Remember that Michelle Obama said along the lines “We have to change our traditions, symbols, our holidays, our society and our culture…’

The military is about as traditional as you can get within America, and the Medal of Honor is the highest military award anyone could qualify for and receive. By making it as base an award as possible, one given out freely, Obama seeks to make it ‘normal’ and not for ‘going above and beyond the call of duty.’

Pervert our traditions, our symbols, our culture and so forth until they are debased, devalued and destroyed.

Glenn that is why he is doing this.

Obama seeks to corrupt, devalue, dishonor and pervert anything of traditional value that shows American exceptionalism, especially that true exceptionalism which makes our military the best in the world.

Obama needs that to be perverted and destroyed so he can completely break the armed forces and make them into a instrument of shame.

I never served so I don’t know one way or the other but it would not shock me tho if Obama is just using them as props to make himself look more pro-military than he truly is.

Being Prior Service I see this as Dishonoring Those that have already earned the CMH…

I remember when only Special Forces/Airborne were the ONLY Soldiers Authorized to Wear a Beret. But, when they allowed All Soldiers to wear them, the Soldiers that Earned the Right to Wear Them Felt Horribly Dishonored and many left the armed forces…

Nothing less than Defamation of Character (Military Honor System).

Photo ops opportunities. He will do and say whatever to make himself look more popular, here and abroad. He is saying more and more God bless america and God bless you too. No shame. Cheapening the valor of those who are serving our country. Sam, I agree with your post too.

As much as I dislike Obama, and think he is the biggest horse’s a$$ to ever be elected president, I beg to differ.  The award of the Medal of Honor is determined at a much lower level than the Commander in Chief.  First, the action for which the medal is awarded, must be personally witnessed by, I believe, two persons.  The action is written up by the individual’s commander, after consultation with the witnesses.  It is then forwarded up the chain of command, and at each level, the commander must concur, or non-concur.

Now, if I am at the top of the ladder, and the award had been approved by the unit commander, battalion commander, brigade commander, division commander, corp commander, theater commander, chief of staff, service secretary, joint chiefs of staff, and SecDef, even if I am Obama, I’m probably not going to argue with them.

Glenn Beck, a coward who hid from military duty, tells us who’s supposed to get a medal…..

It’s a photo shoot

He’s handing out medals for votes… : )

Trying to earn brownie points with the military and get them in his pocket for future shenanigans?  MOH’s are a whole helluva lot cheaper than actually budgeting for troops.  In typical Obama fashion he’s banking that all show and no go will cut the mustard…

Ken…I wholeheartedly concur with you.  I am a USAF Retired Colonel with 30 years in the service; so I know how the system works.  I REALLY like Glenn, but he blew it this time…Big “O” only presents the award…he has nothing to do with selection of the individual, approval, etc. etc.  Thanks!

Rafael A. Goyco

just one more direction in which the administration is “devaluing the Currency”.  Print more!  Print more!

Seems like a political attempt to appease the military. No doubt those guys earned it. But I think the military is about to get bent over the barrel. 

He’s making it even…needs more diversity

As a Vietnam veteran, I have seen a lot of men do many brave acts, that were never given any award. If you just look at the D-Day invasion , so many gave their life, and all they received was a purple heart. So, I don’t begrudge anyone their award, they earned it. So I don’t buy, that they are being given out like candy. Just time that more people are recognized for all they have given.

Is anyone but me suspicious of the Chris Kyle murder???

It’s just another diversion from REAL problems facing America. It is there to keep his phony face in the picture, just like his appearance after hurricane Sandy. Some front-line soldier gets the recognition based on his commanders, while the “shooter” who did away with UBL is thrown under the bus. Just another reason to suspect something out of line with this administration.

Did the Osama shooter, who was recently murdered, get a Medal of Honor??  Handing out so many medals lessens its value, honor, and prestige.   It reminds me of all the money being printed and inflation.  Medals of Honor are being treated the money we don’t have

 Glen, several of us have been thinking the same thing.  Libs hate the military.  Think back to Bill and Hillary’s departure from the White House.  Do you remember that night the several hundred military cheering them in what appeared to be an airplane hanger.  They were all ga ga over those jokers who had treated the military like dirt for 8 years.  Turned out they were the staff that flew and supported Air Force One.  They had to be there and they were probably ordered to cheer.

