President Barack Obama delivered his final address to veterans as commander-in-chief Monday, speaking to the Disabled American Veterans convention.
And rather than admit that his administration has fallen short of delivering on our nation’s promises to our veterans, he spent the time congratulating himself instead.
He called our nation’s commitment to veterans a “sacred covenant,” adding that there is “no more solemn request than to ask someone to risk their life, to give their life on our behalf.” This set the tone for his speech, which put veterans on a well-deserved pedestal – but then slapped them in the face by ignoring the disturbing facts hiding beneath his flattery.
“We leave nobody behind. No one,” Obama said. “No veteran should ever be overlooked.”
Which administration is he talking about? Surely not the one that has left hundreds of veterans to die waiting for care from a broken VA system.
Instead of an apology to our nation’s finest, Obama’s speech was packed full of twisted statistics that overshadowed one simple truth — there are thousands and thousands of veterans that have been left behind for years by the Obama administration.
For example, Obama touted the fact that he has decreased disability claims…. while there are still 80,000 of our nation’s heroes awaiting the care they deserve.
That number is simply unacceptable.
Obama praised his work on decreasing the number of homeless veterans.
But while Obama slept in a comfortable bed in the White House last night, he should have been kept awake by the truth – there are still 40,000 homeless veterans on the streets, according to estimates by federal officials.
Meanwhile, little time has been focused on the nearly half-million backlogged appeals for care, and veterans are waiting an average of three years for answers.
Instead of congratulating himself, Obama must recognize that veterans care under his leadership is horribly broken and mismanaged. That thousands of veterans remain homeless, sick and can’t get the care they need because they are caught in a tangled web of bureaucracy.
An estimated 200,000 service members become veterans each year, which means the backlogs of care requests and appeals will only increase.
The well-being of America’s veterans is a top issue in this year’s presidential campaign, and the nearly 21 million veterans in the U.S. making up a critical voting bloc.
Republican Donald Trump has repeatedly blasted the VA under Obama; Hillary Clinton has been kinder to her fellow Democrat. But to their credit, both candidates recognize that there needs to be a lot of work done.
Perhaps Obama needs to say that, rather than congratulate himself on letting veterans die while he’s getting the job halfway done.
— The Horn editorial team
What a bunch of phonies are the VFW. They criticized Trump for challenging the political exploitation of the Khan’s. Trump wants to improve the VA and help vets. What’s the VFW got to say about the disgraceful treatment of vets at the VA? What’s VFW leader Brian Duffy got to say about Benghazi or the decline of our military? The VFW has turned into a place folks go to get a beer cheaper than the local bar.
Why would the DAV even invite him?
beats the fu– out of me..
Me too????Two Face! Send our tax money to the Head cutters!
Me too????Two Face! Send our tax money to the Head cutters!
I agree with you I’m a lifetime member of the VFW and is a place where I get free beer or very cheap beer and free food but it’s a shame if they’ve got to the state they’re supposed to take care of the of the vets I don’t attend any more meetings with audiences are gathering place to drink beer and raise hell it’s a shame the The W has gotten this way I’m a proud American who served his country during the Vietnam era
A I can say is what do expect out of this Muslim Communist POS!
I am a member of my local VFW and the members where I live do not now and never have supported
the bottom feeders that are running the VFW currently. I as in the USAF for 23 years and two years
in Vietnam, like most vets I made friendships with some I served with and lost some friends also over
there. I do not always agree with the leadership and come election time I vote for those I think will
best represent my views and opinions about various topics.
What do you do if the party is so corrupt and will not allow another person to be able to get voted in. This is what will happen to this years election. The democrats as corrupt and the people running and the president at hand are not for America and want to destroy this country. Tell me how we fix this problem. We can’t even take them to court or put them in jail. They have everything closed off to respectable American people of all races. My thoughts are; the only way we get rid of this type of problem is to declare war on them all and erase them from our nation. This is what it’s going to take at this point because this is exactly what they are now doing to the common tax paying people. The debt is now 19 trillion dollars. No way on earth can this be repaired. Tell me your thoughts. Voting for someone other won’t make it. They control everything now. Trump is up against a greed sickening group of no law justice except what they want for law. That’s to rule the USA. Won’t happen while I’m alive. If. Trump doesn’t get in, the people will have to take action against this disrespectful, money making, unlawful bidening governments. They may all be on the take and getting richer by the day but it will stop if we the people unite and take back what is ours to begin with and this is our country before it’s too late and they slaughter us all.
