Obama Is a Liability As Commander-In-Chief

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A story posted in The Cable indicated that as a backdrop for a speech that Obama delivered, the White House demanded that an older F-15 fighter be used rather than a state of the art F-22, which the fighter that he opposed. At best, if the reasoning for this was that Obama would perceive it as a personal embarrassment, then this was a very petty small minded concern. If one or all of the following were true then it unfortunately confirms the image that he has projected thus far - a weak, indecisive, incompetent, servile, socialist ideologue:

1.) Obama doesn’t want to project any aura of power, strength, resoluteness or superiority to the rest of the world because he is afraid of offending our enemies and/or
2.) Obama detests the military and/or
3.) Obama feels that we don’t need to protect our country or its interests (with sophisticated equipment) since all the nations of the world will be singing kumbaya and/or
4.) Obama would rather use the money for his socialist agenda rather than protect our country

Any way you look at it, Obama is the antithesis of what the Commander-in-Chief should be. And that is VERY BAD for America!

White House aides insisted F-22 be removed from Obama speech venue
Josh Rogin    12/02/2009

When President Obama spoke to troops at Alaska's Elmendorf Air Force Base last month, the unit there parked a shiny new F-22 fighter plane in the hanger. But according to multiple sources, White House aides demanded the plane be changed to an older F-15 fighter because they didn't want Obama speaking in front of the F-22, a controversial program he fought hard to end.

"White House aides actually made them remove the F-22-said they would not allow POTUS (President of the United States) to be pictured with the F-22 in any way, shape, or form," one source close to the unit relayed.

Stephen Lee, a public affairs officer at Elmendorf, confirmed to The Cable that the F-22 was parked in the hanger and then was replaced by an F-15 at the White House's behest.

The airmen there took offense to the Obama aides' demand, sources told The Cable, seeing it as a slight to the folks who are operating the F-22 proudly every day. They also expressed bewilderment that the White House staff would even care so much as to make an issue out of the fact that the F-22 was placed in the hanger with the president.

A White House official, commenting on background basis, told The Cable that yes, there were discussions about which plane or planes would be in the hanger, but that they were not meant as an insult to the pilots and other personnel who work on the F-22. The official couldn't elaborate on why the White House aides felt it necessary to get involved in the matter in the first place.

The official pointed to Obama's speech to the troops that day, where he praised both the 90th Fighter Squadron, known as the "Dicemen," and the 525th Fighter Squadron, the "Bulldogs," both of which operate the F-22.

Even so, the Air Force personnel thought it odd the White House wanted to display the older plane rather than the more advanced plane that, in the eyes of its supporters, represents the latest and greatest in American aviation.

The Obama administration fought hard and successfully to cut off production of the F-22 at 187 planes, a number Defense Secretary Robert Gates endorsed but that was hundreds less than originally planned and about half of the 381 planes Air Force leadership lobbied hard for in the years preceding Obama's inauguration.

"It's one thing to be against further production; quite another to slight the folks who are flying them in the operational world," one source said, adding that "the F-15 pictured was put into service roughly around the same period when Obama graduated from college. It's vintage."

URL http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/12/02/exclusive_white_house_aides_insisted_f_22_be_removed_from_obama_speech_venue

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