Have you seen a flag at half staff for the loss of our hero's?

Have you heard the President comment or anything to the family's of the military dead soldiers?

Have you seen any outrage over these murders?

The US Government wouldn't even allow these highly trained Marines a gun to defend themselves with.

Well, I for one want to thank them for their honorable service.

Rest In Peace Marines. I care.

Our Governor has ordered FL flags flown at half staff. The way our military are treated is despicable - by the VA, by the WH, and by Congress. I'm beyond outraged.

I care too. Our flag was lowered to half staff immediately along with our marine flag. I also have been wearing a marine shirt all week. I expected this from our president but to see most Americans go on, not even honor them is extremely disturbing. How selfish have we become

Originally Posted by Guest

Have you seen a flag at half staff for the loss of our hero's?

Have you heard the President comment or anything to the family's of the military dead soldiers?

Have you seen any outrage over these murders?

The US Government wouldn't even allow these highly trained Marines a gun to defend themselves with.

Well, I for one want to thank them for their honorable service.

Rest In Peace Marines. I care.

I guess you didn't look very hard to see what the White House said, just fired away at Obama like usual.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press...chattanooga-tn

Why weren't the flags ordered to half-staff for this tragedy. Because these men are considered to have been killed in the line of service. If flags were lowered for all military deaths then we would have had them down every day since the beginning of our prolonged wars in this century. The President had ordered flags lowered for the shootings at Fort Hood which while it also clearly involved deaths of those in the military, it was initially classified as a workplace shooting, not an active service death. And of course Obama was heavily criticized for that choice as well. Guess he can't win.

Originally Posted by Guest

I guess you didn't look very hard to see what the White House said, just fired away at Obama like usual.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press...chattanooga-tn

Nice statement! I guess they just forgot to lower the flag until late the next day after everyone else had done it in the morning. Probably busy looking for the RED/WHITE/Blue lights they forgot to light-up the White House with on the 4th.

Originally Posted by Guest

Nice statement! I guess they just forgot to lower the flag until late the next day after everyone else had done it in the morning. Probably busy looking for the RED/WHITE/Blue lights they forgot to light-up the White House with on the 4th.

The flag at the White House was lowered at the exact same time that Speaker Boehner ordered the flag lowered at the capital. President Obama eulogized each of these dead servicemen when he spoke to the Veteran of Foreign Wars.

Originally Posted by Guest

The flag at the White House was lowered at the exact same time that Speaker Boehner ordered the flag lowered at the capital. President Obama eulogized each of these dead servicemen when he spoke to the Veteran of Foreign Wars.

Sorry, not exactly true....

[B]"House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky announced Tuesday that flags at the Capitol would be lowered to half-staff in honor of the victims.

"Out of respect for their courageous service and sacrifice to our nation, flags at the U.S. Capitol are being lowered to half-staff," Boehner said in a statement.

But at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, the flags at the White House noticeably remained at full-staff. Aides to the president have repeatedly declined to discuss whether the flags at the White House would be similarly lowered. Boehner's office said Tuesday that they had alerted the White House of their plans.

"I don't have more information about the status of the flag over the White House," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Monday. Earnest had nearly the same response for reporters Tuesday.

Republican critics have demanded that the White House immediately follow the Capitol's lead, and Obama eventually ordered flags to be flown at half-staff at the White House in the noon hour,[/B]

Obama orders flags to half mast for Chattanooga victims - CNNPolitics.com

Originally Posted by Guest

Sorry, not exactly true....

[B]"House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky announced Tuesday that flags at the Capitol would be lowered to half-staff in honor of the victims.

"Out of respect for their courageous service and sacrifice to our nation, flags at the U.S. Capitol are being lowered to half-staff," Boehner said in a statement.

But at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, the flags at the White House noticeably remained at full-staff. Aides to the president have repeatedly declined to discuss whether the flags at the White House would be similarly lowered. Boehner's office said Tuesday that they had alerted the White House of their plans.

"I don't have more information about the status of the flag over the White House," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Monday. Earnest had nearly the same response for reporters Tuesday.

Republican critics have demanded that the White House immediately follow the Capitol's lead, and Obama eventually ordered flags to be flown at half-staff at the White House in the noon hour,[/B]

Obama orders flags to half mast for Chattanooga victims - CNNPolitics.com

The White House and the US Capitol both lowered their flags to half-staff by Tuesday afternoon, according to the first sentence of the link you provided.

Originally Posted by Guest

The White House and the US Capitol both lowered their flags to half-staff by Tuesday afternoon, according to the first sentence of the link you provided.

My suggestion is that you read the entire article, and you will see the error of your statements. It was on the news for maybe 18 hour about the WH just not responding and then they finally did.

Sorry....read the article, not just a sentence and then when you feel validated in some way, stop..THAT is exactly what happens quite a bit on this forum


The WH DRAGGED THEIR FEET...

"But at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, the flags at the White House noticeably remained at full-staff. Aides to the president have repeatedly declined to discuss whether the flags at the White House would be similarly lowered. Boehner's office said Tuesday that they had alerted the White House of their plans."

"Republican critics have demanded that the White House immediately follow the Capitol's lead, and Obama eventually ordered flags to be flown at half-staff at the White House in the noon hour,"

Which part of this do you not understand.

Some folks on here just insist that you speak like this to them. They will not accept that their leader, or their party could possibly be at fault.

Originally Posted by Guest

My suggestion is that you read the entire article, and you will see the error of your statements. It was on the news for maybe 18 hour about the WH just not responding and then they finally did.

Sorry....read the article, not just a sentence and then when you feel validated in some way, stop..THAT is exactly what happens quite a bit on this forum


The WH DRAGGED THEIR FEET...

"But at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, the flags at the White House noticeably remained at full-staff. Aides to the president have repeatedly declined to discuss whether the flags at the White House would be similarly lowered. Boehner's office said Tuesday that they had alerted the White House of their plans."

"Republican critics have demanded that the White House immediately follow the Capitol's lead, and Obama eventually ordered flags to be flown at half-staff at the White House in the noon hour,"

Which part of this do you not understand.

Some folks on here just insist that you speak like this to them. They will not accept that their leader, or their party could possibly be at fault.

Game, set, match! Well done.