Truth Decay

Truth Decay

'Truth decay' aptly describes the growing lack of concern for truth among influential players in our society.  I got the phrase from Douglas Groothuis.  Truth itself, of course, cannot decay, but truthfulness can and is.  We are in trouble, deep trouble.  Victor Davis Hanson collects some examples in Lying, Inc.:
Everyone knows that “Hands up, Don’t Shoot” was an outright lie [3]. Michael Brown never did or said that. Forensics, logic, and the majority of eyewitness accounts confirm that the strong-armed robber struggled with a policeman, lunged at his weapon, ran away, and then turned and charged him, not that he was executed in polite submission.
Does that lie matter? Not at all. “Ferguson” is routinely listed as proof of police racist brutality — and by no less than the president of the United States. Michael Brown is now the Paul Bunyan of the inner city. U.S. congressional representatives and professional athletes alike chant and act out “Hands up, Don’t Shoot” dramatics. The public shrugs that although it is all a lie, it is felt to be sort of true on the theory that something like that could happen one day, and thus it is OK to lie that it already has. Most knew that the strong-arm robber Michael Brown was about as likely a “gentle giant” as Trayvon Martin was still a cute preteen [4] in a football uniform.
Community agitator and frequent White House visitor Al Sharpton has lied repeatedly about his income taxes [5] and the reasons why he cannot produce accurate tax records, in the manner that he habitually lied about the Tawana Brawley case, the Duke Lacrosse caper, and the Ferguson “hands up, don’t shoot” meme. The public assumes both that Sharpton is an inveterate liar and that to dwell on the fact is either a waste of time or can incur charges of illiberality or worse. Most are more interested in his more mysterious, almost daily-changing appearance than the untruth that he hourly espouses.
Hillary Clinton, to be candid, is a habitual fabulist. She entered public life lying about everything from her 1-1000 cattle futures con to the location of her law firm’s subpoenaed legal documents. Recently she has been unable to tell the truth in any context whatsoever. She will lie about big and small, trivial and fundamental, from the immigrant myths about her grandparents to the origins of her own name Hillary to her combat exposure in the Balkans. The subtext of “what difference does it make” was something like: “Even if you find out that I lied about the run-up to and follow up on the Benghazi killings, it won’t matter in the least to my career.” She was right, of course, in her assumption that lying had career utility and brought more pluses than negatives, as her current presidential campaign attests.
Her press conference on the disappearing emails was unique in American political history in that everything Ms. Clinton said was, without exception, a demonstrable untruth. It is not that no one believes her, but rather than no one can possibly believe her when she insisted that she would have needed multiple devices for multiple email accounts, or that public officials routinely alone adjudicate what is and is not public and private communications, or that other cabinet officers apparently created, as she did, exclusively private email accounts — and servers — for public business or that security personnel on the premises protect the airwaves from hackers. Even her own supporters know that she lied, and trust that it likely will not hamper her presidential run. Her life has become about as real as that of Annie Oakley’s.
Both Hillary and Bill Clinton lied about almost every aspect of the Clinton Foundation. She knew that the foundation was created to spend 90% on travel and insider salaries and benefits, and 10% on direct grants to charities, that it offered thin moral cover to skullduggery, and that it drew donations from zillionaires, who in turn offered Bill Clinton lopsided lecture fees that he otherwise would not have commanded, and expected favorable U.S. government treatment for their cash. Hillary assumed that beneath the skin of a “charitable organization” the three Clintons ran a veritable shake down operation that resulted in mother, father, and daughter becoming multimillionaires. The Clintons will expect the issue to dissolve, either on the premise that the notoriety cannot do much more damage to the already sullied Clinton name, or that the Democratic Party feels that it can nominate no other candidate who raises as much money and is so recognizable as the proverbial prevaricator Hillary Clinton.
President Obama’s approval ratings seem to have gone up almost in direct proportion to the degree he has lied. On over twenty occasions [6] in reelection scenarios, Obama lied in stating that he would not issue blanket amnesties and order non-enforcement of current immigration law given that it would be unconstitutional and unlawful to do so. We accept at the time that such assurances were about as truthful as his convenient opposition to gay marriage — rhetorical constructs that warp and weave according to the realities of the next election. Who objects when Obama’s lying is felt to be for the higher cause of equality of result?
Almost every element of his promises about Obamacare — easy online signups, reduced premiums and deductibles, maintenance of current policies and doctors [7], national savings, and less frequent emergency room use were not just untrue, but realized in advance as simply not possible. Almost every parameter that Obama outlined in advance about the current Iranian talks proved about as true as were his redlines to Syria should it use chemical weapons. As a good community organizer, Obama accepts that his noble goals are government-mandated egalitarianism and that such utopian agendas require any means necessary to achieve them. And so he lies and the public seems bored and apparently appreciates why he must do so.
When elites customarily lie without much consequence, the public follows their examples.

