Readers of Vlad I’m sure will be aware of the long standing plea we have made to award Pvt’s Long, who was killed in a terrorist attack at the recruiting center, as well as another man who was injured in the shooting, the Purple Heart award for being wounded in the line of duty.
Both men where in uniform. Both men where on duty. They where shot by an enemy of the United States and an avowed ally of the Islamist enemies of the USA.
Yet for political reasons, where denied the award.
Here is the video I did for these men when it happened, and below that, an excellent article by Diana West:
Written by: Diana West
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 3:24 PM 
The House Armed Services Committee today approved an amendment to the 2011 defense authorization bill that declares the 2009 shootings at the Little Rock recruiting station and at Ft. Hood to be acts of war. Or at least a lawyerly equivalent as acts “of an enemy of the United States.” This provision will enable the government to provide, as Marine Times reports, a “one-time payment equal to what those killed and wounded would have received if they were in a combat zone at the time of the shootings.”
But no Purple Hearts.
Killed by Muslims professing jihad, these battle dead will lie in their graves unrecognized by the US government whose uniform they wore.
Another disgrace.
The Marine Times story hints at some distasteful Democrat bargaining over this — bargaining I’d like to know more about.
The addition of the June 1 Little Rock shooting to the amendment was part of a compromise on a provision pushed by Republicans to make a point that the war on terror has hit home. As part of the compromise, the final bill also was narrowed so that casualties of the two shootings are not eligible for a Purple Heart or other combat-related benefits that Republicans had wanted in the bill.
How do they live with themselves?
We are NOT at war with “radical” Islam! We are at war with ISLAM. a war declared by the false prophet Mohammed over 1400-years ago against all non-Muslims.
Blasted Dhimmicrats!
The longer the current administration is in power, the more convinced I am that the leaders in the White House are closet Muslims.
Period. End of story.
Nothing outside of Obama denying any more ground to Muslims and preventing the super-mosque from being built in the shadow of the Twin Towers will convince me otherwise. There seems to be massive deception at work here and it seems to be more insiduous and underhanded than anything we have seen in the past 100 years.
May Pvt. Long get his medal, and may the White House become the seat of the US government once more, not some Islam-appeasing shadow of a government.