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Link Posted: 9/1/2014 8:41:27 PM EDT
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SEALs are sailors, not soldiers .
Link Posted: 9/1/2014 8:42:26 PM EDT
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Say that to the parents face.
Link Posted: 9/1/2014 8:44:26 PM EDT
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Excellent!!
Link Posted: 9/1/2014 8:46:48 PM EDT
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Well written, and sadly, spot on. I can only hope that the parting comment about Obama merely being a bump in America's road turns out to be true.
Link Posted: 9/1/2014 8:47:02 PM EDT
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Just pride in service bro, that's all.
Link Posted: 9/1/2014 8:47:43 PM EDT
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They wish they were soldiers.



Not everybody can be a leg infantryman with no tabs.



 
Link Posted: 9/1/2014 8:49:21 PM EDT
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They are right. He's not up to the job.
Link Posted: 9/1/2014 8:52:26 PM EDT
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why is that a UK newspaper??
Link Posted: 9/1/2014 8:56:53 PM EDT
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It's true
Link Posted: 9/1/2014 8:57:18 PM EDT
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Good!


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I'm willing to guess that it doesn't fit the narrative for US media outlets.
Link Posted: 9/1/2014 8:58:42 PM EDT
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Good!
I'm willing to guess that it doesn't fit the narrative for US media outlets.
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why is that a UK newspaper??


I'm willing to guess that it doesn't fit the narrative for US media outlets.




 
i thought that could be the case, but i was hoping there would be another reason
Link Posted: 9/1/2014 9:02:03 PM EDT
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Because they aren't subjected to audits by the IRS.
Link Posted: 9/1/2014 9:04:33 PM EDT
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Our pos president is more than a bump in the road. He's more or a barricade, a ditch a mine field a lava field and that's before you get to the golf course.
Link Posted: 9/1/2014 9:04:58 PM EDT
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  i thought that could be the case, but i was hoping there would be another reason
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I'm willing to guess that it doesn't fit the narrative for US media outlets.

  i thought that could be the case, but i was hoping there would be another reason


Also, it isn't really news.  Parents of fallen service members have criticized their government and public officials in every war and time period.  And, as I understand the story, their letter is not in direct response to their son's death--which happened three years ago.
Link Posted: 9/1/2014 9:08:44 PM EDT
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Because the American media have been on a six-year siesta.
Link Posted: 9/1/2014 9:12:36 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 9/1/2014 9:15:49 PM EDT
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The actual letter, from http://www.worldtribune.com/2014/08/27/letter-parents-aaron-carson-vaughn-seal-team-vi-please-resign-mr-president/

Billy and Karen Vaughn

After finally choosing to view the barbaric, on-camera beheading by ISIS of freelance war correspondent James Foley, I have been left with a level of rage known only to those of us who have sacrificed unspeakable offerings on the altar of world peace.

My offering was my only son — Aaron Carson Vaughn. Aaron was a member of SEAL Team VI. He was killed in action when a CH47D Chinook, carrying thirty Americans and eight Afghans was shot down in the Tangi River Valley of Afghanistan on Aug. 6, 2011.

Many times over the past three years, I have been asked what drove my son to choose his particular career. What made him want to be a Navy SEAL? My answer is simple.

Aaron Vaughn was a man who possessed the courage to acknowledge evil. And evil, once truly acknowledged, demands response. Perhaps this is why so few are willing to look it in the eye. It is much simpler — much safer — to look the other way.

That is, unless you are the leader of the Free World.

As Commander-in-Chief, your actions — or lack thereof — Mr. President, cost lives. As you bumble about in your golf cart, slapping on a happy face and fist-pounding your buddies, your cowardly lack of leadership has left a gaping hole — not only in America’s security — but the security of the entire globe. Your message has come across loud and clear, sir: You are not up to this job. You know it. We know it. The world knows it.

Please vacate the people’s house and allow a man or woman of courage and substance to seize the reigns of this out-of-control thug-fest and regain the balance we, America, have provided throughout our great history.

Thanks to your “leadership” from whatever multi-million dollar vacation you happen to be on at any given moment, the world is in chaos. What’s been gained, you’ve lost. What’s been lost, you’ve decimated. You’ve demolished our ability to hold the trust of allies. You’ve made a mockery of the title “President.” And you’ve betrayed the nation for which my son and over 1.3 million others have sacrificed their very lives.

