The parents of SEAL Team Six member Aaron Carson Vaughn know what real courage and sacrifice is. Billy and Karen Vaughn’s son was killed with 37 others on August 6, 2011, when his helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan. After watching the sickening beheading of James Foley, they were inspired to write a scathing open letter to President Obama.
The Vaughns are expressing what everyone has been feeling in a way only they can. This powerful piece needs to be read in full and shared far and wide:
After finally choosing to view the barbaric, on-camera beheading by ISIS of freelance
those of us who have sacrificed unspeakable offerings on the altar of world peace.
My offering was my only son — Aaron Carson Vaughn. Aaron was a member of SEAL
Team VI. He was killed in action when a CH47D Chinook, carrying thirty Americans
and eight Afghans was shot down in the Tangi River Valley of Afghanistan on
Aug. 6,2011.
Many times over the past three years, I have been asked what drove my son to choose
his particular career. What made him want to be a Navy SEAL? My answer is simple.
Aaron Vaughn was a man who possessed the courage to acknowledge evil. And evil,
once truly acknowledged, demands response. Perhaps this is why so few are willing to
look it in the eye. It is much simpler — much safer — to look the other way. That is, unless
you are the leader of the Free World.
As Commander-in-Chief, your actions — or lack thereof — Mr. President, cost lives. As
you bumble about in your golf cart, slapping on a happy face and fist-pounding your
buddies, your cowardly lack of leadership has left a gaping hole — not only in America’s
security — but the security of the entire globe. Your message has come across loud and
clear, sir: You are not up to this job. You know it. We know it. The world knows it.
Please vacate the people’s house and allow a man or woman of courage and substance
to seize the reigns of this out-of-control thug-fest and regain the balance we, America,
have provided throughout our great history.
Thanks to your “leadership” from whatever multi-million dollar vacation you happen to be
on at any given moment, the world is in chaos. What’s been gained, you’ve lost. What’s
been lost, you’ve decimated. You’ve demolished our ability to hold the trust of allies.
You’ve made a mockery of the title “President.” And you’ve betrayed the nation for which
my son and over 1.3 million others have sacrificed their very lives.
But this should come as no surprise, since your wife uttered a vile statement on Feb. 18,
2008, during the primary campaign — one that speaks volumes of your true
convictions.“For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country,” she said.
I am sure my deceased son thanks you for that, Mrs. Obama. Oh, and you’re
welcome.
Never in my lifetime have I witnessed such despair and such growing fear that the world’s
last best hope, America, has finally been dismantled. Perhaps the better word is
transformed — fundamentally transformed. Come to think of it, it’s become difficult—
if not impossible — to believe things haven’t gone exactly as you planned,
Amazingly, in five short years, your administration has lurched from one
disaster to another. You spearheaded the ambitious rush to end the wars in both
HOOYAH!
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