Does It Really Matter???

STEP BY STEP...

IN HITLER’S GERMANY THEY WATCHED AS THEY CAME FOR THE JEWS.

IN HITLER’S GERMANY THEY WATCHED AS THEY CAME FOR THE GYPSIES .

IN HITLER’S GERMANY THEY WATCHED AS THEY CAME FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS .

IN HITLER’S GERMANY WHEN THEY CAME FOR THEM...IT WAS TOO LATE.

WHENS ( this is shocking)

WHEN I FINISHED READING THIS I WAS SHORT OF BREATH.

Looking back through the past 4 years, many "Whens“ pop up. Read them all to better understand where we are going  as a country.

WHEN - he refused to disclose who donated money to his election campaign, as other candidates had done, people  said it didn't matter.

WHEN -he received endorsements from people like Louis Farrakhan, Muramar Kaddafi and Hugo Chavez, people said  it didn't matter.

WHEN -it was pointed out that he was a total newcomer and had absolutely no experience at anything except community  organizing, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN -he chose friends and acquaintances such as Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn who were revolutionary radicals,  people said it didn't matter.

WHEN -his voting record in the Illinois Senate and in the U.S. Senate came into question, people said it didn't  matter.

WHEN -he refused to wear a flag lapel pin and did so only after a public outcry, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN -people started treating him as a Messiah and children in schools were taught to sing his praises, people  said it didn't matter.

WHEN -he stood with his hands over his groin area for the playing of the National Anthem and Pledge of Allegiance,  people said it didn't matter.

WHEN -he surrounded himself in the White House with advisors who were pro-gun control, pro-abortion, pro-homosexual  marriage and wanting to curtail freedom of speech to silence the opposition, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN -he said he favors sex education in kindergarten, including homosexual indoctrination, people said it didn't  matter.

WHEN -his personal background was either scrubbed or hidden and nothing could be found about him, people said  it didn't matter.

WHEN -the place of his birth was called into question, and he refused to produce a birth certificate, people said  it didn't matter.

WHEN -he had an association in Chicago with Tony Rezko- a man of questionable character and who is now in prison  and had helped Obama to a sweet deal on the purchase of his home - people said it didn't matter.

WHEN -it became known that George Soros, a multi-billionaire Marxist, spent a ton of money to get him elected,  people said it didn't matter.

WHEN -he started appointing White House Czars that were radicals, revolutionaries, and even avowed Marxist /Communists,  people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he stood before the Nation and told us that his intentions were to “fundamentally transform this Nation"  into something else, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - it became known that he had trained ACORN workers in Chicago and served as an attorney for ACORN, people  said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he appointed cabinet members and several advisers who were tax cheats and socialists, people said it didn't  matter.

WHEN - he appointed a Science Czar, John Holdren, who believes in forced abortions, mass sterilizations and seizing  babies from teen mothers, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he appointed Cass Sunstein as Regulatory Czar who believes in "Explicit Consent," harvesting human organs  without family consent and allowing animals to be represented in court, while banning all hunting, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he appointed Kevin Jennings, a homosexual and organizer of a group called Gay, Lesbian, Straight, Education  Network as Safe School Czar and it became known that he had a history of bad advice to teenagers, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he appointed Mark Lloyd as Diversity Czar who believes in curtailing free speech, taking from one and giving  to another to spread the wealth, who supports Hugo Chavez, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN -Valerie Jarrett, an avowed Socialist, was selected as Obama's Senior White House Advisor, people said it  didn't matter.

