Country singing-songwriting legend Larry Gatlin recently penned an open letter to the president, calling on the commander-in-chief to act now on the Islamic State, before it’s too late, and bluntly telling him: Mr. Obama, the third World War has arrived.
He began with some words of criticism for Mr. Obama’s golfing habit, Fox News reported.
“The world is not a pretty place right now but I see you have had a chance to play golf,” Mr. Gatlin penned, in Fox News. “Now I play golf and I enjoy it. But I’m not president of the United States … so I have a little more time. But I digress. Let’s skip on down to the really important part … This summer we have now seen two American journalists beheaded by the ‘Islamic State’ — ISIS or IL or IS. We are at war, sir, whether you like it or not.”
Mr. Gatlin referenced World War II and the attack on Pearl Harbor, after which then-president Franklin Delano Roosevelt expressed the belief “our interests are in grave danger” and that the Japanese actually declared war on the United States on Dec. 7. And he asked Mr. Obama to adopt that same spirit with the Islamic State terrorists.
“Forget the fun on the golf course, Mr. President,” Mr. Gatlin wrote. “Mr. President, WORLD WAR III is here. It’s high time we turn our troops loose to let them GO KILL THE BAD GUYS. Turn them loose, sir, and give America another ‘righteous might, so help us God’ moment. Please, sir, before it’s too late. IT’S YOUR SHOT … FORE!!”
• Cheryl K. Chumley can be reached at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.
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