventual use of the nuclear bomb blithely assume the bombings were our revenge for the December 7, 1941 attack but they’re wrong. Multiple declassified documents show the US intended to invade Japan in order to end the war. It was the savage, all-out, no-surrender Japanese defense of Okinawa and the evidence of the post-Okinawa Japanese government conducting training in all segments of their nation, including the elderly, children and the elderly, to fight the expected American invaders to the death that convinced the military and President Truman that an invasion would be devastating to American and Japanese lives.
I remember Chuck Hagel as a senator from Nebraska and he was pretty dopey even then. Seemed like nice guy but never seemed really sharp and always talking about reducing the military and reducing the footprint of our military in the world. See why Obama wanted him as Secretary of Defense? Repubs in the Senate grilled him at his confirmation hearing and the Obama admin/MSM nailed the GOP for FTBB – Failure To Be Bipartisan, even though Hagel had a horrible hearing, exceeding even his own standards of dopey.
Alas for Chuck Hagel, who began to discover the dangers of a pacifist president in an evil world and a president-on-steroids when it came to reducing the military. Remember when Obama called ISIS “JV” and Hagel called ISIS “imminent threat?” You knew Hagel wouldn’t be aboard the Obama bus for long. Under, yes; aboard, no. Obama is famous for his micro-managing, even boasting of it on occasion, but he was not about to take the blame for devastating mid-term election losses. The MSM largely blamed the loss on a frightened nation, shaken up by ISIS beheadings, the Big Bear once again prowling and pissing on new territory, the disastrous Bergdahl – Gitmo Taliban swap, and growing concern over Iran and the bomb. Thus, Hagel was expendable. No surprise. President ‘Hey it’s not my fault’ Hans Solo Obama was not accepting any blame.
Well, at least we still have Susan Rice, Valerie Jarrett, Samantha Powers, plus John Kerry and the pstupid Jan Psaki to mock. Of course, mocking them isn’t much of a challenge.
There’s only one response to the huge PR problem US Airways has from this intolerant airline attendant. Fire her.
Not policy to hang the soldier’s uniform? Adapt the policy. Not enough closet room? Find room. Other passengers maintain the flight attendant was rude, unhelpful and condescending. An apology is not enough. In this job market, the airline can do better.
The flight was from Oregon to Charlotte, NC. I’m guessing she’s spending more time in Portland than Charlotte.
Medea Benjamin? She’s the co-founder of Code Pink, one of the most extreme groups in the US. Benjamin is independently wealthy, a big donor to lefty causes and to Democrats. She’s an Obama bud, any criticism from her toward Obama is either from the far-left view or it’s stage theater to pretend there’s a public call for lefty policies. Democrats treat her with respect because of her money and her PR-savvy ability to garner media attention. She’s profoundly anti-military – once Code Pink members stood outside a military base on Halloween during the Iraq War and handed out anti-war materials to the children of the military – and profoundly anti-Israel. You may remember her as the nut who stood up during a Congressional hearing and put red-painted hands in Condoleezza Rice’s face. Yeh, she’s that classy. Last summer she spoke to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA and they voted for a censure of Israel that was BDS in everything but name. Even the New York Times and Hamas called it BDS; you’d think they would know since they were happy about it. Here’s some of Medea’s other activities, she’s quite a gal. Co-founder Jodie Evans is a wealthy California who’s just as radical and just as respected by Obama and the Democratic Party.
Here she is on the English version of Iranian TV. Iran loves her, just like they love Obama.
The interview focused on America’s alleged sins in the world fighting the war on terror, with a special focus on Israel and that nation’s alleged control of U.S. foreign policy. The subject of Iran was not brought up at all in the nearly half-hour sit-down interview with Benjamin.
Benjamin dismissed the outrage about Americans being beheaded by ISIS as the product of media “hype”, saying that Americans are being “manipulated” in to supporting war on ISIS. Benjamin also criticized Americans for allegedly valuing American lives more than those of Muslims. Benjamin said the United States has been “killing people in the Muslim world with such ease.” Benjamin went on to criticize the American people for being “out for blood, out for revenge” over the beheading of Westerners by ISIS.
Benjamin was a main organizer and financier of the Flotillas that attempted to push through Israeli harbor and take “supplies” to Gaza. She called them peace flotillas but as soon as they came into contact with the Israelis, all kinds of hidden weapons appeared in the hands of the flotilla peace-niks, injuring several Israel military members. Like I said, she’s quite a gal.
Yeh some of his UN speech sounded good, the parts of his speech when he tried to emulate George W Bush and George H W Bush.
When he clumsily inserted Ferguson to show the world we aren’t perfect in America. Ugh, double Ugh. I thought, “Can’t we impeach that bastard!?” Isn’t he supposed to know a little bit about the law? This shooting is still under investigation, and he has no business interfering in a legal matter under investigation? Hasn’t he ever heard of “presumed innocence?” How dare he assume the guilt of the policeman, without any consideration that this was a tragic but legal shooting.
Does anyone seriously believe the world delegates on the verge of going to war against global terror extremists were sitting there thinking, “But what about Ferguson?” That’s idiocy. The only person thinking about Ferguson was President Obama and the real question is why?
This speech proves once again that Obama is not a serious man. His badly trained mind is a warehouse of the sort of leftist and progressive received wisdom and dull clichés that pollute our universities, media, and popular culture. He represents the moral idiocy and fashionable self-loathing that signals to our enemies and rivals that the United States can be had.
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a president who loved the United States, was proud of the United States? There’s never been a perfect nation but no other leader consistently apologizes for general and specific deficiencies. Largely unreported at the time but very telling is that after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the US Marines went to render aid. President Obama ordered that the Marines take down their display of the US flag for fear the Haitians would fear we were invading them. Of all the nations there, the US was the only country not flying the flag. Why shouldn’t France be ashamed to fly their flag? Haiti was once their colony, it was impoverished while a colony and after. Do you think the Haitians worried about invasion? My guess is they would love to be a part of the US. BTW, of all the nations, the Haitians clearly favored aid rendered by the US Marines. The US military is known for the world over for competent humanitarian relief efforts. The UN has an abysmal record of corruption, including sex trade and abuse, during much of its peacekeeping missions but I don’t hear Obama apologize for them. http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-brings-ferguson-un_806086.html
Obama, much like the European and Scandinavian nations, has a history of reaching out to “moderate” Muslims but not knowing who’s moderate and who isn’t . It never matters because coddling the Muslims never works. Why aren’t the “moderate” Muslims working hard to reassure the world they don’t agree with the extremists? Multiculturism and appeasement is working out horribly for Europe and Scandinavia, why can’t we learn from their mistakes? Isn’t President Obama’s top priority to protect America, not build the self-esteem of Muslims and/or Arabs? http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2014/09/worst-un-speech-ever-obama-praises-muslim-cleric-who-called-for-slaughter-of-us-soldiers/
The liberal media can make fun of me all they want. This act was still disrespectful. The comparison to Bush’s lame salute is pathetic. Bush was carrying his dog, and awkwardly trying to still show respect by saluting, albeit an awkward salute. Obama couldn’t bother putting his Styrofoam cup in the other hand. Was he just too lazy? Doesn’t care? Too stupid? I don’t think he cares. Why is this such a big deal to conservatives? Because Obama has a record of disrespect and lack of appreciation of the military, both before and after he became president. George W Bush might have been clumsy but there’s no doubt he respected the military, so did his WWII hero pilot dad. Trust is earned and Obama has most definitely not earned the trust to give him a pass. http://hotair.com/archives/2014/09/24/liberal-press-loves-latte-sallute/
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