WHEN -Anita Dunn, White House Communications Director, said Mao Tse Tung was her favorite philosopher and the  person she turned to most for inspiration, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he appointed Carol Browner, a well-known socialist as Global Warming Czar working on Cap and Trade as the  nation’s largest tax, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he appointed Van Jones, an ex-con and avowed Communist as Green Energy Czar, who since had to resign when  this was made known, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN- Tom Daschle, Obama's pick for Health and Human Services Secretary could not be confirmed because he was  a tax cheat, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - as President of the United States, he bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he traveled around the world criticizing America and never once talking of her greatness, people said it  didn't matter.

WHEN - his actions concerning the Middle East seemed to support the Palestinians over Israel, our longtime ally,  people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he took American tax dollars to resettle thousands of Palestinians from Gaza to the United States, people  said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he upset the Europeans by removing plans for missile defense system against the Russians, people said it  didn't matter.

WHEN - he played politics in Afghanistan by not sending troops early-on when the Field Commanders said they were  necessary to win, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he started spending us into a debt that was so big we could not pay it off, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he took a huge spending bill under the guise of stimulus and used it to pay off organizations, unions,  and individuals that got him elected, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he took over insurance companies, car companies, banks, etc., people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he took away student loans from the banks and put it through the government, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN -he designed plans to take over the health care system and put it under government control, people said it  didn't matter.

WHEN -he claimed he was a Christian during the election and tapes were later made public that showed Obama speaking  to a Muslim group and ‘stating' that he was raised a Muslim, was educated as a Muslim, and is still a Muslim, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN -he set into motion a plan to take over the control of all energy in the United States through Cap and Trade,  people said it didn't matter.

WHEN-he finally completed his transformation of America into a Socialist State, people woke up--- but it was too  late. Add these up one by one and you get a score that points to the fact that Barrack Hussein Obama is determined to turn America into a Marxist-Socialist society. All of the items in the preceding paragraphs have been put into place. All can be documented  very easily. Before you disavow this do an Internet search. The last paragraph alone is not yet cast n stone. You and I will write that paragraph.Will it read as above or will it be a happier ending for most of America?

Don't just belittle the opposition. Search for the truth. We all need to pull together or watch the demise of  a free democratic society. we need to seek the truth and take action for i t will keep us FREE. Our biggest enemy is not China, Russia, North Korea or Iran. Our biggest enemy is our complacent selves. The government will not help, so we need to do it ourselves.

It’s your decision. does IT matter?......AND WHEN.

David's Sling is Resurrected

The Real Power Behind "David's Sling"
     No matter which side the international community falls regarding the U.S./Iran "deal" on nuclear weapons, all can agree that Israel has a huge stake in the outcome.  It's always interesting to peruse the different media sites to try and determine how the "official spin" is being perceived.
     U.S. media outlets seem hesitant to declare it a victory for the U.S. (or the world), as all signs point to further stalling by Iran and continued development of their nuclear capabilities.  Furthermore, the U.S. seems to be more concerned with protecting Iran's "right" to nuclear expansion, than to the concerns of our ally, Israel, over overt Iranian threats to their homeland.
     Russia Today, (RT), a global multilingual television news network based in Moscow and funded by the Russian government, asserts that the recent testing of Israel's anti-ballistic missile system, called "David's Sling" is in reaction to the latest in the Iran nuclear talks.  This short-range ballistic missile defense system is designed to intercept medium range missiles from nearby Gaza, Syria, and Lebanon, home of the Shi'a Islamist militant group and political party, Hezbollah -- who, have sworn to annihilate Israel, and not surprisingly, hailed the news that Iran is closer to securing a nuclear bomb.
     Keeping in line with that sentiment, The Daily Star, a news outlet in Lebanon, declared that the preliminary success of "David's Sling" would not protect Israel "from the threat posed by Hezbollah’s ever-expanding and varied arsenal of missiles and rockets."  In fact, The Daily Star wrote that an assessment by the Israeli army released within the last week predicts that Israel could be hit by as many as 1,500 rockets a day in the next war, leaving hundreds dead and requiring mass evacuations.  They also predicted that "the success rate of Israel's 'Iron Dome' and 'David’s Sling' in knocking out Hezbollah’s rockets is largely irrelevant."  The substance of the article states that Hezbollah, and Israel's enemies, should have no problem evading "David's Sling."
     Perhaps all those who are willing to discount Israel's latest defense system should do a little historical research.  I'm sure you realize that it is no coincidence that Israel chose to name its anti-ballistic missile system after the choice of weapon of their legendary Shepherd King, David.  Israel's ancient enemy, the Philistines, also mocked the effectiveness of the original David's sling.  But those who oppose Israel in modern times should take heed of the outcome of the battle between the slight, young, boy and the giant named Goliath.  Interestingly enough, RT refers to Israel's latest anti-ballistic missile system as "unique, small, and agile", a description that could as easily be applied to David, as he engaged in his epic battle.
     Just as today, there seemed to be a huge discrepancy in the weapons the enemy combatants chose; and it looked as if David's sling was no match for the 9 foot giant, Goliath, whose protective armor weighed over 150 pounds, and who carried a spear that measured 26 feet!  But as those watching the ancient battle soon concluded, it was a mistake to underestimate David's sling or the power behind it.

