Obama Honors Fallen Soldiers

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animalia libero's comment FTW.

This is not something he was "supposed to do". Bush never went to Dover so see this first hand. These planes are coming in regularly. If he had wanted to make a photo op of it he could have met one during the day on a Friday and owned the news cycle. He certainly didn't have to give up a whole night's sleep in the most demanding position in the world.

He left alone at 11:30 at night with no media coverage. He spent the entire night there. He spent over 2 hours just talking to families. He returned alone after 4am. You've been shown 1 minute of a 4+ hour night and only because the family has requested you be shown it.

Stop being such a disrespectful P.O.S. Real world decisions are more complicated than you perceive. If he decides to pull out, that too will lead to deaths. Different people will die. These are heavy choices. Obama honors us all by acknowledging their true weight.

Actually he IS supposed to SHOW his respect for the dead soldiers.He is the representation of US.Feeling good about a person for grieving/mourning or paying respects to the dead is stupid all by itself.

If you want to know what would be the benefit---it would be him showing he cares.

Funny.
I thought that was what he was showing you?

Your first sentence is a lie.

If you hate Obama than you hate many many people. You hate millions of Americans who's personalities and ideals are represented by Obama.

In this country, you are free to be a hateful person. But don't try to come on here and pretend you are not.

I hate him more for his arrogance and naivety than actual positions.

"The significance of man is that he is insignificant and is aware of it." Carl Becker

I do not hate people with other oppinions and directions that they would want to lead this country (although I do not agree).

They don't care.

Example?

There are more people upset over the gang rape of a 15 year old, who didn't die, over the 95 that died in that recent car bomb(?). When a car bomb happens it turns into political fan fair. Who do you blame. Tears? Nah. Why? Because it's over there, it's not over here.

Don't act like numbers will do anything but distance them from those numbers actually meaning human lives. They don't care. It matters not if it's conservative/republican or liberal/democrat or independent. Unless they have someone in the war or are not as politically angry---they will only use the car bomb as a strategic political move. Those deaths do not matter.

I do know that they did that. War never makes anything better.

Another Republican defending gang rape. What's with that?

Seriously though, Jammer, dude, you're making even less sense than normal. How can you complain about the desensitization of people who think about casualties of war as just numbers at the same time that you criticize the President for highlighting the dear cost of lost lives? Can you say partisan hack?

You know how long war has been going on in history? If pictures stop wars then there shouldn't ever been a war after Vietnam. How many more wars occurred after Vietnam that America was in?

People strap bombs to themselves to go out and make a point to "change" the world in their people's favor. Do they not notice that there have been hundreds of people before them that has done the same thing and the world is no more in their favor than before the first person than blew themselves up?

War is dirty. No photo has ever stopped war. No protest has ever stopped a war. The war stops when the government decides to stop it. The people have no control. It's an illusion to think otherwise.

I know you meant welcomes them back, and you must know how hard this is to battle the military industrial complex at this moment in history. It's a hell of a lot more then Bush ever did, don't you think.

Comparing and contrasting to make what he does wrong ok isn't ok.

Well, when you compare anything to Bush it looks good. So is that the Democratic strategy? If you don't agree with something Obama does you're automaticaly wrong because it is perceived as better than Bush? Amazing how you and others can now turn your eyes away from this unnecessary war that is catering to the military/industrial complex. And I meant what I typed. When are we going to have a president who will welcome our troops home alive? What 's wrong with that?

Not you the assholes that are disrespecting our fallen soldiers with their moronic k comments.

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He always seems sincere doesn't he, even when you know for a fact he is lying through his teeth.

Why don't you respect the dead that made it possible for you to spew your retardation on the internet. He is the commander in chief and went in the middle of the night to pay some respect. What have you done for your country asshole.

I do respect them, and I've done more than some one term Chicago con man politician getting a photo op in.

And let me see you are President? Get real and apologize for your dumb ass comment!

No I'm not President, I don't have ACORN and MSNBC hanging out of my ass.

Still no apology, just another ignorant statement. You truly don't give a shit.

About what you and Barack Obama think? No I don't. About our troops, I do, more than you know.

You are lost individual john lost in the haze of reality and you may someday grow up.

They didn't die for our freedom. They died in vain for profiteers. But they do deserve respect and to be honored for their service and for the country to see that they died for nothing.

If the US wasn't there in the first place trying to rule the world putting in goverments that they asign. These kids would not be dead. You need to get your head out of your ass and we should get out of the Middle East.

You are so correct LadybugLady. The negative comments by morons are just that.
I can't think of a better salute to our fallen soldiers that the President saluting them for the highest price that can be paid by a citizen. You assholes had better wake up and maybe join the service to understand what the hell is going on. Your harsh words are words of cowards and I hope you can sleep tonight knowing what an asinine statement you made.

I agree with you kennymotown. Unless they serve, they'll just never understand. Maybe that's what bonds us vets together for lifetimes. Excellent post my friend.

The ban was put on in 1991 by the first Bush during the first Gulf War.

The media played a kind of dirty trick on Bush. He was shown live laughing with someone at some fundraising event in split screen with live pictures of fallen soldiers being carried off a plane. It looked bad, so he made sure it wouldn't happen again.

I lived at Dover for years. Jets fly over every five minutes. It's a AIR BASE!!! And if you don't think paying respect to troops who fight and die in vain for profiteers isn't a worthy cause then you're un-American.

Presidents can act.

Clinton was a great actor. "IS".

I guess maybe you didn't realize that the President arrived in a helicopter. The airplane you are bitching about was probably the dead soldiers. If you are going to be an ass you should at least get your facts straight...

That is fucked up dude.
Typical MTV generation response. No respect for anything.
Bet Jackass was your favorite show.

me?

Sigh: No not you.

Did you stop to think that ridiculous comment through at all?

Couldn't be half as ridiculous as the replies afterwards.

Or the one above this one

TO: ibrake4rappers13

Have some motherfucking respect for the people who have the balls to fight for the freedoms YOU take for granted.

When your best friend get's crushed in a car accident, make sure you show up. Just for the photo op, though.

dragon1984 could you tell that to obama who will be overseeing defeat in afghanistan maybe if he would have listened to his generals instead of playing political games these soldiers mightve not died

I brake are you an idiot bush started this ill fated war 8 f ing years ago. waiting for the guys to die WTF are you talking about. Bush closed the cameras to this act that a real president should do. He didn't send these kids to die. He is trying to get these kiids out of the hell hole.