{"id":31707,"date":"2012-08-22T08:51:15","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T12:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=31707"},"modified":"2012-08-22T09:49:33","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T13:49:33","slug":"criticism-for-opsec-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=31707","title":{"rendered":"Criticism for OPSEC video"},"content":{"rendered":"

SO, it had to begin; folks are beginning to come out to criticize the people at OPSEC who released a video<\/a> last week complaining that the Obama Administration is releasing secrets for political purposes and that Obama is taking personal credit for things that the military and intelligence community has done over the last decade.<\/p>\n

General Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff joins the chorus<\/a>; <\/p>\n

\u201cIf someone uses the uniform, whatever uniform, for partisan politics, I am disappointed because I think it does erode that bond of trust we have with the American people,\u201d Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey said in an interview with Fox News while flying back from a trip to Afghanistan and Iraq.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIs their criticism valid? I won\u2019t comment on that,\u201d Dempsey said onboard a C17 military aircraft en route back from the Middle East. \u201cIs it useful? No, it\u2019s not useful. It\u2019s not useful to me.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Associated Press<\/a> reports the one-way conversation from Admiral McRaven, President Obama and John Kerry;<\/p>\n

“Make no mistake about it, it was the president of the United States that shouldered the burden for this operation, that made the hard decisions,” the leader of the raid, Adm. Bill McRaven, said at this summer’s Aspen Security Forum.<\/p>\n

“I don’t take these folks too seriously,” President Barack Obama told the newspaper The Virginian-Pilot on Monday. “One of their members is a birther who denies I was born here, despite evidence to the contrary.” Special Ops OPSEC member ret. Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely, who appears in the group’s film, has publicly questioned Obama’s birth in Hawaii.<\/p>\n

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., compared the group’s campaign to the “Swift Boat” attacks that questioned his service during the Vietnam War. Though later discredited, the claims were partially blamed for unseating his 2004 presidential campaign.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

John Kerry? Really? The guy who all but wore his uniform every day of the 2004 Presidential Campaign? <\/p>\n

I don’t see anyone criticizing Jon Soltz<\/a> who uses his military service like a shield from criticism. He runs VoteVets which is supposed to advance the political careers of veterans, but in the last election, they funded Harry Reid’s campaign<\/a>. Harry Reid who fit their own definition of a draft dodger as they apply the definition to Republicans.<\/p>\n

Did anyone criticize Paul Rieckhoff <\/a>when he attacked the Bush Administration while he was still a captain in the Reserves when he presented the Democrat’s opposition to a Bush radio address?<\/p>\n

And what about in New Hampshire the other day when Democrat Senator Jeanne Shaheen introduced the President<\/a> as the guy who led the raid that got Obama? I didn’t hear the President refute that and humbly give credit where it was due.<\/p>\n

And, oh, yeah, read the President’s comment above again – and you wonder why I’ve been saying that birthers aren’t helpful Obama disparaged the whole group because they had one birther among them. Never mind that there are Democrats and people who voted for Obama in OPSEC, their good intentions are cast aside because of one birther.<\/p>\n

“They have a good point. I wish there was better OPSEC (operational security), and fewer leaks,” said retired Navy SEAL Capt. Rick Woolard, who commanded several SEAL units. “But I would prefer that SEALs and other special operators would sit down and shut the hell up.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, if they’d shut up on both sides of the issue, your criticism would be valid, Captain. <\/p>\n

More from Mr. Hanson<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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