Forward Observation Post - Vermillion » Dover AFB http://fopvermillion.com Views and Vents from the Frontline of the Culture War Sat, 24 Apr 2010 18:54:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Photo-op or Respect? UPDATE http://fopvermillion.com/2009/10/29/photo-op-or-respect/ http://fopvermillion.com/2009/10/29/photo-op-or-respect/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:18:17 +0000 FOPVermillion http://fopvermillion.com/?p=244 Last night the President went to Dover AFB and paid his respects to eighteen fallen soldiers as they came home to their families.  Considering this is the same person who had to be shamed into meeting with the commander of our forces there, and who has been unable to make a decision on troop levels and strategy, I have a hard time not being cynical about the motivation.  (Now to be fair the tone of the WSJ linked article bothers me so maybe the warm and fuzzy feeling just went away too quickly.)  Knowing what I know about our CINC I imagine the decision was made on the basis of the photo-op and who died (most died in a helicopter crash rather than in combat) rather than honor for the fallen.

Prove me wrong Mr. President.  Don’t make this a one time thing.  Honor our warriors and their sacrifice.  They deserve it and they have earned it.

- FOP Vermillion

Update:  Well it looks like Hot Air has caught the friends of the White House at the NY Times covering up the fact that the trip to Dover AFB was a calculated move that looked good.  The operative phrase is “intended by the White House to convey to the nation that Mr. Obama was not making his Afghanistan decision lightly or in haste.”  I would rather have been proved wrong.

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