But this should come as no surprise, since your wife uttered a vile statement on Feb. 18, 2008, during the primary campaign — one that speaks volumes of your true convictions. “For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country,” she said.

I am sure my deceased son thanks you for that, Mrs. Obama. Oh, and you’re welcome.

Never in my lifetime have I witnessed such despair and such growing fear that the world’s last best hope, America, has finally been dismantled. Perhaps the better word is transformed — fundamentally transformed. Come to think of it, it’s become difficult — if not impossible — to believe things haven’t gone exactly as you planned, Mr. President.

Amazingly, in five short years, your administration has lurched from one disaster to another. You spearheaded the ambitious rush to end the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan — with no plan on how to do so effectively. Also, the release of “the Taliban five” in exchange for one American — without consulting Congress — is also on your shoulders.

You have been at the helm during unprecedented national security leaks — including, but not limited to the outing of SEAL Team VI on the Bin laden raid, the outing of the Pakistani doctor who provided the intelligence for that raid, the outing of Afghanistan’s CIA station chief, and the outing of your personal “kill list” to make you look tough. In addition, 75 percent of American deaths in Afghanistan and 83 percent of Americans-wounded-in-action have occurred on your watch, according to icasualties.org.

And now, we have this recent, heinous event: the beheading of an American citizen by a barbaric organization you foolishly referred to as “the JV team” in your statements to the New Yorker magazine in January.

You, sir, are the JV team. It’s time for you to step down and allow a true leader to restore our honor and protect our sons and daughters.

America has always been exceptional. And she will be again. You, Mr. President, are a bump in our road.
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FUCK BHO
Link Posted: 9/1/2014 9:16:59 PM EDT
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Didn't even need to click to know who was the author. Go Billy.
Link Posted: 9/1/2014 9:23:12 PM EDT
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OUCH!!
Link Posted: 9/1/2014 9:25:02 PM EDT
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2nd that
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Link Posted: 9/1/2014 9:29:15 PM EDT
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Damn

Right on the screws


Should be mass mailed to the Zero
Link Posted: 9/1/2014 9:31:05 PM EDT
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Because the American media have been on a six-year siesta.
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Because the American media have been on a six-year siesta.


The media has been working overtime the past six years.

It's harder to constantly try to spin stuff to fit the narrative. When it can't be spun, it's scrubbed.
Link Posted: 9/1/2014 9:38:53 PM EDT
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To be fair, very few Presidents would be worthy to speak on the sacrifices of any .mil person these days, much less a SEAL.



As to Zero?  He isn't worthy to speak on anything more important a golf ball.  I mean let's be realistic, we don't have a Commander in Chief.  
Link Posted: 9/1/2014 9:46:48 PM EDT
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go get em, FBHO
Link Posted: 9/1/2014 9:48:00 PM EDT
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Just pride in service bro, that's all.
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Just pride in service bro, that's all.


I know, I know....it's ok Recruit!!!
Link Posted: 9/2/2014 9:20:41 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 9/2/2014 9:41:35 PM EDT
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Well said.
Link Posted: 9/2/2014 9:48:09 PM EDT
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Agree with the parents.

The entire administration should resign.
Link Posted: 9/2/2014 9:55:40 PM EDT
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To be fair, very few Presidents would be worthy to speak on the sacrifices of any .mil person these days, much less a SEAL.

As to Zero?  He isn't worthy to speak on anything more important a golf ball.  I mean let's be realistic, we don't have a Commander in Chief.  
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well said.
Link Posted: 9/2/2014 10:08:07 PM EDT
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  Right on the money.
Link Posted: 9/2/2014 10:18:29 PM EDT
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Seal face palm from beyond the grave
Link Posted: 9/2/2014 10:19:29 PM EDT
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Pretty damn accurate letter. God. Bless them and their son.
Link Posted: 9/2/2014 10:27:54 PM EDT
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God bless them, and their message is so very true. it's a shame that the asshole in chief will never even hear that...
Link Posted: 9/2/2014 10:36:22 PM EDT
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(Joshua 1,7)  "rak chazak va'emats"
Link Posted: 9/2/2014 10:55:14 PM EDT
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Impeach, imprison...
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