True that’s what gonna happen if we don’t put Trump in the white house .. But Paul Ryan and McCain are acting stupid do now what we gonna do??
Those of you who care please look up Rudyard Kipling’s poem Tommy. It’s about the treatment of a ‘redcoat’ soldier by the British public-and Tommy’s reaction to this treatment. We are coming to the end of a series or wars in the Middle East. And the American public-and the politicians-will be paying less attention to the US Military and the Veterans. That’s the way it always is. We have a short attention span. We only care about something when we need it. Military and Veterans are after-thoughts now.
INSTEAD OF LETTING THIS -SSHOLE FINISH HIS TERM WITH A FULL PENSION AND BODY GUARDS FOR LIFE , DRAG HIS -SS OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE NOW SO HE WILL LOSE ALL THAT, HE NEVER EARNED ANY OF IT.
I agree but no one will do this because he has them all in his pocket and the clintons are in full charge right now.
The only meaningful thing Obama said in his speech was that it was disturbing that up to 20 veterans commit suicide daily. Of course due to his pathetic administration, the suicide rate among veterans as well as other American citizens has gone up. Thanks Obama for doing nothing for the veterans or the American citizens because you are too busy taking care of your cronies who gave you big donations, along with the criminal Hillary. Both of you are a disgrace. We the American citizens deserve better. Trump/Pence 2016!
The VFW sucks, remember how they treated Vietnam vets when they first started coming home.
This lying half breed bastard can only lie about what he has claimed to have done for Vets,He and Killery are cut from the same cloth, they are the only two people that could pass a lie detector test because they believe their own lies. If the two of them got what they deserve they would be before a firing squad for the deaths of millions of people and will kill even more Vets if the lying bitch is allowed to steal the election as Omuslim did the last two times. I hope to hell that someone they just gave amnesty to today takes both of them out with two well placed shots, screw them and the Muslims they love so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TRUMP 2016
Well said there Skipper!
AGREE 10000000000000% !!!!!!!!
As a vet who has been abused by the system quite often, I am sick of the attitude hurry up and die.
Since we leave no one behind, tell the hero’s of Bengali that or Sgt Tammourisi.
Yet, this pigs will bring back a coward with distinction and trade for 5 Taliban generals.
No presidential library for you. No retirement- you are fired!
As for you and that ungrateful family of yours, you should be given VA health care!
WE ALL KNEW THAT MONKEY EARS WAS LYING POS
Obama slaps America’s veterans in the face. There is nothing new here. This is what Obama and the socialist democ-RATS are known for. This and spitting in the faces of our allies
obama and hillary always say Trump is patting his self on the back….EXCUSE ME BUT…..obama HAS NEVER DONE ANYTHING FOR THE VETS. hillary WILL BE FOLLOWING HIS FOOTSTEPS……..I AM A LAW ABIDING CITIZEN OF THE USA AND I REFUSE TO BELIEVE A WORD EITHER OF THEM SAY. THEY HAVE DESTROYED OUR FAMILY VALUES, AND OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. IT’S PAST TIME THEY BOTH GET LOST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TRUMP 2016!!!!!!!!!!!
me-
Technically, NO ONE has any “Constitutional Rights.” Never have. Never will.
What we have are Constitutionally-SECURED Rights, but these Rights come from our Creator, not from any government official or magistrate. In addition, these Rights are ONLY as secure as the honor and integrity of those who swear Oaths of fealty to the Constitution and KEEP THEIR WORD.
If We the People can be convinced that our Rights only exist because of a piece of paper, then we can be easily persuaded that another piece of paper can take them away. Change that belief, for what the F&F believed was that Our Rights are inalienable, derived from the Great Legislator of the Universe, and have preceded as well as will long outlast EVERY government of men.
On point to this thread, it’s hardly surprising to me that D’OweBama would lie again and claim victory when at BEST, he has papered over a bleeding vein. He’s now more concerned with his “legacy” than with Truth – and the truth is that he’ll go down in history as the first black president, and the
WORST
PRESIDENT
EVER
…mainly because he was never lawfully qualified to BE president in the first place, isn’t a lawful president now, and will never BE qualified because he is NOT born of TWO(count ’em, 2) US Citizens.