Just another Marxist propaganda technique on president Davis behalf.  The hypocrisy is glaring.  To wit:  Evidence recent news of the virtual abandonment of the Seal who popped Bin Laden.  Today came news that Sgt Kimberly Munley is telling of the abandonment of those wounded by the Muslim at Ft. Hood.  Evidence that our wounded from Afghanistan and Iraq (among others) must wait more than a year to have their applications for Veterans Administration assistance answered – much less approved.  A “commander-in-chief” who cared would be all over these matters to get them done for the troops!

Thank you for keeping an eye on this Glenn and Pat…please educate us and keep us updated on this.  If you are correct in what you suspect, he is cheapening that valuable award for everyone who has received it and will receive it.  Shameful!

Because he thinks he can buy our soldiers like he did the simpleminded for when the time comes for them to aim their weapons on civilians on his orders, they will.

GW would have! Say what you will about him…he cared about our soldiers.

Yes Martha….along with all the others in the last two years. Seems like the shootings are accelerating; in fact, I am suspicious of this dude being searched for in CA. This is a state wanting to ban guns altogether. They can’t find him! Are they looking or trying to make the case for gun control?

I think your analysis is wrong.  This has been a topic of controversy within the military since the GWOT began.  Within the Marine Corps, there has been significant discussion and passion put into having more Marines recognized with this honor for their bravery.  Unfortunately it is often the Service level awards boards, processing within DoD, or getting Congressional approval that has been the sticking point.  I may be wrong, but I’m inclined to believe that by the time MoH recommendations get to the President (current or past), they’ve been so thoroughly debated and vetted, that he has little choice (or honorable decision) but to approve them.

Dormer found dead in a cabin near Big Bear Lake. I could have written this script. How convenient that this guy is now dead; Will we ever know what really happened?

 >  I am a USAF Retired Colonel with 30 years in the service;
> so I know how the system works.

So, you should know how evil works too?

Was it a General that gave wikileaks the information or a homosexual PFC ?

The 1st President of Kenya, his Egyptian (Kenite) name meant “silent warrior” before he changed it, to get elected. Did Obama do the same thing ?  Do you know why Obama picked his middle name?

The lower levels of the military have already been corrupted. Now Satan’s objective is to get rid of all the higher levels he has compromised that he feels will not fire on USA citizens no matter what. He has been doing that. How many (4 star) generals have fallen under Obama?

They are being replaced by weaker men that can be comprised and manipulated when the time comes. You know how Jesus drew in the sand when they wanted to stone the woman for adultery. Imagine that Allah ring hand doing the same.

Satan wraps himself up in the metal of honor, so, when the time comes he will call for help and say “protect the Constitution”. Plus, he gets a thrill from putting his unclean hands on it.

If you want to know the truth about exactly what Obama is doing and what pattern it follows, then search for

“No hard feelings, Obama sends McChrystal on vacation to Switzerland”

If you know military history, you will know what the phrase means already, Obama does.

Exactly, I remember when the Medal of Honor stood for something – just like Obama is trying and doing a very good job I might add at tearing down America.  Real Heros received the MOH – I know some that have received it deserved some type of medal, but I have not heard anything news worthy on the field or off to warrant a MOH.  One more of his hateful tricks to demolish what America stands for….we really need to pray for him – he is really going to need it come judgement day.  I won’t be standing anywhere around him.  I plan on being with the sheep and not the goats.

I am from a proud military family.  My Dad was a Marine, my husband, two brothers were in the Navy, my brother-in-law was in the Air Force, my son-in-law is in the Navy and my Grandson is in the Air Force.  He needs to leave everyone alone and tend to his business – the military are quite capable of taking care of themselves.  We have the best and honorable military in the world.  He needs to step aside and leave it alone – was working great before he got elected.  Just my opinion…

In the spirit of Ayn Rand, the way to debase excellence is to treat the ordinary as if it was great, then what is left of excellence?