     First of all, David's sling was a formidable weapon.  It has been argued by experts in ancient warfare that a good slinger hurled a stone as far and accurately as a good archer.  One Roman writer noted that opponents in leather armor were in far greater danger from sling missiles than arrows. Even if the stone did not penetrate the armor, it was capable of inflicting a fatal internal injury.
     Now consider that David, the shepherd boy, had ample practice slinging his stones at wolves, lions, and bears who attempted to attack his sheep.  He boasts to King Saul that he has killed any threat to his herd by this simple method.  Then consider that David probably wound up his sling with a circular arm motion, slinging around probably at six or seven revolutions per second.   Experts on ballistics have speculated that the stopping power of the rock fired from David's sling was roughly equal to the stopping power of a [.45 caliber] handgun.  It was an incredibly devastating weapon when applied to the center of Goliath's forehead!
     Of course, you realize that the real power behind David and his sling was the God of Israel.  David, representing the nation of Israel, declared that, with his sling, he would be delivered out of the hand of his enemies.  He prophesied that all would see that the battle was the Lord's, and that he, David, was supported by the hosts of heaven.
     If I was going to pick a name for a weapons system to protect Israel, none could be found more appropriate than "David's Sling".  Remember last summer's rocket attacks from the Palestinian militants, Hamas, against Israel?  Do you remember the miraculous interventions and divine miracles attributed to the Iron Dome defense system?  I think we can expect more such miracles for Israel, as God defends her from those who wish to destroy her.
     As I pray for the peace of Jerusalem, I also pray for the salvation of the Jews and that they make the connection between their Shepherd King David and his Holy descendant, their Messiah.  Let them call on His Name in their time of trouble, just as King David called on YHWH in his battles.  Let them recognize the source of their protection, and let the world take note of the power behind "David's Sling" ....

Psalm 27:3    Of David ... Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident.

A Very Inconvenient Man.

Apr 6 at 6:53 PM
   148 Christians massacred in a Kenyan school, beheadings of Christians all over the middleast, and Christians being murdered or forced to flee for their lives and barely a whimper from Obama. We have Americans wrongfully imprisoned in Iran and somehow freeing them isn't important enough to mention in the nuke talks.  But no big deal.  We've got Christianity being attacked by athiests, liberals, Marxists, Muslims all over America and not a word about that either.  Could it be that this president reared in Muslim schools and who once identified himself as a Muslim on his passport could actually want Christianity destroyed?

   He has not only allowed Christian persecution to go undeterred, but now he's turned his sights on our only democratic ally in the middle east.  Could somebody please tell me why Israel is not a part of the nuke talks since they have been identified by Iran as their #1 target for destruction?  If not in the talks, at least serving as a valuable advisor to the Obama's regime?  Does the leader of the free world throw Israel under the bus in favor of supporting the IslamoNazi regime in Iran?  His hatred for Netanyahu and Israel is so blatant that he doesn't even try to hide it.  He does however, expect republican senators and representatives to hide their support for Israel and in turn support him in facilitating Israel's demise.

   It's even getting hard for far left extremist libs to support him on this issue.  Course they won't be very obvious about their doubts because after all, political power and control is more important than the wellbeing of Israel and the free world.  So they say as little as possible (just enough to fool their Jewish voters into thinking they care), just as does the media.  But make no mistake, these liberal vermin will vote against any republican bill that tries to improve or clarify American interests in this pro-Muslim treaty.  They can't let the republicans have a political victory on the verge of an election year.

