> > >> A few weeks ago, President Obama spoke of three former Presidents
> making prisoner swaps at the end of wars that took place on their watch,
> "much like his swap" he said convincingly.
> > >>
> > >> CNS News.com carried this quote, "This is what happens
> at the end of wars," President Barack Obama boasted Tuesday when he was
> asked about swapping American Army Sgt. Bergdahl, a Deserter, for five
> vicious Taliban terrorists. "That was true for George Washington... That was
> true for Abraham Lincoln and that was true for FDR. That's been true of
> every combat situation, that at some point, you make sure that you try to
> get your folks back. And that's the right thing to do."
> > >> Really?
> > >>
> > >> That statement blatantly demonstrates that the most powerful man in
> the World and 2 term President of the United States lacks even a grade
> school level of knowledge of American History; specifically, history as it
> relates to three of his rather critical predecessors. It shows that we have
> essentially elected a foreigner who has no understanding of the very country
> that over which he thinks he reigns supreme.
> > >>
> > >> To expound on this:
> > >>
> > >> The Revolutionary War ended in 1783.George Washington did not become
> president until six years later in 1789.
> > >>
> > >> Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in mid April of 1865. The
> Civil War ended the following month. He was still dead at that time. No
> deals were made to exchange prisoners after the war. All prisoners were
> simply freed.
> > >>
> > >> FDR died of a stroke before the end of WWII. You'll recall that Harry
> S.Truman made the
> decision to drop two nuclear bombs on Japan, ending World War II. We made no
> deals for prisoners. We went in and released them when necessary.
> > >>
> > >> If any Conservative President had made such an uninformed statement
> we'd never hear the end of it. None of the Presidents that Obama noted were
> in office at the ends of those wars, making it impossible for them to
> make any sort of prisoner swaps, let alone the 5 for 1; plus unspecified
> cash; for a deserter and traitor by Mr. President "57 States".
> > >>
> > >> It should be pointed out that countless deserters and traitors were
> shot or hung during all three of the aforementioned wars...
> > >>
> > >> What amazes even more than the ignorance of the President is that he
> has somehow managed to surround himself with a staff that is just as
> clueless.
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