Becoming Human

Check out Monica Crowley’s article “This Close to a Chest Full of Medals” at www.humanevents.com.

On a Sunday interview show (the same one where he referred to “my Muslim faith”?)  Obama talked about how he almost sorta thought about maybe joining the military when he graduated from high school.  He said when he graduated from high school in 1979 he registered with the Selective Service and considered joining, but didn’t because the Vietnam war was over and there weren’t any new wars going on at the time.  I guess he thought ”why bother if I can’t be Rambo.”  It shows he didn’t get then as he doesn’t get now that a strong peacetime military helps keep the peace.  The military has also saved and improved lives by providing aid in times of natural disasters, both in this country and abroad, but apparently he thought that sort of community service pales in comparison to organizing demonstrations by poor people to get mortgages they can’t afford. (more on his role with ACORN later)  It is also another example of his mastery of victimology.  It’s as if he is blaming the world for not having any wars to give him the opportunity to show his heroism.  He wants us to think he could have done everything John McCain did if only he had the chance.  Well, sorry Barry if the world treated you so badly.

Is any of what he said true or is it just something he made up now to appear more mainstream?  Two things raise doubt.  As Monica points out, he is a man who has written two books about himself and didn’t mention thinking about joining the military.  BTW has anybody else in history had such a big ego that they had to write two memoirs before they had ever even gotten a real job?  Oh, wait a minute, he’s still never had a real job.  The other thing that calls his account into questions is that according to the Selective Service website “registration was suspended early in 1975″ and reinstated by Jimmy Carter in 1980.  So there was no registration in 1979.  Maybe the year he graduated from high school just slipped his mind and he really meant 1980.  After all, that is hard to remember.  OMG, maybe all these years he’s been going to the wrong reunions!