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Senior Airman Brian Kolfage is a United States hero. He is a triple-amputee veteran of the War in Iraq who has surpassed all odds and made the most incredible recovery of any veteran to ever survive his injuries. He is a patriot – the kind of man you want your son to grow up to be. This is his letter to Obama:
I nearly died in a war that you and most of
your colleagues supported overwhelmingly, including the two presidents
who came before you. Many citizens may not agree with waging war in Iraq
to free the oppressed Iraqi citizens, but it’s something that warriors
like myself have zero control over. I joined to serve my country and to
better my life. I’ve seen things that you could never imagine, and they
have made me the person I am today.
Mr. Obama, even though we share extreme
opposite views, we have one thing in common, we both attended school in
Hawaii. However, that’s where the similarities end. You see, as you
attended your exclusive, private school, I would ride my bike to Kaimuki
High school in one of the roughest areas in Hawaii every morning and
would ride past Punahou, the exclusive private school you attended. I
would notice the Bentleys, Maserati’s, and fancy foreign cars that all
the kids were dropped off in; wow it must have been extremely rough in
Hawaii living that life, right? I could only imagine what it was like to
have that kind of money. Fortunately for you, not many people are aware
of the school and the upper class citizens who attended it. The tuition
to attend your exclusive, private school was more than it cost me to
obtain a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from the University of
Arizona. You talk a big game when it comes to financial inequality, yet
I’m quite sure you have no idea what it’s truly like to have sacrifice.
You were one of the elitist children in Hawaii.
After High School, we each chose very
different paths. You were able to attend Ivy League schools, and I
sought out a military career to in hopes of earning a degree. What we
have in life as children usually sets the tone for what we will face
later in life that will make us successful. I worked to get where I am
today, and YOU WERE HANDED IT….Mr. Inequality.
I volunteered to go to Iraq on both of my
deployments, and the second time I begged to go even after I wasn’t
selected, which ultimately got me placed on the team where I would lose
both legs and my dominant arm. I’ve never asked myself was losing 3
limbs in a war worth it, even though many Americans were against it.
I am frequently reminded of the many
young Iraqi children who would beg me for water, food, and toys while I
was stationed in Iraq. Children, who in all aspects made the poorest of
poor American children look rich. You have no idea what it really means
to be poor. It’s laughable that you, who would have no idea what it
means to be poor would so frequently play the inequality card.
While I was in Iraq, our mission was to
liberate the Iraqi citizens from a tyrant and that’s what we did. Never
forget, it was your people who sent us there, like the Clintons, John
Kerry, Nancy Pelosi & Carl Levin. However, since the day you busted
onto the scene you’ve been talking about ending the war and pulling the
troops out, not understanding the blood sweat and tears that so many
Americans and Iraqi’sinvested. And with complete disregard for every
life sacrificed, every limb lost, and every broken family, you bailed on
our mission to pursue an agenda that was completely centered on your
re-election in 2012. If you didn’t bail on Iraq you were worried that
you may not get re-elected and that’s a fact. Just before elections on
Oct 11, 2012 you said “Al Qaeda is on the run and Osama bin Laden is
dead.” Look at Iraq now, they are in shambles and the Al Qaeda flag is
flying freely. Clearly, you’re unfit for duty as a Commander in Chief.
You put your own agenda ahead of America’s agenda, and now you have
single handedly ruined and destroyed nearly everything we gained in
Iraq. It clearly means nothing to you, because the only thing that
you’ve personally invested in that country was a promise to bail on
them. However, people like me gave limbs, friends have died, and we’ve
watched families destroyed by war’s aftermath.
I’m not placing blame on you for the war, I’m
placing blame on you for destroying what we’ve worked so hard to build.
You’re not a leader, you’re a community organizer. A leader would have
stood up regardless of the situation and put America’s agenda first and
that is ensuring a secure Iraq even after 10 years of war. But, you
placed Barack first, just as Robert Gates confirmed in his new book. I
can’thelp but think of those poor kids who I gave water and toys to 11
years ago. They’re probably 15 or 16 years old now, and I can only
imagine what it’s like for them to have their nation being torn apart
yet again; all because of your poor leadership qualities. Regardless of
why we went to Iraq, its water under the bridge. We went there, we waged
war, and we not only owed it to our KIA’s but we owed it to the
citizens of Iraq. We invaded their country and turned it upside down,
and you bailed on them. You bailed on our soldiers and you’ve wasted
every death and every limb, it’s all for nothing. And to make matters
worse you blame others for your failures.
You’re just another elitist rich thug who’s
pretended to live the rough life growing up in the inner-city. You’re
only worried about your own agenda and furthering your party instead of
taking care of Americans. Your inability to be a leader at some of the
most critical points has caused both of our wars to fail. You’ve been a
joke to most of our veteran community and we have no faith in your
ability to lead.
Senior Airman Ret Brian Kolfage USAF
Reposted for Joe for America and Right Wing News
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