Triple Amputee Soldier and Hero Destroys President Obama in Open Letter
By Onan Coca
EagleRising.com
Senior Airman Ret. Brian Kolfage is a real
American hero. He has earned the right to speak out
against the incompetence of the Obama
administration... and so he does. Please take the
time to
read his open letter to President Obama which he
released
through 100 percent fed up.
Dear President Obama,
My name is Brian Kolfage, I’m a triple amputee and
retired Air Force veteran who was severely wounded
on September 11, 2004 in Iraq.
I nearly died in a war that most of your colleagues
supported overwhelmingly, including the two
presidents who came before you. Many citizens may
not agree with waging war in Iraq to free the
oppressed Iraqi citizens, but it’s something that
warriors like myself have no control over. I joined
to serve my country and to better my life. I’ve
seen things that you could never imagine, and they
have made me the person I am today.
Mr. Obama, even though we have extreme opposite
views, we have one thing in common, we both attended
school in Hawaii. However, that’s where the
similarities end. You see, as you attended your
exclusive, private school, I would ride my bike to
Kaimuki High School in one of the roughest areas in
Hawaii. Every morning I would ride past Punahou,
the exclusive private school you attended and I
would notice all of the Bentleys, Maseratis, and
fancy foreign cars that all the kids were dropped
off in; wow it must have been extremely rough in
Hawaii living that life, right? I could only imagine
what it was like to have that kind of money.
Fortunately for you, not many people are aware of
the school that you and the upper class citizens of
Hawaii attended. The tuition to attend your
exclusive, private school was more than it cost me
to obtain a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from
the University of Arizona. You talk a big game when
it comes to financial inequality, yet I’m quite sure
you have no idea what it’s truly like to have to
sacrifice. You were one of the elitist children in
Hawaii.
After High School, we each chose very different
paths. You were able to attend America's finest Ivy
League schools, while I pursued a career in the
military, in hopes of earning a degree. What we have
in life as children usually helps to set the tone
for how we acheive success later in life. I worked
to get where I am today, while it was HANDED TO
YOU….Mr. Inequality.
I volunteered to go to Iraq on both of my
deployments, and the second time I begged to go even
after I wasn’t selected. During that second
deployment, I was ultimately placed on the team
where I would lose both legs and my dominant arm.
Even though many Americans were against the war in
Iraq, I’ve never asked myself if it was worth it
after losing 3 of my limbs.
I am frequently reminded of the many young Iraqi
children who would beg me for water, food, and toys
while I was stationed in Iraq. Children, who in all
aspects made the poorest of poor American children
look rich. You have no idea what it really means to
be poor. It’s laughable that you, who would have no
idea what it means to be poor would so frequently
play the inequality card.
While I was in Iraq, our mission was to liberate the
Iraqi citizens from a tyrant and that’s what we did.
Never forget, it was your people who sent us there,
like the Clintons, John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi & Carl
Levin. However, since the day you busted onto
the scene you’ve been talking about ending the war
and pulling the troops out, not understanding the
blood sweat and tears that so many Americans and
Iraqi’s invested. And with complete disregard for
every life sacrificed, every limb lost, and every
broken family, you bailed on our mission to pursue
an agenda that was completely centered on your
re-election in 2012. If you didn’t bail on Iraq you
were worried that you may not get re-elected and
that’s a fact. Just before elections on Oct 11, 2012
you said “Al Qaeda is on the run and Osama bin Laden
is dead.” Look at Iraq now, they are in shambles
and the Al Qaeda flag is flying freely. Clearly,
you’re unfit for duty as a Commander in Chief. You
put your own agenda ahead of America’s agenda, and
now you have single handedly ruined and destroyed
nearly everything we gained in Iraq. It clearly
means nothing to you, because the only thing that
you’ve personally invested in that country was a
promise to bail on them. However, people like me
gave limbs, friends have died, and we’ve watched
families destroyed by war’s aftermath.
I’m not placing blame on you for the war, I’m
placing blame on you for destroying what we’ve
worked so hard to build. You’re not a leader, you’re
a community organizer. A leader would have stood up
regardless of the situation and put America’s agenda
first and that is ensuring a secure Iraq even after
10 years of war. But, you placed Barack first, just
as Robert Gates confirmed in his new book. I can’t
help but think of those poor kids who I gave water
and toys to 11 years ago. They’re probably 15 or 16
years old now, and I can only imagine what it’s like
for them to have their nation being torn apart yet
again; all because of your poor leadership
qualities. Regardless of why we went to Iraq, its
water under the bridge. We went there, we waged war,
and we not only owed it to our KIA’s but we owed it
to the citizens of Iraq. We invaded their country
and turned it upside down, and you bailed on them.
You bailed on our soldiers and you’ve wasted every
death and every limb, it’s all for nothing. And to
make matters worse you blame others for your
failures.
You’re just another elitist rich thug who’s
pretended to live the rough life growing up in the
inner-city. You’re only worried about your own
agenda and furthering your party instead of taking
care of Americans. Your inability to be a leader at
some of the most critical points has caused both of
our wars to fail. You’ve been a joke to most of our
veteran community and we have no faith in your
ability to lead.
Senior Airman Ret Brian Kolfage USAF
“The man who complains about the way the ball
bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it."
— Lou Holtz
