Letter to Obama from Pearl Harbor Survivor

LadyEagle · Sep 21, 2012

Received in an email, verified by Snopes to be true (this is about the only thing negative about obama, I have ever seen listed as true at Snopes, but that is another thread):

A REALLY GOOD READ ! ! !

95 year old hero!

Letter To Obama at Whitehouse Sent from 95 year Old Pearl

Harbor Survivor !! Fantastic!!

This venerable and much honored WW II vet is well known in Hawaii

for his seventy-plus years of service to patriotic organizations and

causes all over the country. A humble man without a political bone in his

body, he has never spoken out before about a government official, until

now. He dictated this letter to a friend, signed it and mailed it to the

president.

Dear President Obama,

My name is Harold Estes, approaching 95 on December 13 of this year.

People meeting me for the first time don't believe my age because I

remain wrinkle free and pretty much mentally alert.

I enlisted in the U. S . Navy in 1934 and served proudly before, during

and after WW II retiring as a Master Chief Bos'n Mate. Now I live in a

"rest home" located on the western end of Pearl Harbor , allowing me to keep alive the memories of 23 years of service to my country.

One of the benefits of my age, perhaps the only one, is to speak my mind,

blunt and direct even to the head man.

So here goes.

I am amazed, angry and determined not to see my country die before I do,

but you seem hell bent not to grant me that wish.

I can't figure out what country you are the president of.You fly around the world telling our friends and

enemies despicable lies like:

" We're no longer a Christian

nation"" America is arrogant" - (Your wife

even announced to the

world," America

is mean-spirited.

" Please tell her to try preaching that nonsense

to 23 generations of our war dead buried

all over the globe who died

for no other reason than to free a whole lot of strangers from tyranny and hopelessness.)

I'd say shame on the both of you, but I

don't think you like America, nor do I see an ounce of gratefulness in

anything you do, for the obvious gifts this country has given you. To be

without shame or gratefulness is a dangerous thing for a man sitting in the

White House.

After 9/11 you said," America hasn't lived up to

her ideals."

Which ones did you mean? Was it the notion of personal liberty that

11,000 farmers and shopkeepers died for to win independence from the

British?

Or maybe the ideal that no man should be a slave to

another man, that 500,000 men died for in the Civil War? I hope you

didn't mean the ideal 470,000 fathers, brothers, husbands, and a lot of

fellas I knew personally died for in WWII, because we felt real strongly

about not letting any nation push us around, because we stand for

freedom.

I don't think you mean the ideal that says equality is better than

discrimination. You know the one that a whole lot of white people

understood when they helped to get you elected.

Take a little advice from a very old geezer, young man.

Shape up and start acting like an American. If you don't, I'll do what I

can to see you get shipped out of that fancy rental on Pennsylvania Avenue .

You were elected to lead not to bow, apologize and kiss

the hands of murderers and corrupt leaders who still treat their people

like slaves.

And just who do you think you are telling the American people not to jump

to conclusions and condemn that Muslim major who killed 13 of his fellow

soldiers and wounded dozens more. You mean you don't want us to do what

you did when that white cop used force to subdue that black college

professor in Massachusetts

, who was putting up a fight? You don't mind offending the police calling

them stupid but you don't want us to offend Muslim fanatics by calling

them what they are, terrorists.

One more thing. I realize you never served in the military and never had

to defend your country with your life, but you're the Commander-in-Chief

now, son.

Do your job. When your battle-hardened field General

asks you for 40,000 more troops to complete the mission, give them to

him. But if you're not in this fight to win, then get out. The life of

one American soldier is not worth the best political strategy you're

thinking of.

You could be our greatest president because you face the greatest

challenge ever presented to any president.

You're not going to restore American

greatness by bringing back our bloated economy. That's not our greatest

threat. Losing the heart and soul of who we are as Americans is our big

fight now. And I sure as (heck) don't want to think my president is the enemy in this final

battle...

Sincerely,

Harold B. Estes

Snopes confirms as true:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/haroldestes.asp

When a 95 year old hero of the "the Greatest Generation" stands

up and speaks out like this, I think we owe it to him to send his words

to as many as we can.

Please pass it on.
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OldRegular · Sep 21, 2012

Couldn't be said better!

billwald · Sep 21, 2012

It's a free country. Everyone is entitled to his own opinion.

Anyway, this country might be the least respectful of old people. The only advantage of old age in the US is a 10% discount in some fast food places.

OldRegular · Sep 21, 2012

billwald said: ↑

It's a free country. Everyone is entitled to his own opinion.
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And his opinion is soooo good!

Aaron · Sep 21, 2012

billwald said: ↑

It's a free country. Everyone is entitled to his own opinion.

Anyway, this country might be the least respectful of old people. The only advantage of old age in the US is a 10% discount in some fast food places.
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Go to India.

Salty · Sep 22, 2012

billwald said: ↑

It's a free country. Everyone is entitled to his own opinion.

Anyway, this country might be the least respectful of old people. The only advantage of old age in the US is a 10% discount in some fast food places.
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Just so there is no confusion -
Bill, are you saying this 96 year young man is WRONG?

Simple yes or no will do

OldRegular · Sep 22, 2012

Salty said: ↑

Just so there is no confusion -
Bill, are you saying this 96 year young man is WRONG?

Simple yes or no will do
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Since Bill is a truncated version of "part" of my name I will answer. That 96 year old "young" man is wise beyond his tender years and 100% or 200 proof correct. i have emailed this letter to about 50 people on my email list and hope they each can do likewise.

billwald · Sep 22, 2012

Simply, yes, the man is wrong. America has been talking out of both sides of our collected mouths since the First American Revolution. The Declaration Of Independence is the greatest advertising hype ever written. The "freedom" referred to was for WASP males and not intended to refer to anyone else.

OldRegular · Sep 22, 2012

billwald said: ↑

Simply, yes, the man is wrong. America has been talking out of both sides of our collected mouths since the First American Revolution. The Declaration Of Independence is the greatest advertising hype ever written. The "freedom" referred to was for WASP males and not intended to refer to anyone else.
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You are pathetically wrong.

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