If it's not intentional it's...

September 6th, President Obama gave his speech at the Democrat National Committee and received his party's nomination. The next morning, The Blaze released a story showing photos of the President's upcoming campaign stop at the University of Iowa. An American flag two stories tall was left on the ground during preparation for the event. University staff denied being connected with the advance campaign team but made special mention that the flag was never on the ground. It was on a tarp and the tarp was lying on the ground. I hear a resounding "It doesn't matter!" from patriots everywhere. To people who hold the flag of the United States of America sacred, leaving a flag on the ground is not a mere faux pas. It's a deep rooted offense.

But the disrespect to our national colors didn't end there. An inferno of anti American sentiment has erupted in the middle east region. Well their is no question about the intentions. The attack on the U.S embassy in Egypt wasn't a blunder by a decoration crew. It was a full blown assault, as was the attack on our embassy in Libya. Footage of the attacks show our flag being burned, shredded and ripped asunder. When Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed in Benghazi, the tearing and burning of our flag served as a forewarning, a prophecy almost, that their lives would be lost.


So lets recap. We have an immense blunder by a campaign crew that revealed the indifference of a few. We have thirty or more countries using Old Glory as a means to convey their hatred of us. In my last post, I covered some of the reasoning for that hatred and I don't think that the burning effigies of President Obama by middle east protesters are over a YouTube video.

Now reports are surfacing that the Obama Campaign has created a fundraiser image. The American flag used as a template, the stars removed and in their place, the Obama "O" symbol and the red stripes made to look like streaks and smears. Now their are videos circling the net of President Obama talking about redistribution and collectivism and the symbolism of his new flag isn't going to help. Fifty stars, one for each state and President Obama replaces the representation of those states with his own logo?  Undoubtedly what will happen is we will be assured that the President had no input or prior knowledge of the image. If that is the case, it won't stop Americans from coming to the following conclusions: If President Obama loved the United States Flag or even cared for it, then the incident in Iowa would have resulted in a change of policy, a sensitivity to patriots and potential voters alike. If President Obama understood the connection between the life of the Patriot and reverence for the flag are like conjoined twins, he could empathize with the American public as they watch other nations burn their flag. If President Obama believed in America, he would reverence the flag instead of trying to conform it to his image.