Obama Uses Memorial Day Address to Explain That Our Soldiers Are No Longer Fighting a Real War

On Memorial Day, a day that we remember and honor our fallen heroes, those who gave the “last full measure of devotion” for their country and for the cause of freedom, President Obama took a few minutes out of his busy day (which no doubt will include some time on the golf course) to make sure all Americans know that this whole business we’re caught up in over in Afghanistan is not a real war — because he was the Great War Hero who ended that war.

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“Hi, everybody!” Obama breezily begins his solemn tribute to our fallen heroes. “This year, the holiday is especially meaningful.  It’s the first Memorial Day since our war ended in Afghanistan.”

The president paid tribute to Specialist Wyatt Martin and Sergeant First Class Ramon Morris, who were “the final two Americans to give their lives during our combat mission in Afghanistan.” He then drew a contrast between the service of those who died before Obama unilaterally ended the war in Afghanistan in December and those who have given their lives since that date, noting that Army combat medic Corporal John Dawson was “the first American to give his life in this new mission.”

We still have 10,000 troops in Afghanistan, some of whom may not make it home to their families. Are those who die in Afghanistan from here on out going to have “this new mission” (or “this new ambiguous and convoluted mission”) engraved on their headstones at Arlington National Cemetery? Because of Obama’s ego and his fear of the left wing of his party, the families of American soldiers who die in combat will be denied the honor of saying their loved one died in a real war. Instead, they’ll have to mumble something about them dying in Obama’s Debacle in Afghanistan.

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Because, you know, everything after December doesn’t count as a real war because Obama declared “game over” and turned his attention to global warming. Meanwhile, our soldiers in Afghanistan daily risk their lives so Obama has the luxury of hob-knobbing with his celebrity friends who sit around fretting about global warming and boasting about whose toilet uses the least amount of water.

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Kabul, Afghanistan, May 25, 2015 (AP Images)

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