   Hillary is out of the loop on this one.  Seems her server is out of order. God help us

America, Irretrievably Lost

Time is like a river. You cannot touch the water twice, because the flow that has passed will never pass again. Written by a USMC Vet.

The American Dream ended (on November 6th, 2012) in Ohio . The second term of Barack Obama will be the final nail in the coffin for the legacy of the white Christian males who discovered, explored, pioneered, settled and developed the greatest Republic in the history of mankind.

A coalition of Blacks, Latinos, Feminists, Gays, Government Workers, Union Members, Environmental Extremists, The Media, Hollywood , uninformed young people, the "forever needy," the chronically unemployed, illegal aliens and other "fellow travelers" have ended Norman Rockwell's America . The Cocker Spaniel is off the front porch... The Pit Bull is in the back yard. The American Constitution has been replaced with Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals" and Chicago shyster, David Axelrod, along with international Socialist George Soros will be pulling the strings on their beige puppet to bring us Act 2 of the New World Order.

Our side ran two candidates who couldn't even win their own home states, and Chris Christie helped Obama over the top with a glowing "post Sandy " tribute that elevated the "Commander-in-Chief" to Mother Teresa status. (Aside: with the way the polls were run, he didn't need any help!) People like me are completely politically irrelevant, and I will never again comment on or concern myself with the aforementioned coalition which has surrendered our culture, our heritage and our traditions without a shot being fired.

You will never again out-vote these people. It will take individual acts of defiance and massive displays of civil disobedience to get back the rights we have allowed them to take away. It will take Zealots, not moderates & shy not reach-across-the-aisle RINOs to right this ship and restore our beloved country to its former status.

Those who come after us will have to risk their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to bring back the Republic that this generation has timidly frittered away due to "white guilt" and political correctness... An American Veteran......... Semper-Fi

The Genius of the Shoe Bomber and what it nets him

Date: Saturday, January 17, 2015, 1:17 PMShoe Bomber Sentenced

This is an interesting judgment.  Too bad it was not publicized more. Remember the guy who got on a plane with a bomb built into his shoe and tried to light it? Did you know his trial is over? Did you know he was sentenced? Did you see/hear any of the judge's comments on TV or Radio? I didn't think so.!!!
Everyone should hear what the judge had to say.

Ruling by Judge William Young, US District Court:

Prior to sentencing, the Judge asked the defendant if he had anything to say.

His response: After admitting his guilt to the court for the record, Reid also admitted his 'allegiance to Osama bin Laden, to Islam and to the religion of Allah,' defiantly stating, 'I think I will not apologize for my actions' and told the court 'I am at war with your country.'

Judge Young then delivered the statement quoted below:

'Mr. Richard C. Reid, hearken now to the sentence the Court imposes upon you.
On counts 1, 5 and 6 the Court sentences you to life in prison in the custody of the United States Attorney General. On counts 2, 3, 4 and 7, the Court sentences you to 20 years in prison on each count, the sentence on each count to run consecutively. (That's 80 years.) On count 8 the Court sentences you to the mandatory 30 years again, to be served consecutively to the 80 years just imposed. The Court imposes upon you for each of the eight counts a fine of $250,000 that's an aggregate fine of $2 million.
The Court accepts the government's recommendation with respect to restitution and orders restitution in the amount of $298.17 to Andre Bousquet and $5,784 to American Airlines.The Court imposes upon you an $800 special assessment. The Court imposes upon you five years supervised release simply because the law requires it. But the life sentences are real life sentences so I need go no further.This is the sentence that is provided for by our statutes. It is a fair and just sentence. It is a righteous sentence.

Now, let me explain this to you. We are not afraid of you or any of your terrorist co-conspirators, Mr. Reid. We are Americans. We have been through the fire before. There is too much war talk here and I say that to everyone with the utmost respect. Here in this court, we deal with individuals as individuals and care for individuals as individuals. As human beings, we reach out for justice. You are not an enemy combatant. You are a terrorist. You are not a soldier in any war. You are a terrorist. To give you that reference, to call you a soldier, gives you far too much stature. Whether the officers of government do it or your attorney does it, or if you think you are a soldier, you are not-----, you are a terrorist. And we do not negotiate with terrorists. We do not meet with terrorists. We do not sign documents with terrorists. We hunt them down one by one and bring them to justice.

So war talk is way out of line in this court. You are a big fellow. But you are not that big. You're no warrior. I've known warriors. You are a terrorist. A species of criminal that is guilty of multiple attempted murders.

