Out of Touch -- Rebuke of Clinton and Obama from the Heart of a Mother

Karen Vaughn, mother of fallen Navy Seal of Aaron Carson Vaughn, reacts to Barack Obama's campaign ad "One Chance." Karen and Billy Vaughn lost their son Aaron last year in Afghanistan.

For Our Son and For This Cause

I believe the shoot down of the Chinook was an act of war, but if you'll allow me, I'd like to to stretch the definitions of tragic and tragedy, and talk about a few "for instances" that satisfy the parameters of those words:

It is tragic that the area in which Extortion 17 was operating had already been cleared by U.S. warriors three previous times according to the military, but had not been maintained by the Afghans who were charged with manning the area and keeping it safe.

It is tragic that in America the warriors on that chopper were trained as SOF (Special Operations Forces) while at the same time, the pilots and crew of the chopper were trained as conventional forces. But according to the military, the two groups do not work together until they've reached the theater of battle.

It is tragic that the thirty Americans who gave all for this republic were forced to fly a mission that night so risky that it had to be OK'd out of theater and then were left no options but to board a CH47 Chinook, last retrofitted in 1984 and 85. The warriors on board that ancient bird were either little boys or had not even been born during her remodel. How many politicians or dignitaries would be willing to fly into Afghanistan in the safest area, in broad daylight, in such a craft?

**It's tragic that the policy of the Commander in Chief also allows the AFGHAN National Army, the AFGHAN National Police, and the AFGHAN Security Ministry to be informed of all phases of special op missions in theater. Let me clarify...they know all ins and outs of each operation, including the flight routes. Tragic, in this instance, is an insufficient term.**

Billy & Karen Vaughn on Hannity

I believe the grieving parents would agree with you....which is why they have set up a foundation to advocate for the U.S. Military regarding Rules of Engagement and national security to publicize their warrior son's memory.

God rest his soul and I hope mom and dad find peace.

ditto

imho the deaths of these SEALS was blood payback by the US for having “offended” high level corrupt muzzies by blindsiding them with the secrecy and cross border nature of the Bin Laden takedown

obama got to spike his football and the taliban muzzies got to spike theirs. It was all an agreement among thieves

Thieves of honor who run this country, consort with the enemy in the name of “diplomacy”, and hate everything the military represents except maybe becoming a showcase for in-your-face homosexuality

any parent who votes AGAIN for obama is picking him AGAIN as the CinC of their military son or daughter. God Bless them all

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