As I write this, three of the Somali pirates have been killed and the American ship captain has been rescued by Navy Seals.
Isn't it amazing that we have Americans who volunteer to join our military and then suffer and sacrifice to become part of an elite team like the Navy Seals? What country produces such wonderful men who will selfishly perform their tasks so willingly, and spend a career risking their lives so Americans and our allies can be rescued, and will take the life of bad guys when there are no other options left? There is one country-The United States of America.
These are the men who grew up in a country with some great presidents, those presidents who would always travel around the world and praise our nation, not criticize. Those presidents would laud the great things our country has done to protect and preserve the world, not apologize. Those presidents realized our country is a nation of heroes, not just those who served on battle fields but heroes who go to work every day, provide for their families, stick around to protect their children and pay their taxes.
And you know, those Navy Seals would probably say what they did wasn't any different than other folks jobs, it was just out in the middle of an ocean and involved guns.
Our current president didn't grow up the way many Americans grew up. My father was a veteran of World War II, and before that he survived the depression. Those two signal events impacted his life, and through his sacrifice the lives of millions in America and in Europe.
Winning a world war was just a job they took very seriously. I wonder what great stories President Obama heard from his father? Not many, since his father abandoned him, and his grandmother that raised him, "was a typical white woman."
Maybe President Obama's interaction with Navy Seals will ensure he doesn't gut the military, and put us in a position of weakness around the globe. I hope so.
Peace--through strength. Just three words, but three words that are extremely important for our young, liberal, inexperienced president to remember with bad guys like those in North Korea and Iran rattling nuclear sabers.
God speed Barack Obama.
Isn't it amazing that we have Americans who volunteer to join our military and then suffer and sacrifice to become part of an elite team like the Navy Seals? What country produces such wonderful men who will selfishly perform their tasks so willingly, and spend a career risking their lives so Americans and our allies can be rescued, and will take the life of bad guys when there are no other options left? There is one country-The United States of America.
These are the men who grew up in a country with some great presidents, those presidents who would always travel around the world and praise our nation, not criticize. Those presidents would laud the great things our country has done to protect and preserve the world, not apologize. Those presidents realized our country is a nation of heroes, not just those who served on battle fields but heroes who go to work every day, provide for their families, stick around to protect their children and pay their taxes.
And you know, those Navy Seals would probably say what they did wasn't any different than other folks jobs, it was just out in the middle of an ocean and involved guns.
Our current president didn't grow up the way many Americans grew up. My father was a veteran of World War II, and before that he survived the depression. Those two signal events impacted his life, and through his sacrifice the lives of millions in America and in Europe.
Winning a world war was just a job they took very seriously. I wonder what great stories President Obama heard from his father? Not many, since his father abandoned him, and his grandmother that raised him, "was a typical white woman."
Maybe President Obama's interaction with Navy Seals will ensure he doesn't gut the military, and put us in a position of weakness around the globe. I hope so.
Peace--through strength. Just three words, but three words that are extremely important for our young, liberal, inexperienced president to remember with bad guys like those in North Korea and Iran rattling nuclear sabers.
God speed Barack Obama.
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