Should Navy SEALS killed in the line of duty deserve at minimum a personal note of condolence from the president rather than just boilerplate?
The families of the 17 Navy Seals killed in Afghanistan in 2011 claim that they merely received form letters (pictured above) from President Barack Obama.
Karen and Billy Vaughn, who lost their son, Navy SEAL Aaron Carson Vaughn, in the crash of the Chinook CH-47 helicopter on August 6 of last year, checked with the other mourning SEAL parents and concluded that they apparently all received form letters that weren’t even personally signed but instead were signed by an electronic pen, the Gateway Pundit website reports.
The website also claims that Obama took the time to send a personal note to the family of rapper Heavy D when he passed away.
The August 6, 2011 helicopter crash took the lives of 30 soldiers including 17 Navy SEALS, most of whom belonged to SEAL Team 6, the elite group that raided bin Laden’s compound in May 2011. It was the deadliest single loss for US forces in the war in Afghanistan according to AP.
ABC News reports that the White House doesn’t dispute that the families were sent form letters but insists they were personally signed.
Separately, another group of anti-Obama SEALS released a new ad called “Bow to Nobody,” which is a reference to Barack Obama bowing to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. The video is from an organization called the Special Operations for America Super PAC:
If the allegation from the families of the fallen Navy Seals is true in all aspects, would it be fair or unfair to say that Barack Obama spends more time filling out his golf scorecard than writing letters to the loved ones of combat veterans?
Good gravy. Try not lying right off the bat about the signatures being electronic. The image posted clearly shows that they are different. You are not entitled to your own facts!
This kind of story is unfair to all the soldiers who serve and die every day for our country. If Obama were to personally pen a note for every SEAL, then he would have to do the same for every soldier. Let's get out of the politics of this stuff. We all know that every President cares about the troops – regardless of party. Every one of them agonize over sending them to war and bear pain when they die in action.
Good eye Kip! I am not an Obama supporter (or Romney for that matter). But I am a fan of opening ones eyes!
every article I read about the seal team six, says in one part, they were shot down, then another part says crash. Well which is it? Either they got shot down, or they crashed. it cant be both. Secondly, not every president cares about the troops. Americans have an honest sense of Patriotic duty and love for the USA. But you need to open your eyes, learn how politics works, they don't give a crap about soldiers. Look at all the war vets who are struggling. Big business runs the american government, not the politicians, Americans need to rise up and take back their country. President Lincoln fought and cared for the men, women and children who struggled to unite the states under one leadership. Those are the men, women and children who sacrificed so much. They would be disgusted with the politics of today.