Barack Obama,  President 2008

Barack Obama Watch: Rewriting Family Military Service History?

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?

Mistake or Gaffe?

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.


5 Comments

  • MeLu

    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.

  • Helen Sunag

    The history of Barrack Obamas’ life and family must be respected. In here, we can see all the trials and difficulties that he experience before becoming the president of the United States of America.

  • Mark Derby

    Most of the members of the family of Obama are related to the military. Maybe that is the reason why Obama was inspired and became the president of the United States of America.