Is Obama Hating on the Military?
How to interpret Obama's muted, diffident response to the Ft. Hood massacre.
One would think he would have been horrified by the deliberate and methodical killing of 13 soldiers and wounding of 30 others. Standing before the White House Tribal Nations Conference, Obama spent the first couple of minutes on welcoming remarks to the attendees and gave a "shout out" to someone in the audience with a laugh. Then he spent under 3 minutes on the bloody rampage in Ft. Worth and then went back to the conference agenda.
It seems that the priority for a Commander in Chief would be to address an attack on military personnel ahead of any other agenda topic. Certainly not sandwich it between light-hearted comments and boilerplate welcoming palaver.
There seems to be no energy in the notoriously hyperkinetic president to devote to military affairs. He cannot decide on Afghanistan, leaving our troops there in limbo and in danger. And now, he cannot even roust himself to be upset that military personnel have been murdered.
A little reminiscent of the Clinton White House reputation for hating on the military.
One would think he would have been horrified by the deliberate and methodical killing of 13 soldiers and wounding of 30 others. Standing before the White House Tribal Nations Conference, Obama spent the first couple of minutes on welcoming remarks to the attendees and gave a "shout out" to someone in the audience with a laugh. Then he spent under 3 minutes on the bloody rampage in Ft. Worth and then went back to the conference agenda.
It seems that the priority for a Commander in Chief would be to address an attack on military personnel ahead of any other agenda topic. Certainly not sandwich it between light-hearted comments and boilerplate welcoming palaver.
There seems to be no energy in the notoriously hyperkinetic president to devote to military affairs. He cannot decide on Afghanistan, leaving our troops there in limbo and in danger. And now, he cannot even roust himself to be upset that military personnel have been murdered.
A little reminiscent of the Clinton White House reputation for hating on the military.
posted by alison @ 10:04 AM
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