In a very real sense, State Trooper Santiago had it right when you first were taken off that plane and into custody and you wondered where the press and the TV crews were and he said:"You're no big deal."

You are no big deal. What your able counsel and what the equally able United States attorneys have grappled with and what I have as honestly as I know how tried to grapple with, is why you did something so horrific.

What was it that led you here to this courtroom today? I have listened respectfully to what you have to say. And I ask you to search your heart and ask yourself what sort of unfathomable hate led you to do what you are guilty and admit you are guilty of doing? And, I have an answer for you. It may not satisfy you but as I search this entire record, it comes as close to understanding as I know.

It seems to me you hate the one thing that to us is most precious. You hate our freedom. Our individual freedom. Our individual freedom to live as we choose, to come and go as we choose, to believe or not believe as we individually choose.

Here, in this society, the very wind carries freedom. It carries it everywhere from sea to shining sea. It is because we prize individual freedom so much that you are here in this beautiful courtroom, so that everyone can see, truly see, that justice is administered fairly, individually, and discretely. It is for freedom's sake that your lawyers are striving so vigorously on your behalf, have filed appeals, will go on in their representation of you before other judges.

We Americans are all about freedom. Because we all know that the way we treat you, Mr. Reid, is the measure of our own liberties.Make no mistake though. It is yet true that we will bear any burden; pay any price, to preserve our freedoms.

Look around this courtroom. Mark it well. The world is not going to long remember what you or I say here. The day after tomorrow, it will be forgotten but this, however, will long endure. Here in this courtroom and courtrooms all across America, the American people will gather to see that justice, individual justice, justice, not war, individual justice is in fact being done.

The very President of the United States through his officers will have to come into courtrooms and lay out evidence on which specific matters can be judged and juries of citizens will gather to sit and judge that evidence democratically, to mold and shape and refine our sense of justice.

See that flag, Mr. Reid? That's the flag of the United States of America. That flag will fly there long after this is all forgotten. That flag stands for freedom. And it always will.

Mr. Custody Officer. Stand him down.

So, how much of this Judge's comments did we hear on our TV sets?
We need more judges like Judge Young.
Pass this around. Everyone should and needs to hear what this fine judge had to say. Powerful words that strike home.

A HISTORY LESSON

A  HISTORY LESSON.  MOST OF US ALREADY KNOW THIS. ALL OF US  SHOULD.                  

You  may recall that a few weeks ago, President Obama spoke of three former  Presidents making prisoner swaps at the end of wars that took place on their  watch, "much like this swap" he said convincingly.  

CNN  News carried this quote,   “This  is what happens at the end of wars,” President Barack Obama boasted Tuesday when  he was asked about swapping an American Army Sgt. Deserter for five vicious  Taliban terrorists. "That was true for George Washington... That was true for  Abraham Lincoln and that was true for FDR.  That’s been true of every  combat situation, that at some point, you make sure that you try to get your  folks back... And that’s the right thing to do.”    
Really?    
That  statement blatantly demonstrates that the most powerful man in the World and two  term President of the United States lacks even a grade school level of knowledge  of American History; specifically, history as it relates to three of our most  famous presidents and it demonstrates again that we have essentially elected a  foreigner who has no understanding of the very country that he reigns supreme  over.  Then again, he was educated at an Ivy league school so you can't  expect too much.  
What's  wrong with his statements? Let's keep it simple--  EVERYTHING is  wrong!  
George  Washington did not become president until six years after the Revolutionary War  ended in 1783. By 1789 there were no longer any prisoners for him to exchange.
FDR  died of a stroke before the end of WWII.  Like Lincoln, he stayed dead  after the war so he couldn't do what this jerk says he did. You'll recall that  Harry S. Truman made the decision to drop two nuclear bombs on Japan, ending  World War II. He made no deals for prisoners.  
None  of the Presidents that Obama noted were in office at the ends of those wars,  making it impossible for them to make any sort of prisoner swaps, let alone the  5 for 1, plus unspecified cash, for a deserter and traitor by our "57 States"  president.  
It  should be pointed out that many deserters and traitors were shot or hung during  all three of the aforementioned wars.  
What  amazes one even more than the ignorance of the President is that he has managed  to surround himself with a staff that is just as clueless.