Barack Obama Watch: Rewriting Family Military Service History?
Posted by: Flap in Barack Obama, President 2008
Barack Obama meets with veterans on Memorial Day (2008) at the Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces. Skip ahead to 5:13
Did Barack Obama embellish upon his Uncle’s or some family member’s World War II war record yesterday?
Obama also spoke about his uncle, who was part of the American brigade that helped to liberate Auschwitz. He said the family legend is that, upon returning from war, his uncle spent six months in an attic. “Now obviously, something had really affected him deeply, but at that time there just weren’t the kinds of facilities to help somebody work through that kind of pain,” Obama said. “That’s why this idea of making sure that every single veteran, when they are discharged, are screened for post-traumatic stress disorder and given the mental health services that they need – that’s why it’s so important.”
But, the Red Army liberated Auschitz, no?
It is difficult to make out what Obama said in the above video above but the facts do NOT make sense. Wrong POW camp for sure and the wrong relative?
Obama is very loose with his characterization of this story and someone should call him on it for a correction.
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May 27th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
His great-uncle was in the 89th infantry Division that liberated a subcamp at Buchenwald. I’d like to know what the big deal is with this. Most people wouldn’t know Buchenwald. And perhaps even his great uncle didn’t. It’s a family story.
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May 27th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
An updated and new post is here: http://flapsblog.com/2008/05/27/rnc-hits-obama-over-auschwitz-claim/
As I said there: “Wow, Obama gets the wrong relative, the wrong Army and the wrong Concentration Camp. Sloppy preparation, poor memory or an attempt at embellishment? You be the judge. But, sloppy nonetheless.”
And, this guy wants to be President?
Hell, Obama cannot even get his own family straight.
August 28th, 2008 at 8:29 am
The thing that bothers me is he knows that the media is going to scrutinize everything he says, yet he still continues to embellish on facts. If he can not even get his family history straight how are we ever going to trust what he say about what is happening in the US. Will we wonder if he is not twisting the truth to make himself look better.