"A Marine Sends Viral Blast to President Obama for Not Honoring Military ‘Brothers’ at Chattanooga"

2015-07-31T15:09:06-04:00

From: IJ Review

“The day of the attack, you delivered a statement. You didn’t even have the decency to stand up,” the Marine veteran, who claims to be from Chattanooga area says before listing attacks the President railed against.

As reported by WJ:

The Marine then ticked off a list of shootings or deaths that Obama did stand up for while he spoke to the nation, including the Charleston shooting, the Boston bombings, the Baltimore riots, Michael Brown’s death, and the Washington Naval Yard shooting. He even stood up when singer Whitney Houston passed.

The Marine vet doesn’t back off until he’s lodged a number of grievances with the way the Obama administration has handled national tragedies and terrorist attacks on his watch.

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Chattanooga Marine Veteran's Direct Address to Mr. Obama

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Response by Sgt David G Duchesneau made Jul 31 at 2015 3:17 PM

2015-07-31T15:17:50-04:00

Way to go Marine! SEMPER FI Brother!

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 31 at 2015 3:18 PM

2015-07-31T15:18:07-04:00

And people are outraged over a lion? What about those 5 service members, they are worth Outrage.

Response by Capt Richard I P. made Jul 31 at 2015 3:24 PM

2015-07-31T15:24:37-04:00

This is a very borderline unprofessional topic. If an individual user posted it I would give my usual article 88-bait warning. Is there value in discussing it? Sure, but it risks people straying into the unprofessional and even the criminal (art 88 UCMJ) very quickly. The fact that RallyPoint Shared Content is the one posting it flirts with real challenges if someone were to act foolish and get punished for it.

Response by Sgt Mitchell Sporar made Jul 31 at 2015 4:09 PM

2015-07-31T16:09:04-04:00

WTG Marine. But, take caution. No need to get yourself in hot water with your command for an Article 88 violation. I know it's frustrating, but there are millions of us that can receive no such punishment that have your backs.

We have the POTUS on blast constantly for his embarrassing and detestable treatment of our brothers and sisters in uniform.

Response by SSgt Alex Robinson made Jul 31 at 2015 4:18 PM

2015-07-31T16:18:04-04:00

Semper Fi Marine. Thanks for acknowledging your brothers!

Response by SPC Nathan Freeman made Jul 31 at 2015 5:09 PM

2015-07-31T17:09:46-04:00

I'll be interested to see how this plays out. Five bucks says it gets swept under the rug.

Response by MSgt Marvin Kinderknecht made Jul 31 at 2015 5:58 PM

2015-07-31T17:58:03-04:00

I agree. The country as a whole is more concerned with that dentist shooting a lion than being attacked in our own backyard. where in the hell is Harry Truman?? Don't tread down his office,but as a person well, whale crap is at the bottom of the ocean. Home land Security SUCKS. Another fat cat outfit. These attacks should NOT be going on in our country. We packed up the Japanese, we can pack up these guys.

Response by Capt Walter Miller made Jul 31 at 2015 9:06 PM

2015-07-31T21:06:08-04:00

I am from Chattanooga also. I was born in Memorial hospital. As a teenager I attended explorer scout meetings sponsored by the I&I staff at Mike Battery, 3/14 at the old Marine Corps Reserve center on Meadow Street, which is now gone.

President Obama is the best president in fifty years. He will remembered as one of the top five or ten presidents. If it were up to people like Lindsey Graham and John McCain, we'd have combat units in contact with ISIS units in Iraq right now.

How did we do the last time we engaged insurgents in Iraq?

President Obama has shown great courage to avoid taking the way urged by people who don't think very clearly. -That- is how he honors our Military. By keeping them alive.

Walt

Response by Sgt Joseph Brent Montgomery made Jul 31 at 2015 10:00 PM

2015-07-31T22:00:18-04:00

This Brother is just saying what all the rest of us are thinking, at least I hope the rest of us are. I sure as hell am.

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 1 at 2015 8:59 PM

2015-08-01T20:59:35-04:00

He is right. The hypocrisy in this administration continues.

Response by LCDR Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 2 at 2015 11:08 PM

2015-08-02T23:08:39-04:00

I'm shocked the staff would post this topic. Pander much? If you're going to play the politics game officially, make a statement about it so I can remove my profile entirely from the site and advise Sailors to steer clear of it.

Response by Cpl Chris Rice made Aug 3 at 2015 5:16 AM

2015-08-03T05:16:59-04:00

I guess I don’t understand, what do people want? If the president had made a big deal about this everybody would accuse him of playing politics, as this attack was an extension of the war on terrorism, and these five Marines were casualties of that war. People were upset that the flags were taken to half-mast, although they had not been taken to half-mast for the other 6000 service members lost in this war, the administration folded and lowered the flags to half-mast, and now people are running around screaming that he was not standing when he spoke about it.

While I feel that we never pay enough attention to casualties of war, I’m also exhausted by people utilizing other people’s tragedies as there exclamation point, and having no real substance to their complaints. All of the complaints about the actions taken after the Chattanooga attack have been about visual displays of honor or respect. On this site you’ll notice there hasn’t been really any discussion on ways to prevent this from happening again aside from arming recruiters which changes the outcome but it doesn’t change the initial situation. Instead the first reaction to our nation being attacked on its own soil is not a consideration of whether were entering another phase of the war, if we become to polarize within our community that people are isolated so they can be affected by terrorist propaganda, or if there’s anything we can do it all, no our initial reactions been to attack the president, who at this time is the only American politician who is done anything to fight ISIS (remember neither house of Congress has taken up anything on ISIS; so whether you like how he is gone about it or not, he has done far more than your favorite politician). (When I say there’s been no discussion, I mean that there is been no discussion that has been elevated to a trending status at least).

Response by 1stSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 4 at 2015 5:33 PM

2015-08-04T17:33:15-04:00

Well said. Semper Fidelis

Response by LtCol Mark Bryant made Aug 7 at 2015 8:34 AM

2015-08-07T08:34:57-04:00

BO is the CINC. Every military death, especially in this manner, should cut him like a knife. Period. Semper Fi.

Response by SGT Ben Keen made Aug 7 at 2015 9:09 AM

2015-08-07T09:09:03-04:00

Are we truly surprised that the American public has moved on following the attacks in Tennessee? I mean really, does it surprise any of us? The attention span of the collective population of the US is that of a 2 month old. We all have our different interest groups and we tend to focus our energy on those groups. Of course a community of Veterans is going to focus on something like the attacks in Tennessee. Animal lovers are going to continue to go crazy over the killing the Cecil.

I think that we as a community of PROFESSIONALS must maintain ourselves as PROFESSIONALS. Yes, it is frustrating most of the time but to put the POTUS on blast as a Service Member in such a public way is not only dangerous for one's career but puts a black eye on our collective professionalism. Do I agree with the Marine, for the most part yes. He brings up some good points but I do not agree with how he delivered his message.

My heart continues to go out to these five service members and their families. I hope the military does the right thing and classifies their death as combat related so the families get the benefits their loved ones died for. I continue to hope that we as a nation start to see a reduction in these type of attacks and that we can once again come together as a unified body of one and show the world that this country, one that has for years been the benchmark for others to follow, can be that benchmark again. And I think it's worth stating that our thoughts should continue to be on all the men and women that left for combat only to never come home on this R.E.D. Friday.

Response by LCpl Mark Lefler made Sep 9 at 2015 3:50 AM

2015-09-09T03:50:56-04:00

It's unprofessional and embarrassing to the Corps. I hope he's not active duty.