Let us not Betray Those Who Sacrifice for our Freedom PDF Print

Mr. Speaker, since Mr. Obama became president, the economy has been his focus.  But, through executive orders and not so subtle hints in recent speeches, this Administration has put some effort into making America less safe than it was two months ago.

Some examples: throwing out the case against the USS Cole bomber; the closing down of Guantanamo; limiting our interrogation techniques; cutting defense spending and announcing a troop surge in Afghanistan without the proper infrastructure or funding to support it.

The French just released five terrorists that the United States released to them for prosecution. 

If even one of the brave men and women who carry the burden of our security on their shoulders in Iraq and Afghanistan are harmed by the fact that American operatives can't get timely information from the enemy through interrogation, or are attacked by a prisoner released because of the closing of Guantanamo -- if even one of our men or women in uniform pay the ultimate price for these reasons -- it will be a sacrifice made so that President Obama can score political points with the liberal fringe of his party.

I am a United States Marine.  I served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and I will not stand by while our national security is put in peril for political expediency.  Let us not betray those who sacrifice for our freedom.