President speaks to troops, apparently mistakenly reads from script to Red Cross or something

President Obama went to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to talk at troops about the end of combat operations in Afghanistan (in military terms, ending combat operations while your enemy is still on the battlefield is known as "surrendering"). In attempting to compliment the troops, Barry once again displayed his total lack of understanding of the military mind, referring to the troops gathered as "Santa in fatigues:"

President Obama said, "We are free and safe and secure over here because you are willing to serve over there," adding "You never stop serving, you never stop giving, you guys are like Santa in fatigues. Although I bet one of those C-130's is a little more efficient then Santa's sleigh."

Breitbart news reported that the Santa joke was met by dead silence, while the remark about the C-130 got a shout from one corner of the room -- probably a bunch of trash haulers who reflexively shout anytime someone mentions their aircraft, the C-130 cargo plane.

Interestingly, CBS didn't report the troops' negative reaction to the Santa comment. Business Insider tried to put a positive spin on it, basically by lying about the reaction:

Obama's humor earned some polite chuckles from the audience at the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey.
His next joke, however, earned a much more enthusiastic response.
"Although I'll bet one of those C-130's is a little more efficient than Santa's sleigh," he added.

The video reveals dead silence, broken only by the sound of pins dropping.  And the "more enthusastic response" was kind of like the year-end high school awards assembly when the school athletic director says "and congratulations to the golf team for placing fifth in the regional championships," whereupon the four members of the golf team whoop it up and everybody else sits silently, wondering how much fucking longer this assembly will last. Follow the Breitbart link for the video, then ask, who you gonna believe, the lamestream media or your lying ears. They're still in the tank for Barry.

If you are going to report on the remarks, shouldn't you report on the tone-deaf nature of those remarks?. He wasn't talking to a charitable service organization, he was talking to a group of soldiers, airmen and sailors who have volunteered to fight the nation's wars. They will perform peacetime and humanitarian missions with the same professionalism they bring to combat operations, but make no mistake, these guys don't view their job as delivering presents. These guys have spent more than a decade supporting combat operations, and he treated them like they were the Rotary Club or something. The remarks ignore the fact that the enemy in Afghanistan didn't get the "end of combat operations" memo, either. It might be hard to convince the families of the two soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan Friday that combat operations have ended. What a putz.

And they don't call the damn things fatigues anymore. They haven't in years.