It is my hope that when Trump trounces The Liar, that he will have investigators prove that D’OweBama committed the crime of “personation,” then have him arrested, tried, and convicted. Once he’s convicted of this charge, everything he did as the fake president can be made null and void, including the detestable ACA.
As a combat decorated Vietnam Vet, I came late to VA health care and disability. I simply stayed away until I needed help. The real insult to veterans is the time and effort it takes to bring a disability claim to finalization, and having to pay lawyers 1/3 of your back payments just to make sure all of the needed worthless, additional, redundant, and confusing paperwork is processed, and then sat upon by the VA. Considering that there are 50 million Americans getting food stamps, which only takes weeks, having to wait three years plus is revolting. I hope I don’t die before the final appeals are completed, I am voting Trump, the entire system needs a reboot.
Sad but True.
EL DIABLO NUMERO UNO.
And
Hillary rotten Clint is EL DIABLO NUMERO DOS!!!
EL DIABLOS!!!
Vote TRUMP!! He is the ONLY TRUE, FOR THE PEOPLE VOTE
Don’t waste your precious votes on more of the same!
Obama and Hillary dislike Police Officers, Armed Forces in Uniform and our Veterans.
The Liberal Way is Wrong!
We only have a few short months left of Obama and Hopefully, the people of the USA will finally figure out that Hillary
is part of what’s wrong with our country. We don’t need another Politician to work the System, We Need a Leader with
Guts and Determination who will put a Stop to this Crap, once and for all.
Lets all get behind the Republican Candidate and get Our Nation back on track!
I think everything is rigged right now to Try and make this administation and Hitlery look like they are human , when in fact it’s been the opposite . But just like his visit to Walter Reid Hospital where Many Vets locked their doors to avoid even seeing his face Our Vets know the last 7+ years they have been treated like crap and the Huge Majority will vote Trump in this year .. Trump/Pence FOR OUR VETS
From the Viet Nam war, us Veterans have and are being treated like we are NO CLASS CITIZENS FOR NO DAMNED REASON. Many of us Veterans who were drafted, many who voluntary enlisted in all 5 branches of the military were insulted, called war pigs, baby killers by the anti war demonstrators,
had rocks, garbage & bottles thrown right at us when we wore our uniforms on Liberty in the late 1960’s & early 1970’s. Many of us weren’t even allowed to vote, not allowed to drink unless we were 21. We had to go outside the United States to drink legally. The Kent State University killings & other college & university killings of anti war protesters were the final nails in the coffin. Those National guardsmen, soldiers were under direct orders to obey or face the commanding officers & be punished for disobeying direct orders. We had a Figurehead named Sleazeball,draft dodger, white trash, POS, egotist Bill Clinton who dodged the draft, committed treason and got away with, we don’t need to be slapped in the face and punished for nothing all because we are Veterans. As a Navy Veteran, I am sick & tired, fed up and disgusted with us Veterans being NO CLASS CITIZENS IN OUR OWN COUNTRY while we have garbage illegal aliens that are getting far better treatment than our own Veterans, our own Senior citizens. My vote is for The TRUMP-PENCE ticket in November.
You forgot being spit on! The garbage and names wasn’t nothing. The spit……….
WHY SHOULD I FEAR WALKING THROUGH THE AIRPORT IN NEWARK IN UNIFORM??
TRUMP!!!
WHY DO THESE MUSLIM PARENTS HAVE AN AXE TO GRING WITH TRUMP? HE DIDNT SEND THE LADD TO WAR, HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE YOUNG HERO. IF THAT SO CALLED GOLDEN MUSLIM, COULD READ HE WOULD FIND OUT THAT HIS BREAD AINT BUTTERED IN THE HILLARY CAMP, HILLARY SPECALIZES IN KILLING GREAT SOLDIERS AND AMBASSADORS. AFTER ALL THE LIES THAT HILLIARY TOLD TO THE MOTHERS OF THE BENGHAZI BUCHERED BOYS. THIS SO CALLED GOLDEN MUSLIM SHOULD BE DEPORTED FOR STANDING WITH THE TREASONOUS LOT OF COMMIE SWINE. THE ONE LIE AFTER ANOTHER PRESIDENTAL CANDIDATE! ITS TO BAD I CANT SAY HOW I REALY FEEL!
