Obama Administration objects to terrorism
Well, actually, they object to the Fort Hood murders being characterized as terrorism and it’s one of their myriad reasons to object to the National Defense Authorization Act set to be debated in the Senate after Memorial Day, according to Bridget Johnson at PJ Media in a link sent to us by Old Trooper;
The statement [from the Office of Management and Budget] then outlined some of “a number” of “concerns” — 32, to be exact — including limitations on nuclear force reduction and a provision to block repatriated Guantanamo detainees from traveling to the U.S.
No. 26 on the list of veto-worthy offenses is objection to awarding Purple Hearts to the victims of the Fort Hood and Little Rock shootings.
“The Administration objects to section 552, which would grant Purple Hearts to the victims of the shooting incidents in Fort Hood, Texas, and Little Rock, Arkansas,” the veto threat states. “The criminal acts that occurred in Little Rock were tried by the State of Arkansas as violations of the State criminal code rather than as acts of terrorism; as a result, this provision could create appellate issues.”
Yeah, see, that’s the problem when we subjegate our national security policy to the legal system. Stupid arguments about jurisdictional issues that interfere with an actual policy which hinder an effective defense.
This halfwitted exclusion of these acts as terrorist-related is purely a case of national cognitive dissonance. Those soldiers were shot and killed because they were soldiers and executing their duties in compliance with our national defense policy. Just like the people who get shot or killed in Afghanistan.
Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Military issues
Now the victims at Ft. Hood are free to sue the government for failing to prevent workplace violence and creating a hazardous work environment. That would be my first move in the class action suit.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
This Administration is so afraid of offending anyone…except the troops,they simply screw the soldiers anytime they feel like it suits them
Why would anyone expect any of them to understand how “terrorism” and “terrorist” are defined? These are the same folks who objected to someone describing Obama as “articulate.”
And under the criteria for awarding the PH, if they call it terrorism they can potentially be awarded the PH.
It’s a case of the domino effect. If the gov’t identifies these as acts of terrorism, then they have to admit there are terrorists in the US. At that point, the cat is out of the bag and GONE, folks. So they deny, deny, deny. This is what the lib meme has gotten them: the inability to deal with the truth, even when they’re eyeball to eyeball with it.
What PintoNag said…IN SPADES! comrade obama has painted himself into a corner and rather than “man up” he’ll dump on our troops. I would really rather die than to be so gutless.
Y’know, I’m willing to bet that flying a passenger plane full of people into an office building is against New York’s state criminal code.
Is this really where they want to go with this?
And yet, PHs were awarded after the attack on the Pentagon…
The three occupier molotov cocktail makers arrested over the weekend in Chicago were charged as domestic terrorists. So, this seems to be awarded on a case by case basis, depending on the situation or who the perpetrators are. Presumably then, anyone they would have hurt would have been entitled to a PH.
Jordan, you don’t get the “real” story here. The Occutards were going to firebomb Baracka’s campaign headquarters and Rahmbo Emanuel’s home. See, it’s all in who the victim might be, not the act itself. Maybe, Baracka will award himself and Rahmbo Purple Hearts? After all, if the stars had aligned, and the moon had been in the seventh house, they might have been victims, once removed.
Jordan: They stopped awarding the Purple Heart to civilians in 1997.
Also, try harder with your trolling in the future.