September 07, 2008
Barack Obama - War Monger
Recycling an old Hillary Clinton bit, Obama told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that at one point he thought about joining the military. In an interview on This Week, Obama said:
Let's ignore for the moment the audacity of fact that there was no requirement for Selective Service Registration in 1979, and look at the rest of the statement. Specifically that Obama didn't join up because "We weren't engaged in active military conflict at that point"
He didn't join because he wasn't going to get to fight? He wasn't going to get the chance to break things and kill people? As if there is no honor in serving in the peace-time military. Or is it that there is no glory?
I don't believe a word of it. I don't believe he ever gave serious consideration to the idea of joining the military.
But if his story is true, what does it say that he only decided not to join because we were not actually in the middle of a shooting war? Is he that enamored of combat?
“You know, I actually did,” Obama said. “I had to sign up for Selective Service when I graduated from high school. And I was growing up in Hawaii. And I have friends whose parents were in the military. There are a lot of Army, military bases there.
“And I actually always thought of the military as an ennobling and, you know, honorable option. But keep in mind that I graduated in 1979. The Vietnam War had come to an end. We weren't engaged in an active military conflict at that point. And so, it's not an option that I ever decided to pursue.”
I wonder when he's going to tell a story about a daring corkscrew landing under sniper fire.Let's ignore for the moment the audacity of fact that there was no requirement for Selective Service Registration in 1979, and look at the rest of the statement. Specifically that Obama didn't join up because "We weren't engaged in active military conflict at that point"
He didn't join because he wasn't going to get to fight? He wasn't going to get the chance to break things and kill people? As if there is no honor in serving in the peace-time military. Or is it that there is no glory?
I don't believe a word of it. I don't believe he ever gave serious consideration to the idea of joining the military.
But if his story is true, what does it say that he only decided not to join because we were not actually in the middle of a shooting war? Is he that enamored of combat?
Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 07:05 PM | Comments (1) | Add Comment
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This reminded me of when Bill Clinton told everyone how he used to fly into LaGuardia on those long international flights; except those flights never landed at LaGuadia according to anyone in the know. It was all a lie then; just as signing up for the draft in 1979 was a creation intended to fool the public. ( hope I spelled LaGuaudia right )
Posted by: T F Stern at September 07, 2008 09:21 PM (Ruh11)
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