This CAMEL JOCKEY father of the solder who died 2004 is an Attorney who is a believer in SHARIA laws. He helps Muslims to enter the USA. He is on the side of the MUSIM BROTHERHOOD, He talks about the Constitution which does not talk about MOHAMMED his God. He is depressed that his son died, which he is entitled, but so are thousands of other parents & siblings from WW2, Korean war, Vietnam War etc. etc. whose sons & daughters served our country with honor.
I have said that Hillary Clinton and the DNC purposely allowed people on their stage who had specific agendas to push while making everything look as innocent as possible. This was allowed because of Hillary’s ULTIMATE agenda of becoming the President. The parents of this are no different than any other parent who lost a son or daughter while serving this great country. One of my grandsons was killed I Afghanistan , so , I too, know what it is to bury one lost in a conflict of war. But these parents are different than most parents, because they have a different belief system than most American parents who have lost a son or daughter. They do not believe in the great American ideals that made this country the greatest place to live on the face of the earth. Hillary Clinton knows exactly what this couple stands for , just like she knows about all of the other agendas that are now out in the open. Its like each of these factions are part of a “house of cards”. It WILL fall on top of them, but I think that she is building a big enough house that it will fall on all of us, as well. The ONLY solution to all of this is DONALD TRUMP !
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Just have to wonder how much the dems had to pay that slimeball to
get up and say the things that he said. Now with no son here to talk
about maybe he will want to return to his homeland.
President Obama has failed America’s vets. We all owe a debt of gratitude to our vets. Our government should honor its obligations to provide for their health care and rehabilitation needs.
I swear, this thug lies more than HagHillary.
why would any one believe what this BUM Obama has to say. Obama is and never was any good for America. Also he is not the first black president. He was born to a white mother this makes him the first Mulatto president. Let’s be P.C. about this.
Obamas continued existence is itself an insult to every vet who has served. No words it could speak would worsen the offense. (Nam 68-69) Semper Fi!!
We should be ashamed of How we treat our vets. Obama and Clinton should be on their knees begging for forgiveness and apologizing to our servicemen. What is Obama thinking patting his own back? Know one in their right mind could possibly believe he has done a wonderful job.
i agree 100% , all ovomit did is make bad for other black people to run for POTUS at least in the
imedite future !!!!!!!
My husband was a WWII Veteran that served in Guam for 2 years. Fortunately he came home safe without any “Known” effects from the War, continued to get his College education, married, fathered 3 children, employed and achieved a high level of income, etc….- until many years later he had a major stroke – (almost leaving him blind), affecting all of his body parts as well as his mobility to take care of himself physically…..but most of all he started to relive his time spent in WWII in Guam! For the next 4 years (of nights of horror), we tried and tried to get help from the Veterans Administration, only to be told over and over again – that he was not “SERVICE CONNECTED”, and only received a medal upon his discharge that was given to almost everyone at that time, and therefore he didn’t qualify for any admission into any Veterans Hospitals, etc.! His nightmares of “Japs chasing and shooting at him”, finally drained him of all of his strength and mental capacity, resulting in him going into one hospital, rehab, after another, (while still being refused to allow him into the “Veterans Hospital in Las Vegas”-because he was not “Service Connected”, until the point that he was not able to be left alone or to care for himself, and
not receiving any help from the Veterans Administration, our finances were completely drained – and then with the help of a Las Vegas Congressman we were able to get him placed into the “Nevada State Veterans Home in Boulder City”, (to where the “Conspiracy” there continued for the next 4 months resulting in his death! He had his Claims in with the VA back in 2012, died in 2014, buried in Boulder City Veterans Cemetery, (received a letter from the VA 4 weeks later that he did not qualify for a Veterans Burial (even though I paid for everything), and now 2 1/2 years later – the Veterans Administration is not communicating with me what so ever, and it’s as if my husband never existed (mainly because he was never made “Service Connected”(which in 1945 & 1946, only a few came
out without disabilities)! All of this took place during President Obama’s Administration, and how he can stand up and say what he has done for our “Veterans” is “Criminal”!!! And for all of you latest War Veterans – “Please do not allow this to happen to you and your loved ones, please cast your vote for Trump”! At least then, we will know that “God” will
be taking over from that day on and leading us to where we need to be!
