I've already commented on the overall effect (or lack of effect) of president Obama's televised speech last night. Before Obama's address fades into well-deserved oblivion, however, I want to point out a few really shocking comments from Obama in which he attempts to rewrite history. (Okay, he lies.)
Obama said this:
As we’ve become better at preventing complex, multifaceted attacks like 9/11, terrorists turned to less complicated acts of violence like the mass shootings that are all too common in our society. It is this type of attack that we saw at Fort Hood in 2009; in Chattanooga earlier this year; and now in San Bernardino.
The president is now calling the attack by Major Nidal Hassan at Fort Hood an attack by a terrorist, but you need to remember the history. This attack at Fort Hood was the place where the government first trotted out the description of "workplace violence". An army medical officer who was a devout Moslem shouted praise to Allah and started killing and wounding soldiers. The White House was quick to deny that it was a terrorist attack. When it came out that Hassan had been corresponding about jihad with terrorist leaders in the Middle East, the White House still called it workplace violence. Over and over it was repeated that this was NOT a terror attack. In fact, when the families of those killed as well as the wounded survivors sought to receive the benefits available to those killed or wounded in combat, the Obama administration denied the claims because this was just "workplace violence" rather than a terrorist attack. Last night, however, Obama just casually changed the description to the truth without acknowledging that he and his people had fought that description for six years.
Obama also said this:
Second, we will continue to provide training and equipment to tens of thousands of Iraqi and Syrian forces fighting ISIL on the ground so that we take away their safe havens. In both countries, we’re deploying Special Operations Forces who can accelerate that offensive. We’ve stepped up this effort since the attacks in Paris, and we’ll continue to invest more in approaches that are working on the ground.
The reality is something quite different. In Syria, the USA under Obama has trained about 50 fighters at a cost of about $50 million. The program to train fighters in Syria was suspended weeks ago, however. America is NOT training anyone in Syria. In Iraq, we have provided equipment to the Iraqi army to replace the weapons that those troops left behind when they ran away from the advancing ISIS forces rather than fight them. The troops on the ground in Iraq who are actually fighting ISIS, however, are the Kurds. Obama won't provide training or weapons to the Kurdish forces. These brave fighters who are battling ISIS every day have to get by with old World War II era rifles and little else. Obama won't arm the Kurds or help them fight ISIS because it might offend Iran. (The Kurds are Sunni and the Iranians are Shiite.) For someone who knew nothing about the actual facts, Obama's statement might sound good, but the reality is something quite different.
America faces a crisis; we have to defeat ISIS or face a future of perpetual terror attacks. Shouldn't we be entitled to at least SOME honesty from our president?
Obama said this:
As we’ve become better at preventing complex, multifaceted attacks like 9/11, terrorists turned to less complicated acts of violence like the mass shootings that are all too common in our society. It is this type of attack that we saw at Fort Hood in 2009; in Chattanooga earlier this year; and now in San Bernardino.
The president is now calling the attack by Major Nidal Hassan at Fort Hood an attack by a terrorist, but you need to remember the history. This attack at Fort Hood was the place where the government first trotted out the description of "workplace violence". An army medical officer who was a devout Moslem shouted praise to Allah and started killing and wounding soldiers. The White House was quick to deny that it was a terrorist attack. When it came out that Hassan had been corresponding about jihad with terrorist leaders in the Middle East, the White House still called it workplace violence. Over and over it was repeated that this was NOT a terror attack. In fact, when the families of those killed as well as the wounded survivors sought to receive the benefits available to those killed or wounded in combat, the Obama administration denied the claims because this was just "workplace violence" rather than a terrorist attack. Last night, however, Obama just casually changed the description to the truth without acknowledging that he and his people had fought that description for six years.
Obama also said this:
Second, we will continue to provide training and equipment to tens of thousands of Iraqi and Syrian forces fighting ISIL on the ground so that we take away their safe havens. In both countries, we’re deploying Special Operations Forces who can accelerate that offensive. We’ve stepped up this effort since the attacks in Paris, and we’ll continue to invest more in approaches that are working on the ground.
The reality is something quite different. In Syria, the USA under Obama has trained about 50 fighters at a cost of about $50 million. The program to train fighters in Syria was suspended weeks ago, however. America is NOT training anyone in Syria. In Iraq, we have provided equipment to the Iraqi army to replace the weapons that those troops left behind when they ran away from the advancing ISIS forces rather than fight them. The troops on the ground in Iraq who are actually fighting ISIS, however, are the Kurds. Obama won't provide training or weapons to the Kurdish forces. These brave fighters who are battling ISIS every day have to get by with old World War II era rifles and little else. Obama won't arm the Kurds or help them fight ISIS because it might offend Iran. (The Kurds are Sunni and the Iranians are Shiite.) For someone who knew nothing about the actual facts, Obama's statement might sound good, but the reality is something quite different.
America faces a crisis; we have to defeat ISIS or face a future of perpetual terror attacks. Shouldn't we be entitled to at least SOME honesty from our president?
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