From the Dailymail
One couple
knows all too well the pain suffered by the parents of James Foley, the
American photojournalist executed on camera last month by the Islamic
State.
Billy
and Karen Vaughn also lost their son Aaron Carson Vaughn in 2011, when
the SEAL Team Six soldier's Chinook helicopter was shot down over
Afghanistan.
Now
the couple are calling on President Barack Obama to step down, citing
his reaction to the Foley video and 'lack of leadership' in confronting
ISIS.
What amazes me is the fact that his approval rating isn't in the single digits.
I realize there will always be sychophantic followers of losers I just can't believe
the amount of fellow citizens that don't see through what is happening.
Here Is The Letter:
After
finally choosing to view the barbaric, on-camera beheading by ISIS of
freelance war correspondent James Foley, I have been left with a level
of rage known only to those of us who have sacrificed unspeakable
offerings on the altar of world peace.
My
offering was my only son — Aaron Carson Vaughn. Aaron was a member of
SEAL Team VI. He was killed in action when a CH47D Chinook, carrying
thirty Americans and eight Afghans was shot down in the Tangi River
Valley of Afghanistan on Aug. 6, 2011.
Many
times over the past three years, I have been asked what drove my son to
choose his particular career. What made him want to be a Navy SEAL? My
answer is simple.
Aaron
Vaughn was a man who possessed the courage to acknowledge evil. And
evil, once truly acknowledged, demands response. Perhaps this is why so
few are willing to look it in the eye. It is much simpler — much safer —
to look the other way.
That is, unless you are the leader of the Free World.
As
Commander-in-Chief, your actions — or lack thereof — Mr. President,
cost lives. As you bumble about in your golf cart, slapping on a happy
face and fist-pounding your buddies, your cowardly lack of leadership
has left a gaping hole — not only in America’s security — but the
security of the entire globe. Your message has come across loud and
clear, sir: You are not up to this job. You know it. We know it. The
world knows it.
Please
vacate the people’s house and allow a man or woman of courage and
substance to seize the reigns of this out-of-control thug-fest and
regain the balance we, America, have provided throughout our great
history.
Thanks
to your “leadership” from whatever multi-million dollar vacation you
happen to be on at any given moment, the world is in chaos. What’s been
gained, you’ve lost. What’s been lost, you’ve decimated. You’ve
demolished our ability to hold the trust of allies. You’ve made a
mockery of the title “President.” And you’ve betrayed the nation for
which my son and over 1.3 million others have sacrificed their very
lives.
But
this should come as no surprise, since your wife uttered a vile
statement on Feb. 18, 2008, during the primary campaign — one that
speaks volumes of your true convictions. “For the first time in my adult
life, I am really proud of my country,” she said.
I am sure my deceased son thanks you for that, Mrs. Obama. Oh, and you’re welcome.
Never
in my lifetime have I witnessed such despair and such growing fear that
the world’s last best hope, America, has finally been dismantled.
Perhaps the better word is transformed — fundamentally transformed. Come
to think of it, it’s become difficult — if not impossible — to believe
things haven’t gone exactly as you planned, Mr. President.
Amazingly,
in five short years, your administration has lurched from one disaster
to another. You spearheaded the ambitious rush to end the wars in both
Iraq and Afghanistan — with no plan on how to do so effectively. Also,
the release of “the Taliban five” in exchange for one American — without
consulting Congress — is also on your shoulders.
You
have been at the helm during unprecedented national security leaks —
including, but not limited to the outing of SEAL Team VI on the Bin
laden raid, the outing of the Pakistani doctor who provided the
intelligence for that raid, the outing of Afghanistan’s CIA station
chief, and the outing of your personal “kill list” to make you look
tough. In addition, 75 percent of American deaths in Afghanistan and 83
percent of Americans-wounded-in-action have occurred on your watch,
according to icasualties.org.
And
now, we have this recent, heinous event: the beheading of an American
citizen by a barbaric organization you foolishly referred to as “the JV
team” in your statements to the New Yorker magazine in January.
You,
sir, are the JV team. It’s time for you to step down and allow a true
leader to restore our honor and protect our sons and daughters.
America has always been exceptional. And she will be again. You, Mr. President, are a bump in our road.
