How do I detest thee, let me count the ways.
President Obama humiliated the marine who he asked to hold his umbrella by making him ‘look like a butler’, a respected military general claimed today.
Thomas McInerney, a former United States Air Force Lieutenant General, said that the President showed a ‘lack of respect’ by making the soldier shelter him from a shower.
He also said that the President has plenty of aides so did not understand why one of them could not have held the umbrella.
The President caused a stir when he summoned over two marines to keep him dry at a press conference in the Rose Garden.
The marines held an umbrella over the President and the Turkish Prime Minister individually as Obama made jokes about the weather.
However, for some the move was not a laughing matter particularly as it is a breach of protocol for marines to hold umbrellas while in uniform.
Lt Gen McInerney told MailOnline that he found it particularly insulting how the President at one point his his hand under the marine’s arm ‘like he wasn’t doing a good job or something’.
He said: ‘The President has stood in the rain before without an umbrella and a marine would generally stand there without holding an umbrella.'
‘He isn’t some kind of butler or something.
‘It makes the other guy (the other marine) look like a butler too.'
‘I think it’s a lack of respect for the marine, that’s what I think.'
‘I don’t understand why one of his aides could not have held the umbrella. The marine is a warrior but the aides are not.’
Lt Gen McInerney, 76, served in Vietnam and fought with NATO and was commander of the 11th Air Force in Alaska before retiring.
He said: ‘If I was his (the marine’s) commander...I’d say good job, you did what he wanted you to do but you can’t, really he has to keep his comments to himself because if you say anything you’re going to get in trouble.'
‘Any time a marine has said something...one general who spoke out, he got fired, he got canned from his job.’
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ReplyDeleteBig
Ass
Mistake
America
Our biggest ever.
DeleteSeeing this made me literally ill with anger. I have never seen such a sniveling, pissy little twatwaffle in my life. And am I alone, or did the Turkish Prime Minister look a little shocked and uncomfortable?
ReplyDeletePerfect description and maybe, though I didn't pay any attention to him before.:)
DeleteMichelle should have held his umbrella, or better yet---- his hands were not broken!!
ReplyDeleteHe's king of the world, doncha' know......?:)
DeleteI would rather be his butler than serve in the military under him.
ReplyDeleteI would probably get more respect from him that way.
Vietnam-Desert Storm (Ret)
Guess you went to Vietnam in the 70's?
DeleteObama is an asshole. Period.
ReplyDeleteYup.
DeleteI was shocked and appaled and i think the prime minister knew more about protocol than O due to his reation to the Marine wlaking over to him and sheltering him...i commend the soldier for having the courage to stand there but u could tell by his face that he was not pleased and the reporter i was watching was shocked that he had just puled that move...what a disgrace to America...rhis is the type of bs our enemies and allies are seeing and they gotta be tinkin this guy is a joke!
ReplyDelete& on top of all that, he couldn't even put together a complete sentence afterwards. Guess there were no prompters. What a disgrace.
DeleteHe was schooled in indonesia, born in kenya and his genes came from commies. What do you expect as sixty million commies voted for him.
ReplyDeleteSemper Fi
Still can't believe he is P.
DeleteMy thoughts when I realized he might win in 2008.
"And Now, After Sending Our Best Young Men To Die On distant battlefields fighting Communism, we may simply vote a Marxist into our highest office."
23 July 2008
10/'67 - 5/'69 USARV, 6/'69 - 09/'71 OICC/RVN+, 06/'73 - 25/04/'75 DAO, US Embassy RVN
He has shit for brains.
ReplyDeleteIf that.
DeleteMr. Obama....your arrogance and actions are not "optimal".
ReplyDeleteMr? You're using that very loosely.:)
DeleteAs a former marine, this makes me sick. I think he should publicly apologize to the 2 marines and promote them on the spot for the indignity caused them.
ReplyDeleteI'd settle for his resignation.:)
DeleteMaybe we should suggest that. Hell, he could have the Black Panthers protect him for all I care or no one at all.
ReplyDeleteThe Marines were probably thinking that if their Commander-In-Chief was going to fuck them like that, the least he could do is give them a reacharound:
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DeleteAll my respect for the professional warriors who served as directed without question. No respect ever for that assclown piece of crap Obama. I detest that idiot.
ReplyDeleteI detest that idiot.
DeleteYou have plenty of company.