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Tears of a true American hero:
Soldier who fought off brutal
13-hour Taliban attack weeps for
his eight fallen comrades as
Obama awards him the Medal of Honor
Associated Press, by Lydia Warren
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Original Article
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Posted By:LadyVet, 2/11/2013 6:45:28 PM
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| An Army veteran who was today awarded the Medal of Honor for his courageous leadership during a daylong firefight in Afghanistan wept as President Obama named his fallen comrades. Former Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha took a moment to compose himself after Obama read the names of the eight Americans who died in the 2009 firefight. At a White House ceremony attended by the military´s top leaders and former Medal of Honor recipients, Obama recounted the dramatic battle at an outpost in the mountains near the Pakistan border where U.S. troops were far outnumbered.
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Comments:
On this somber occasion, the CinC crawfished from his own responsibilites, seeming to blame someone else for asking soldiers to "defend the indefensible," as if he was not in command of the military the last part of 2009. The president should have personally apologized to the SSgt for his indecisiveness and his lacadasical attitude that play a large part in the death of this honorable man´s comrades. I can hardly contain my contempt and disgust at Obama for making such a statement on this occasion and in the presence of such of man as SSgt Romesha
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
TXknitter, 2/11/2013 7:02:54 PM (No. 9170990)
I watched it all because its my way of honoring this magnificent patriot and his fallen comrades. Even Obama failed to stain the ceremony although as OP says, he made several inappropriate statements.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
bighambone, 2/11/2013 7:04:17 PM (No. 9170991)
Obama should send his crew out to investigate just who the officers were who came up with the incompetent strategy to locate a combat outpost on low ground, with unsecured high ground (mountains) within small arms range all around the outpost, and run them out of the army.
Once the enemy took positions on that high ground they could look and shoot right down on the US positions and as anyone who ever served in the infantry will tell you that is a recipe for disaster. If it were not for brave soldiers like SSG Romesha probably no US personal would have survived.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
udanja99, 2/11/2013 7:06:29 PM (No. 9170992)
My family took part in a fund raising drive to provide airline tickets so that some of Romesha´s fellow troops could attend this ceremony. The fund raiser was developed and run by a woman who lost her son in Afghanistan. Heroes all.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Texan1stCavDad, 2/11/2013 7:45:01 PM (No. 9171043)
#2 is correct. Who was responsible for putting our boys is such an indefensible position? The ranking brass who made the call have the blood of those dead and wounded soldiers on their hands. God bless those soldiers, their families and all our troops who serve.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
LadyVet, 2/11/2013 8:13:17 PM (No. 9171063)
Another comment on the visual images from the ceremony: Obama and Michelle were both wearing purple to the ceremony. This is some non-verbal communication to the gay community. Another instance of Obama sticking his thumb in the eye of the military. He just can´t help himself. I´m surprised that Michelle did not decorate the White House in butterflies for the occasion, just to appeal to that leftist radical voting bloc.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Smaj, 2/11/2013 8:28:19 PM (No. 9171075)
Clinton Romesha is an absolute class act.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
ricktutt, 2/11/2013 8:29:30 PM (No. 9171076)
This president couldn´t care less about our fallen soldiers.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
bob913, 2/11/2013 9:20:55 PM (No. 9171121)
obama is the one who order this as he does not want to offend the terrorists/muslims
If we have the high ground we can "spy" on them.
I know I read stories of cameras and defensive positions being removed because of complaints from "village elders"
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
bob913, 2/11/2013 9:27:42 PM (No. 9171124)
This was just a photo op for obama.
You all know it too.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
ramona, 2/11/2013 10:48:06 PM (No. 9171212)
How perverse that this hater of America seems to relish opportunities to insert himself into honors for others when he has earned none himself.
Ramona (the Pest)
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Gordon Freeman, 2/11/2013 11:06:00 PM (No. 9171229)
#7, BHO could not care less about anyone except himself.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
smobooks, 2/11/2013 11:42:09 PM (No. 9171262)
The soldier that Obama speaks about in the beginning (whose mother sent Obama a letter about her son) is from our town. Stephan Mace died after having to wait 12 hours to be medevac´d that day. Very proud of Clinton Romesha. Very, very sad for Stephan´s family and for the families of the 7 other fallen men.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
flatwater, 2/12/2013 2:39:30 AM (No. 9171329)
In four years more American Soldiers have been killed or injured in Afghanistan under Barack Obama´s "leadership" than were killed or injured during the entire eight years of the Bush presidency.
In fact, 75% of American casualties in Afghanistan have come under Barack Hussein Obama´s watch.
God bless our heroes.
God damn our enemies, both foreign AND domestic.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
flatwater, 2/12/2013 2:42:36 AM (No. 9171330)
Barack Obama, the ONLY American president to force the Marine Honor Guard to take the bolts out of their rifles during his inauguration parade....
Barack doesn´t trust the United States Marine Corps.
Makes sense.
Most of America´s enemies don´t.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Norgay, 2/12/2013 11:11:36 AM (No. 9172005)
If you really want to know how incredible this man and his fellow solders really are, read Jake Tapper’s book, The Outpost: An Untold Story of Valor.
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