OBAMA THE TRAITOR

WHAT A GREAT LEADER WE HAVE..SOMEONE WE CAN ALL BE
PROUD OF..


A moment of national pride took place
recently in the White House when an American soldier, Staff Sgt. Salvatore
Giunta, received the Medal of Honor for bravery above and beyond the call of
duty in combat in Afghanistan.

Sgt. Giunta became the first living
American soldier to receive the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War. He is now
one of only eighty-eight (88) living holders of the Medal of Honor.

As
modest and self-effacing as he is brave, Sgt. Giunta brought further honor to
himself by his humility in receiving the nation’s highest medal of valor. While
he made no comment in the ceremony, Giunta said before the ceremony that he was
“not at peace” with being “singled out” for the honor as so many other soldiers
did so much. And after the ceremony, he said he would trade the honor in a
moment if he could bring back those whose lives he attempted to save under enemy
fire but was unable to save. He definitely showed that he was an American in
whom America could be proud.

In contrast, there was another “first” at
the ceremony involving the Commander-in-Chief, President Barack Hussein Obama,
in whose conduct the nation cannot and should not
take pride: As far as is known, Obama became the first President, the first
Commander-in-Chief , not to salute the living recipient of the Medal of Honor
after presenting the medal .
It is a tradition in the
military for all military personnel, no matter how high their rank, including
the Commander-in-Chief, to salute a holder of the Medal of Honor no matter how
lowly his or her rank. If General David Petraeus was to encounter Sgt. Giunta,
it would be the General who would salute the enlisted man, as a sign of respect
for that soldier’s extraordinary bravery, but also to show respect to all those
who have received the Medal of Honor.

At all gatherings of veterans of
the American Legion, or VFW, or other veterans organizations, if a Medal of
Honor recipient enters the room, even a National Convention involving thousands,
the proceedings stop to render military honor to that holder of the Medal of
Honor. All veterans rise, come to attention, and salute. It is a matter of
pride, of respect, of tradition.

And, as far as is known, it is
tradition that every President who has had the honor to present the Medal of
Honor to a living recipient, has shown humility, respect, and national pride in
that recipient by stepping back and rendering a salute.

It was missing
in action in the Obama presentation. He is apparently above all that; “like a
God,” as an editor of Newsweek once wrote.

Instead of rendering the
traditional salute , after fumbling as if all-thumbs in trying to affix the
blue-ribboned Medal of Honor, Obama, equally awkwardly, tried to “hug” the
Sergeant . Yes, a “hug” for the soldier who remained at attention with eyes
front in military bearing.

But a “hug” is not a “salute,” even in the
Age of Obama. While there may be some comedic value in Obama’s pathetic display,
it was more emetic than comedic. I didn’t write about it at the time, so as not
to distract from Sgt. Giunta’s receipt of the Medal of Honor. But days have
passed, and it needs to be said.

Why? Is it naught but petty carping of
poor President Obama? I think not. He is the “Commander-in-Chief” who has in his
power the lives of those who serve in defense of the country, which he himself
did not deign to do. It is pointing out this man, this professional politician,
repeatedly evidences contempt for America, for America’s traditions, and for
Americans who respect those traditions.

It is as if he loathes the
nation he was so desperate to lead, and be loved by, Messiah-like. It is of a
piece with his constant misquoting of the Declaration of Independence by leaving
out the words “endowed by their Creator” when speaking of “unalienable rights.”


Perhaps more aptly: It is of a pathetic piece with Obama’s penchant for
declining to abide by the U.S. Flag Code when the Flag passes to place his hand
over his heart. Instead, he drapes his arms down and enfolds his hands at his
crotch Michael Jackson-style. It is now mocked as Obama’s “crotch salute.” But
it isn’t funny. It is contempt by Obama for the Flag, for America.


Perhaps it is unfair to criticize this President of the United States
for displaying such contempt for American traditions. Perhaps it is too much to
expect an American President to salute a recipient of the military Medal of
Honor when that president never served in the uniform of his country; has said
that the Rules For Radicals of the America-hating socialist revolutionist Saul
Alinsky are “seared into my [his] brain;” who launched his political career in
Chicago from the living room of the revolutionist Weather Underground
rich-brat-bombers Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn; and who sat for twenty years
in a pew of the church of Rev. “God D...n America” Wright, being marinated in
hate-filled, grievance-filled, self-defined “anti-white” and “revolutionary”
Black Liberation Theology .

Then again, perhaps it is not too much to
expect anyone who would be America’s president to at least respect American
traditions, including honoring the Flag, and saluting those who receive the
Medal of Honor.