Networks ignore vets who walk 300 miles to demand action on Sgt. Tahmooressi

Networks ignore vets who walk 300 miles to demand action on Sgt. Tahmooressi

two vetsMarine  Sergeant Andrew Tahmooressi, who served two tours in Afghanistan with valor, has been stuck in Mexican prison for months, due to mistakenly driving over the border with three loaded guns in his vehicle.  The story has garnered national attention, but the Obama administration will not lift a finger to negotiate with the Mexican government. Meanwhile, Tahmooressi is languishing, suffering from PTSD in solitary confinement. Lance Cpl. Terry Sharpe and Allen Brown, two elderly Marine Corps veterans, are so incensed that they are walking from North Caroline to Washington, D.C., to demand that Obama help their fellow Marine. Sadly, their efforts are getting little coverage from the mainstream media, no doubt because the media is covering for Obama’s inaction. 

An article at Newsbusters contrasts the lack of coverage with this:

Back in January 2010, The New York Times offered an over 700-word puff piece on four illegal aliens setting out on New Year’s Day to walk from Miami to Washington D.C. to demand amnesty and subsequent legal status for all illegal immigrants.

It is no secret that most of the U.S. military does not like Obama. A former Navy SEAL estimated last week that over 90 percent of the military disapproves of Obama.  Obama knows this, and it may be why he refuses to take any action to help this brave veteran – he’s sticking it to the military.

Rachel Alexander

Rachel Alexander is the editor of Intellectual Conservative. She is a senior editor at The Stream, and is a regular contributor to Townhall, the Selous Foundation for Public Policy Research, and The Christian Post, and provides weekend news items for Right Wing News. She frequently appears on TV and news radio as a conservative commentator. She is a recovering attorney and former gun magazine editor. She previously served as a former Assistant Attorney General for the State of Arizona, corporate attorney for Go Daddy Software, and Special Assistant/Deputy County Attorney for the Maricopa County Attorney's Office. As co-president of the UW Political Science Honor Society, she obtained degrees in Political Science and History from the University of Washington, followed by a law degree from Boston College and the University of Arizona. She was ranked by Right Wing News as one of the 50 Best Conservative Columnists from 2011-2017.

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