Sorry for your Loss, Your Husband was a true American Hero and deserved much better. This service connected designation needs to be revamped. Your husband was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder NO DOUGHT service (connected) related. I do not understand why he was not diagnosed with PTSD. Anyone who suffers from this disorder would recognize the symptoms. The people working your husbands case do not have a clue it’s too Damn late to make things right but the system has done you and your late husband a GREAT disservice. My Hart goes out to you. USMC Vietnam combat vet (68-69)
Bush didn’t do anything to fix the va Obama didn’t do squat for vets so far Trump is the only one screaming at the top of his lungs for vets and keeping them in the news. The vet reps in the va get paid by the va that should tell you something about the claims process being rigged against vets. 4 remands and 15 years later I’m voting Trump!
Once again Obama’s lies are so audacious it is almost inconceivable that he dares utter them. Can he possibly really believe this nonsense himself? He has repeatedly over the past eight years demonstrated his disrespect for our military personnel and our veterans. Nothing has changed. The Department of Veterans Affairs is a disgrace. Hopefully that is one of the things that the next President will work to fix. A good place to start might be to nominate someone like H. Gene Overstreet as Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
What is the most scary and dangerous at this moment in time is the fact we have obozo, hillarty, the irs, the justice department, and too many demoRATS in our government. And the worst part is that half of the country are morons and leaches that are in support of them. These people need to be removed from what is no longer the greatest country on the planet. But it could be if hillarty never returns to the White House.
This is the end result from a congenital liar – double down on the lies and never admit to your mistakes because you just don’t make any.
Just like Hillary the “Huns” now blaming everyone else for her e-mail issues – never admit or accept responsibility.
Way to thank those that gave n have giving you the freedom to be where you are you’ve done nothing for our country but to bring more fighting on our own soil with your blm bs all lives matter don’t care if your black yellow brown white whatever all lives matter think about American first ifew we have something left the think about others but all legal American should be first b4 any illegal or refugees not here legally
Maybe killary and the monkey in chief could be made to disappear like jimmy Hoffa?
Wasn’t this the President that was surprised that Veterans objected to his suggestion that Veterans should pay for the medical costs of their injuries sustained in battle “because they volunteered, didn’t they?” The same President that brought five Doctors to England with him for a one week visit. Yep, same one!
Illegal Kenyan mamzer (=bastard, =POS, =scum sucker, =whatever?) ‘slaps American veterans in the face’.
After his and Hitlery’s ‘Benghazi’ (=lack of doing anything) cover-up, Who in their right mind would’ve known?
(Maximum SARCASM intended!) D.espicable C.esspool overflow, and taxpayers keep funding… both of them!
I am the widow of a disabled Marine, who was wounded twice in Korea, but, who appreciated what Uncle Sam did for him over the years. He received a disability payment every month til the day he died. However, he was able to graduate college with honors, GI.Bill, of course, marry, raise his family all the while holding down good jobs despite the disability. And, knowing he had a good job, etc., he did not take advantage of the VA, even though he could have gotten all medical attention, meds, etc. free, but he said “I’m able to pay for my own prescriptions and doctor visits, so I’ll leave the VA to take care of the veterans who aren’t able to pay their own way.” And, there were many. He was a Marine who bled red, white, and blue and, much as I love and miss him, I’m really thankful he’s not here to see what has happened to the greatest nation on earth. Let’s hope and pray that help is on the way in the form of “the Donald.” Trump-Pence. 2016 – 2020.
I can never get an answer from my Obama friends who voted this maniac as our CIC 8 yrs ago and they just put their heads down now when they realize what he had done to them and our country. When will everyone wake up and smell the Obama crisis….
Who first brought up our vets? Trump!
Who first said it’s not acceptable to see our Vets not get medical care and be homeless?
Trump!
Who doesn’t except anything in return except a vote? Trump!
Keep thought and vote Trump!
Make America Great Again!
3 Different VFW groups have tried to get me through their doors, 1 I joined but on the 2nd day I walked out because they were running it like they were STILL in the MILITARY . The other 2 say Pres. Obama is doing a SHITTY JOB for the VETS BUT kiss his ASS TO GET IN A PICTURE WITH HIM. I say MAKE UP YOUR DAMN MIND – You can not have BOTH. IF YOU STAND FOR THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION – then YOU DO NOT STAND FOR THE VETS !!! Donald J. Trump has STOOD SIDE BY SIDE with the VETS – as it should be !! Donald J. Trump for President 20016 (y)