Oh, and thank you AB, for doing this thread.
I understand Obama’s going into a media blitz, six interviews tomorrow, speech to the nation Tuesday. Got BetrayUs to come out in favor of this mess.
I so don’t want Obama leading us into a war with Iran’s proxy, Syria. I am not even sure he’s on our side.
I am not a big believer in coincidences. Obama mentions chemical weapons and soon, boom, saran gas all over the place.
He’s got the children to make his case.
Will the country buy it? We shall see.
One other point that’s been really bothering me...
Many of our brave troops have served multiple tours of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some have already had 4 or 5 tours. This is far more than most had in Vietnam.
You might have heard about Staff Sergeant Robert Bales. He is the husband of a friend of mine and was on his 4th tour, the one previous to it in Iraq he was blown up by an IED, has a metal plate in his skull. Well he was sent to Afghanistan (after being told he’d get several years in the States because of his injury) and went on a killing rampage in Afghanistan and killed numerous civilians. Now Bobby has said all along he didn’t remember what he did that night—he just has no memory about a lot of things from time to time after that explosion on the 3rd tour in Iraq, but plead guilty because even he believed he must have done it. He got life in prison (Leavenworth) without possible parole. So now my friend has to raise her small children on her own, loses all their military benefits, and has huge legal expenses to boot.
I do not in any way condone acts of murder, especially of civilians. However, the thin red line that is our combat troops is worn extremely thin after years of war, and if we enter another, I’m not sure that many will be able to take it. When the line breaks, then what?
As retired military, I can say that if my country was in peril even I would put on my old uniform and join them. I don’t think even one would chose not to fight in such a situation even if they’ve already had a dozen combat tours! But the question I now have is, is our country really in peril from Assad? More like from the Muslim Brotherhood, but that is the side Obama wants to put us on!!!
Stupid Low Information Voters, who, wrapped up in the celebrity bad boy and bad girl culture, voted for Obama cause he was the cool black guy... Stupid, despicable media who refused to tell the truth about Obama, and instead fed us a myth with fawning articles and news... Stupid democrats, who will do ANYTHING to win, even destroy everything we’ve collectively made over the past 200 years, all to get a vote... Stupid Republicans, for not shouting from the roof tops the real danger we are all in...
They have broken this formerly great country beyond repair.