A Father's Pain

While the silence from the White House and the rest of the current political leadership regarding the murder of Pvt. William Long and the wounding of Pvt. Quenton Ezeagwula is deafening, and while the homegrown Muslim terrorist is enjoying all the needed physical and legal protection in prison, KATV in Little Rock gives America the image of what is great about our country.
Here is an interview with Daris Long, father of the slain soldier:

http://cfc.katv.com/videoondemand.cfm?id=41749

These are the images of a father’s pain and of the immense dignity and composure that only a Veteran, in his case a Marine, can master.

We should all take note and learn from this man and his family tragedy.

While I am in awe of Mr. Long (as a Blue Star father I honestly don’t know if I could have such self-control) and send him and his family my most sincere and heartfelt condolences, I am nauseated by the complete ignoring of this family’s plight on the part of our illustrious President, who has had plenty of occasions, in the last 48 hours, to make a statement of condemnation for the crime. And would any so-called reporter have the integrity to question him on it?

For a while now, complaints about the disconnect between those who serve in the Military and their families and the rest of the American population has been resounding from endless Military quarters, and it is offensive enough when it is the common civilian to demonstrate such disconnect, but when it is the Commander-in-Chief to act in such manner, it is cause for a low morale among those serving and those of us home worrying about our loved ones.

I have only one word for Mr. Obama: disgusting!


And these are my thoughts!
Frank “Semperpapa”