The things Obama might have said
In Wednesday’s American Thinker, Silvio Canto, Jr. observed that Pres. Barack Obama’s failure to say anything at all about the killing of Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene in Afghanistan “speaks volumes." Indeed it does!
But, for those of us who have come to have a sense of what to expect from Pres. Obama, here are some other things he might have said.
He might have at least acknowledged the event by declaring it another case of workplace violence, as he did when Maj. Nidal Hasan murdered 13 and wounded more than 30 at Ft. Hood.
Obama might even have taken the opportunity to preface his remarks about Gen. Greene by giving a "shout-out" to Dr. Joe Medicine Crow, as he did in his remarks about the Ft. Hood massacre. Or he could have grinningly introduced someone else in the audience before addressing the somber topic, or made some other inappropriate quip to trivialize the statement to follow.
It's not as if issuing a statement about the killing would have interrupted his golf game, or one of his frequent (and lavish) vacations. He was in Washington, DC, addressing the U.S./Africa Business Forum; there were plenty of reporters around. It might have taken all of ten minutes out of his busy, demanding day.
He might have said he'd "just found out about it," the way he "just found out about" the IRS scandal, or the VA scandal, or Benghazi, or anything else that he only became aware of when he heard it on the news or read it in the paper.
He might have told us that he was “as upset about it as anyone." And then he might have sternly vowed to “not rest until those responsible have been brought to justice” (and then he could have proceeded directly to the golf course, or to Air Force One for his next vacation).
Who knows? He might have even laid the blame on a video, or on persons who had “acted stupidly." He might have even remarked that if he had a son, that son would look like Gen. Greene (or perhaps like Gen. Greene’s killer). He might have taken yet another opportunity to remind us that Islam is a peaceful religion that has been integral to the fabric of America since the Mayflower landed, and that in no way are we at war with Islam.
But No. Not a word. Not even an acknowledgement that it had occurred, let alone a word of sympathy or condolence to the man's grieving family (or to those of us who, as patriotic citizens, bemoan the loss of any of our military men and women). ¡Ninguna palabra! Not a single word about it. Zip, Zilch, Nada; Nichevo.

Instead, by his total silence, he trivialized the event and the slain warrior (not, strictly speaking, a casualty of combat, but a murder victim), and reminded us of his utter contempt for our military, and for our American notions of decency and respect.
But then, why should any of us find this surprising? After all, Obama can't even spell "respect".
Author’s Note: Stu Tarlowe has penned more than 65 pieces for American Thinker. His pantheon of heroes and role models includes Barry Farber, Jean Shepherd, Long John Nebel, Aristide Bruant, Col. Jeff Cooper, Rabbi Meir Kahane, Hunter S. Thompson, Ed McMahon and G. Gordon Liddy.
Ad Free / Commenting Login
FOLLOW US ON
Recent Articles
- Trump-O-Phobia Drives Some Americans to Questionable Greener Pastures Overseas
- A Businessman and a Brilliant Strategist
- A Remarkable Headline for a Fascinating Story
- Democrats Unmask Themselves
- How Mexico Became China’s Trojan Horse in U.S. Trade
- Covid Redux: The Bird Flu Scare
- A Taste of the Swamp
- Do We Have 677 Unelected Presidents?
- Global Relations beyond the Prime Directive
- The Democrat Party: The Enemy Within?
Blog Posts
- The CDC website really needs to update its COVID protocols
- Hands in your back pocket
- Birthright citizenship: The facts
- ‘She’s my little Musk coupe’
- The Biden White House mixed it up with not one but two autopens
- The Shakespeare National Trust determines that Shakespeare is ‘not to be’
- Carville tells Democrats to quit making asses of themselves
- About that Texas congressman who called the transgender member of Congress 'Mister' ...
- A federal district court judge erases Trump’s ability to rid the country of enemy aliens
- In the UK, rape gangs are OK, pictures of women sans hijabs not so much
- Bacha Bazi still being practiced in Afghanistan; young boys sexually abused
- UN judge convicted of forcing a woman into indentured servitude
- What are capital gains, really?
- Trump begins restoring law and order