Our Honored Dead

Barack Hussein Obama spoke today to America's veterans and appeared about as comfortable as Pauly Shore addressing atomic scientists. Obama's world view is that the great patriots who form our all-volunteer military are there for education benefits, a jobs' program, or as last hope welfare for those who are unemployable elsewhere (without the hand-up of some government program). Obama is largely wrong on all these counts. The primary motivation for most who join our service is love of country with the subsidiary benefits (GI Bill, health care, VA loans, etc.) just adding to the decision for many. Sadly, Obama does not grasp the patriotism factor and even disparages real sacrifice by only focusing on perks for military members and veterans. What our armed forces want is rules of engagement that allow them to protect themselves and their comrades robustly and a President and chain of command that is firmly committed to do everything to win.