Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Ralph Peters published a brilliant column that debunks Obama’s myth that we always try to rescue our troops, no matter the circumstances. Consider this excerpt: “Our media elite … instantly became experts on military justice. …one talking head after another announced that ‘we always try to rescue our troops, even deserters.’ Uh, no. ‘Save the deserter’ is a recent battle cry of the politically indoctrinated brass. For much of our history, we did make some efforts to track down deserters in wartime. Then we shot or hanged them.” More…