When Hussein said,  “But that’s what these soldiers were asked to do, defend the indefensible.” I found that as a very inappropriate remark for the pResident to say at an award ceremony, even though it was a finding in the investigation “that Camp Outpost Keating ‘was tactically indefensible.’ “ @snowleopard is right, also, King Putt is undermining the leadership of our military services to systematically debase, devalue, and destroy our traditional military culture. As a 31-year USAF veteran, I lived the USAF Core Values before they were made official: “Integrity First, Service Before Self, Excellence In All We Do.” Would it not be wonderful if our National Leadership whether in the Executive, Legislative, or Judiciary branches actually ‘walked the walk and talked the talk’ of these simple but complete values? 

this has to do w/his legacy — paraphernalia out there w/his stamp on it.  remember, how he inserted himself into presidential bios?  he’s a guy who wants his name down in the record books for all time even if the info is false.  he lied in the queen’s book about the date — that was not a miswrite.  his image (visual and metaphorical) has already been written into the history books, movies, documentaries, sit-coms, EVERYTHING.  he’s everywhere.  the media creams his name.  he wants women and men to fall in love w/him.  he wants to speak and sing in every language so the world can hear the gravitas of his soul, which, i contend, is as empty as his words.  he wants soldiers to pass the word on that it was a great moment when that guy put a medal around their neck and that these stories will live forever out there in the ether.   

poser schlock — pure and simple.  it is nauseatingly true, that he is a shallow and narcissistic man.  what deep thing has he brought us?what thing of value has he brought us?

I hear you.  Know what bothers me?  Why can’t the world address the Somali pirate issue?  Look to your history.  This happened in the 1700′s or 1800′s where we got sick and tired of all the trouble pirates were causing.  So we sent some military guys out, and they fixed the problem — they found the pirates and destroyed them.  Why do these 2013-era pirates get a “free pass” from the world?  Why can’t something be done?  This sounds absolutely ludicrous to me.

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 Thanks for bringing some truth to this story.

Thank You Glenn.A lot of people do not have a clue about the history, of how the natives were slaughtered! The women and children were not spared!And it was called  Manifest Destiny”Ï will leave this conversation now,it is to close to me and it makes me irrational.

Wow Charlie Brown, you sir are a real wackadoodle. Two previous people actually speak the reality of the situation, one with 30 years experience, and you go full on crazy. Why can’t people get anything done in this country? Because, you can’t reason with someone who has the facts told to him by somebody with advanced experience, and he chooses to ignore it for his own insane “theories”. You just can’t fight stupidity. Kudos to Papito and Ken. I like people who stand up for what’s right against the ridiculous. We can all disagree on lots of things for love of country, but let’s agree Charlie Brown is a loon

Nerobama does not respect the military, or those serving in it, nor does he understand the significance of the CMOH. To him, it is another photo op, and a political matter, nothing more. 

Yes, in answer to your last question, it would indeed. 

Actually, SSG Romesha did a great deal. He is one man who deserves the CMOH. 

Yes, he did.

You are one to talk. 

You are a disrespectful bucket of raw sewage, and I am trying to be nice, you communist weasel. 

Go back to the little church in Kansas and pray that when you need a soldier to save your sorry butt, that there is one ready and willing to do the job. 

These men and women are willing to give the ultimate sacrifice for ungrateful morons like you, yet you are unworthy to polish their boots.

I have to disagree slightly in this case. Obama is the presenter, as stated by other posters, but he does not choose the recipient. Staff Sergeant Romesha definitely served above and beyond the call of duty and proved to be key to the survival of the men at his post at a time when it was under attack by a vastly numerically superior hostile force. The man deserves the award by every measure. 

This stuff really doesn’t mean anything to Nerobama though; he has no idea what any of it is about, and his only interest in it is for the publicity. To him, this is all about him.

The reason Obama is giving out all these CMH medals is not only to deflect criticism about his true feeling for the US Military but also an attempt to keep as many of them as possible on HIS SIDE TO DO HIS BIDDING when civil disorder finally erupts from either an economic collapse, an insurrection from attempted gun confiscation or something else not yet imagined.

Staff Sgt Romesha, as with all other winners of the Metal of Honor have earned it, most of them after giving their lives for others. That I will not deny in the least, they are true heroes of this nation.

Obama is using the case for his own twisted ends. The President has shown how much of a coward he truly is.

I completely concur on the character of the pResident.

For more information about the Congressional Medals of Honor given for Wounded Knee please check the albums on this Facebook page started by descendants of the Chief of the people killed in the massacre.  https://www.facebook.com/NoMedalsForMassacres

Here is an article worth reading, as well  http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/feb/18/massacre-wounded-knee-medals-honor-rescinded

It’s called a CONGRESSIONAL Medal of Honor. You all act like Obama calls the shots on who gets an MoH. Service men and women are nominated by their chain of command, then it has to be approved by congress. The President is merely the person who presents the award.