Iraq

Barack Obama, Iraq, Mark Levin

President Barack Obama’s choice of wars and words

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A huge majority of Americans and Congress initially supported President George W. Bush’s decision to invade Iraq. When support for the war waned, Bush chose to stay the course and Congress has fully funded the effort to leave only when Iraq has both a representative government and viable security in place. America’s sons and daughters have lived up to their oaths, served the cause of liberty in Iraq, and continue to sacrifice.

While no survey will be taken to confirm it, I suspect nearly all who have served in Iraq were angered to hear at least one passage of President Barack Obama’s speech yesterday. Mark Levin played the audio and commented. Late in the show, Heather from Virginia Beach called in expressing what likely are the feelings of many military family members:

Words matter.

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Unfriendly Fire; let’s end America’s lawfare against our troops

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Last night on Freedom Radio, retired Marine Lieutenant Colonel Robert Weimann talked about his open letter to Secretary of the Army Pete Geren. Within it, ‘Capt Roger Hill Case: Mister Secretary, it’s time to end the double standard,’ LTC Weimann demonstrates that political considerations have endangered the missions in Iraq and Afghanistan and resulted in more than a few unjust prosecutions of our troops.

Battlefield evidentiary requirements will be addressed within a revamp of the Military Commission Act (that was nearly hidden within Friday’s White House announcement). With due respect to President Obama, those few select Members of Congress with whom he is negotiating, and the lawyers involved, if the Rule of Law overrides the Laws of War, that revamp will be reckless legislation.

This is America’s war and America’s sons and daughters are the ones fighting it. If the vast experience of front line troops is not sought and considered — especially from those who have fought this war at the company level — during the revamp of the MCA, a countless number of our troops will die and their missions will fail as a result.

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