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In reply to the discussion: JUST STOP IT! [View all]sagetea
(1,368 posts)President Obama came to the Standing Rock reservation and told us that he had our backs and the backs of our children. We gave him a name, he was adopted into the tribe.
He very well could have stopped what was happening before the Vets got there. And thank god that he did finally stop it, because it was about to get worse.
I have never been to war, but in talking to the Vets that were there before all the other ones came, it is a whole different story when you are facing police in full military uniform, who happen to be the same countrymen as you. It's daunting! I can only imagine how people that we are at war with feels like to see somebody in full US military uniforms and full permission to kill them feel right before a soldier takes their life. But to feel it from another that is not only from your country, but state and took an oath to protect and to serve the people of that state, it hurts, deeply. I hope you never know how that feels. And given the fact that WE Are all Americans, we ARE given the RIGHT to be angry, hurt, saddened, about the president and express it, is a first amendment right. That feeling that no one is speaking up for us again, that is quite painful!
I love this president, I love his beautiful wife and daughters, for the last eight years I felt that I could breathe, that finally, finally, someone understood our purpose in this country, the pride we carry along with 500 + years of being called a dirty injun, a dirty drunk injun. Not being allowed to participate in our own Spiritual beliefs until the late 70's, of only one side of history that ever got told, and our history is still not being told after all this time.
But, his telling us that "We'll let this play out for a few weeks" was extremely disheartening, then the water cannons in freezing temperatures came, and to us, it was nothing but another lie. You have to understand the amount of betrayal that came with that. There is deep rooted anger and pain. President Obama knew that, yet he still waited to act.
I still believe, that President Obama IS the best president in my lifetime. I am ever honored that I got to live in this time that he is our president. I honor him, I honor you for your loyalty to him, and to all on this site who do, he is a very good man, and I believe that he would have done more to protect us if it wasn't an election year. My heart tells me that.
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