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The Party of Retreat and Defeat Declares Victory

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The most common takeaway from President Obama’s speech last night was that it was meandering and boring. While that is true, as Obama somehow managed to talk about the economy and Afghanistan in a speech allegedly marking the conclusion of the Iraq War, it misses the point of one of the most galling speeches in presidential history. In his address, the President announced:

…tonight, I am announcing that the American combat mission in Iraq has ended. Operation Iraqi Freedom is over, and the Iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of their country.

This was my pledge to the American people as a candidate for this office. Last February, I announced a plan that would bring our combat brigades out of Iraq, while redoubling our efforts to strengthen Iraq’s Security Forces and support its government and people. That is what we have done. We have removed nearly 100,000 U.S. troops from Iraq.  We have closed or transferred hundreds of bases to the Iraqis. And we have moved millions of pieces of equipment out of Iraq.

This completes a transition to Iraqi responsibility for their own security…

It is truly sickening to see this man, President Obama, who stood against the troops, against the mission, and against his country, take credit for the work of the previous administration and the sacrifices made by the genuine heroes that comprise United States  and coalition forces.

Hoping to score cheap political points, the Democrats demoralized and demonized the men and women defending freedom in Iraq. Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid famously said “this war [Iraq] is lost.” 2004 Democrat nominee for president, Senator John Kerry, accused American troops of “going into the home of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, women…” There was John Murtha who described American Marines in Haditha as “murderers.” Murtha’s “murderers” were all later exonerated. Senator Dick Durban compared U.S. troops to “Nazis, Soviets in their Gulags, or some mad regime, Pol Pot or others, that had no concern for human beings..” And of course there was candidate Obama in 2008, who said that U.S. troops were “air raiding villages and killing civilians.” The video below documents who supported the troops – and who did NOT:

The party of retreat and defeat opposed the surge in Iraq, lambasted General Petraeus when he testified to the success of the strategy, and spread vicious lies about the previous administration. The Democrats have called the troops stupid, they’ve maligned Americans who put their lives on the line every day as torturers and common thugs. Now President Obama wants to take credit for their great work. Last night’s victory speech came from the man who represents the greatest obstacle to American militarily victory: the Democratic Party. The United States succeeded in Iraq in spite of Obama and in spite of his treacherous party.

Another Democrat 'War Hero'

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Will they ever learn? In 2004 they nominated ‘war hero’ John Kerry. How did that go again? Did he throw away the medals, or the ribbons symbolizing what they meant? 6 years later, the Democrats have found a new ‘war hero’ to tout – Connecticut Attorney General and Senate candidate, Richard Blumenthal. Turns out Richard’s got some some splanin to do. Blumentahl received 5 deferments during the war and eventually joined the Washington based Marine Reserves, said things like:

(H/T HA)

“We have learned something important since the days that I served in Vietnam,” Mr. Blumenthal said to the group gathered in Norwalk in March 2008. “And you exemplify it. Whatever we think about the war, whatever we call it — Afghanistan or Iraq — we owe our military men and women unconditional support.”…

In 2003, he addressed a rally in Bridgeport, where about 100 military families gathered to express support for American troops overseas. “When we returned, we saw nothing like this,” Mr. Blumenthal said. “Let us do better by this generation of men and women.”…

The New Haven Register on July 20, 2006, described him as “a veteran of the Vietnam War,” and on April 6, 2007, said that the attorney general had “served in the Marines in Vietnam.” On May 26, 2009, The Connecticut Post, a Bridgeport newspaper that is the state’s third-largest daily, described Mr. Blumenthal as “a Vietnam veteran.” And The Shelton Weekly reported on May 23, 2008, that Mr. Blumenthal “was met with applause when he spoke about his experience as a Marine sergeant in Vietnam.”…

It does not appear that Mr. Blumenthal ever sought to correct those mistakes…

Mr. Blumenthal has made veterans’ issues a centerpiece of his public life and his Senate campaign, but even those who have worked closely with him have gotten the misimpression that he served in Vietnam. In an interview, Jean Risley, the chairwoman of the Connecticut Vietnam Veterans Memorial Inc., recalled listening to an emotional Mr. Blumenthal offering remarks at the dedication of the memorial. She remembered him describing the indignities that he and other veterans faced when they returned from Vietnam.

Small problem – Blumenthal never set foot in Vietnam.

Blumenthal has described his lie as “a few misplaced words.” When he said he served “in Vietnam,” what he really meant was that he served “during Vietnam.” Further, Blumenthal claims that any misconstruing of his war record was “totally unintentional.” He did say “when we returned from Vietnam, I remember the taunts, the verbal and even physical abuse we encountered.” I’m sure he remembers that – he was probably the one doing the taunting and abusing! Richard Blumenthal is just another Democrat phony soldier.

P.S. I couldn’t resist: