June Was Deadliest Month for U.S. Troops in Iraq in 3 Years: Michelle Obama Didn’t Know U.S. Troops Were Still in Iraq

The New York Times recently reported that June was the deadliest month in 3 years for U.S. troops fighting in Iraq. (To the families of those who were lost, I can never express to you the pride I take in fact that they gave their lives for this country.)

Ironically, it appears Michelle Obama, First Lady of the U.S., wasn’t even aware we still had troops in Iraq. I make this point based on a speech she gave at fundraiser in California a few weeks ago wherein she listed reasons we should give her husband a second term, and one of the reasons was “the withdrawal of troops from overseas.” (Again, I am treading lightly here because I would never want to seem to be making light of a soldier’s sacrifice; and especially a soldier’s death in combat. But it is simply asinine that this woman – speaking during the month of June 2011 – was bragging about how her husband had supposedly brought the troops home from overseas, all the while June 2011 was shaping up to be the deadliest month for our troops overseas [in Iraq] since 2008.).

In that same California speech, Ms. Obama said of her husband, “This man does not take a day off.” Meanwhile, back on earth, the official tally for Obama golf outings is 75 since taking the oath of office.

While giving another speech at a different fundraiser, Ms. Obama said: “He works so very hard every day. It’s unbelievable, starting first thing in the morning every day, and going late into the night. Hunched over briefings, reading every single word of every single memo he gets. …Making sure he knows more than the people briefi