From: Special Operations Speaks
Contact: Alex Rosenwald
To: Press
(571) 282-7954
Re: SOS memo to Bob Beckel
[email protected]
Say it to my face.
Yesterday, Fox News’ “The Five” ran a segment on the military members who are taking action against President Barack Obama and his administration for their deliberate, continuing national-security leaks that are endangering the lives of the military men and women who serve and protect the United States of America. In that segment, liberal smear artist Bob Beckel defended the Obama White House’s intentional release of highly sensitive and highly classified security information:
“The idea to suggest that the President of the United States would leak intelligence information, jeopardizing people in the field is close to treason,” Beckel said. “If I were them – I assume they are out of the military now – they ought to take their benefits and go home.”
As honorably discharged and retired veterans of the Special Operations communities of all the Armed Forces and their supporters, whose mission in forming Special Operations Speaks is to illuminate the failed operational security environment of the current presidential administration, we find Bob Beckel’s commentary slanderous, insulting and appalling.
Yes Bob, we are indeed “out” of military uniform, but as private citizens in civilian mufti, we are no less dedicated to protect, defend and preserve the Constitution of the United States than we were when we first swore to do so when we entered military service and then honorably served our nation. Bob, we are home and one of the “benefits” we enjoy, like you, is freedom of speech under the First Amendment of our sacred Constitution.
To essentially accuse retired Special Operators like ourselves – who dutifully and proudly committed our lives to our country’s service – of treason is to effectively spit upon those military men and women and their families who defended and often died to preserve Beckel’s liberty to say such a heinous thing in the first place. Beckel’s comments are not just overtly disrespectful; they are transparently disdainful of the sacrifices that the American military and their loved ones have made on his behalf.
Fox News, in its misguided attempt to be fair and balanced, has defaulted on its obligation to its audience by continuing to tolerate Beckel’s twisted and bloviated commentary. As such, we demand that Beckel be dismissed forthwith and apologize for his remarks.
On the plus side, Beckel’s comments, however, have only strengthened the resolve of Special Operations Speaks and like military groups who stand united in a mission to stop the White House leaks for personal political gain. To use Beckel’s own comparison, if Beckel was worried about the Swift Boats in 2004, then the combined efforts of Special Operations Speaks, OPSEC and other like-minded Special Operations fraternal organizations will seem like “Swiftboating on Steroids” during this critical 2012 presidential election. Be afraid Bob . . . be very afraid.
As such, Special Operations Speaks will continue speaking out against the Obama White House’s intentional release of national-security information for political gain, and we will not allow yellow hacks like Bob Beckel to deter us from restoring government accountability and a return to the guiding principles upon which our Republic was founded.
To schedule interviews with Dick Brauer or Larry Bailey, co-founders of Special Operations Speaks (SOS), contact Alex Rosenwald at (571) 282-7954 or [email protected].
I dont believe Bob Beckel is against veterans or the job our military is doing. He appears to be expressing his concern for the accusations that any President would purposely leak information that would put our troops in jeopardy. He too has the right to say what he thinks.
Bravo Zulu…. well done!
Not to hijack your excellent post, but when I read the headline, I can’t resist….
“Say it to my face” should be the mantra against all the smears from the left. When Nancy Pelosi calls Tea Party Patriots “terrorists” we should respond “say that to my face”. When Al Sharpton or Bill Maher calls us racists, we should say “tell that to my face”…. and I can go on.
These cowards hide behind their microphones and safe studios and behind newsprint and wouldn’ t directly dare say that to anyone in front of them… they are the true cowards.
That should be the new trending hashtag on Twitter.. #saythattomyface.
Thanks for continuing to fight to uphold the U. S. Constitution and for exercising your right of free speech. Thank you for serving to protect our freedom. Keep-up the fight. Liberty is at stake!
For Freedom’s Sake
Gratitude for your service and hope you are standing ready.
You are our the true hero’s of this country! Thank God for you and all the men and women like you! You are the ones that keep us free!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beckle is why I change the channel if ‘The Five’ comes on.
Stopped by just to say , I love what SOS did and we support you 100% . bob beckel is an ass and he proves it everyday.
I LOVE you guys! God bless you!
Thank you, thank you, thank you–for speaking up publicly and saying what is so.
If there’s any treason by any of the players in this, it certainly isn’t you men. Thank you….the fight is being joined at higher volume and with more light…perhaps in time? This had to happen. Thank for being a vocal part of it.