Charlie Daniels’ Open Letter to America’s Enemies: You See Obama, But You Don’t Know America
By Charlie Daniels | February 15, 2016 | 2:31 PM EST
The detention of American Navy sailors by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday after their boats drifted into Iranian territorial waters. (AP Photo)
Something never rang true about the apprehension and boarding of two American Naval vessels by the Iranian Navy. Something just didn’t seem right.
These boats were equipped with the kind of space age navigational devices that should have forgone any doubt where they were within a couple of yards.
If one boat became disabled, why didn't the other boat tow it back to safe international waters?
Barring all else, why didn’t the Iranians abide by centuries old maritime tradition to assist a disabled vessel of a nation you're not at war with? We’re not at war with Iran, or are we?
Why did John Kerry make a public statement praising and thanking the Iranians for their humane treatment of our Naval personnel knowing that Iran had boarded our vessel, disarmed the sailors and forced them to kneel with their hands on their heads? Why would he do so after seeing that Iran had photographed these sailors, using the photo as an embarrassing international public relations ploy and showing the world just how spineless the Obama administration is? Just how much humiliation and insult he is willing to take?
Then, during a parade, the Iranians staged a float with Iranians dressed like American sailors on a boat standing in total submission while being laughed at and ridiculed by the people on the street.
This is tantamount to rubbing America's face in a manure pile. It was an attempt to suggest that America is supposedly weak, spineless and totally unable when it comes to protecting itself. It was meant to suggest that America has become a cowering, impotent nation whose president can be pushed around, humiliated, threatened and ridiculed without any threat of retaliation.
Putin did it, China is doing it, and now a third rate Islamic dictatorship ruled by religious fanatics is pushing Obama all over the board for the rest of the world to see just how easy it is. You can bet there will be much more to follow.
John Kerry should resign, because what he did actually gave aid and comfort to a nation that wants to destroy us. His sickening platitudes enabled the Iranians to farther this farce and humiliate this nation even more by releasing photos of one of the American sailors apparently crying.
America's enlistment rates are down, and morale in our military is low. Obama has fired so many of our most experienced officers and reduced the size of our services to the point that should we be required to fight on multiple fronts we would be severely strained to do so.
How does the rest of the world perceive America under Obama?
We're the nation that stood by and didn't lift a finger when the Iranian public was protesting their government. We voiced no support and did not try to help in any significant way, and the protest was soon quelled.
We're the nation that drew red lines in Syria and watched them being crossed without a whimper.
We're the nation that only uttered a few lukewarm words as Putin invaded the Crimea and the Ukraine.
We're the nation that traded five of the world's most dangerous terrorists for one American deserter.
We're the nation that gave away the store to insure that Iran can finance its terrorist attacks and be assured of having a nuclear device in a few years.
We're the nation that lets anybody who wants to walk across our southern border free reign to do so, and we are the nation that provides sanctuary cities to give them refuge.
NO, WE'RE NOT!!
WE'RE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!
And judging us by the weakness and unwillingness of our president and his flower child administration would be a fatal mistake.
A note to our enemies:
You think you know America, but you only see the tiny, inept, incompetent, cowering political tip of a very big, very capable iceberg.
You don't know the Heartland where the people are fiercely independent and willing to defend this nation with their bare hands if that's what it takes.
You don't know the steel workers in Pittsburgh with muscles that could break a man's neck like a twig.
You don't know the swamp folks in Cajun country that can wrestle a full-grown alligator out of the water.
You don't know the mountain folks in Appalachia who can knock a squirrel's eye out from a hundred yards away with a small caliber rifle.
You don't know the farmers, the cowboys, the loggers and the seagoing folks. You don't know the truck drivers, the carpenters, the mountain men who live off the land, the hard rock miners or the small town cops who keep the peace in the rowdy border towns.
No, you don't know America. You've only seen America through the eyes of an Ivy League ideologue. There are no calluses on his hands, no notches on his gun. He is naive enough to believe that people who only understand power can be swayed by political correctness, kindness and acquiescence.
Soon America will have a new leader, and I pray to Almighty God every day that we will choose the right one.
If so, we will begin the long process of rebuilding the World's greatest military, we will level the playing field in international trade and revitalize American industry, we will give our friends reason to trust us again. Our enemies will have reason to fear us again, and our citizens will have reason to believe again.
No, you don't know America, and you don't want to find out the hard way.
What do you think?
Pray for our troops and the peace of Jerusalem.
God Bless America
Charlie Daniels
Charlie Daniels is a legendary American singer, song writer, guitarist, and fiddler famous for his contributions to country and southern rock music. Daniels has been active as a singer since the early 1950s. He was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry on January 24, 2008.
Charlie is a senile old fossil.
We'll the eagle's been flying slow and the flag's been flying low
And a lot of people's saying that America's fixing to fall
But speaking just for me and some people from Tennessee
We got a thing or two to tell you allThis lady may have stumbled but she ain't never fell
And if the Russians don't believe that they can all go straight to hell
We're gonna put her feet back on the path of the righteousness
And then God bless America againAnd you never did think that it ever would happen again
In America, did you?
You never did think that we'd ever get together again
Well we damn sure fooled you
We're walking real proud and we're talking real loud again
In America, you never did think that it ever would happen againFrom the sound up in Long Island out to San Francisco Bay
And every thing that's in between them is our home
And we may have done a little bit of fighting amongst ourselves
But you outside people best leave us alone'Cause we'll all stick together and you can take that to the bank
That's the cowboys and the hippies and the rebels and the yanks
You just go and lay your head on a Pittsburgh Stealer fan
And I think you're gonna finally understandAnd you never did think that it ever would happen again
In America, did you?
You never did think that we'd ever get together again
Well we damn sure fooled you
We're walking real proud and we're talking real loud again
In America you never did think that it ever would happen againAnd you never did think that it ever would happen again
In America, did you?
You never did think that we'd ever get together again
Well we damn sure fooled you
We're walking real proud and we're talking real loud again
In America, you never did think that it ever would happen again
Didn't Charlie Daniels win a Silver Star in Vietnam?
Oh. Wait. He got a deferment. Never served.
No, you don't know America. You've only seen America through the eyes of an Ivy League ideologue.
This. Line. Is. Classic. 
My Beautiful America
The Charlie Daniels Band
Have you ever spent the late afternoon
watching the purple shadows deepen in Arizona desert?
Or seen a herd of Elk plow their way
through waist deep snow on a cold Colorado dome?
Did you ever see the sun go down in Hawaii,
Or seen the stormy waves break over the rock bound coast of Maine?
Or have you ever see an eagle fly up out of the mists of Alaska?
Or a big October moon hanging full over the still Dakota badlands?
Have you ever tasted the gumbo in New Orleans, Bar-B-Que in Carolina
Or the chicken wings in Buffalo?
Have you ever had Brunswick stew in Macon, or cornbread in Birmingham?
Or brisket slow cooked over hill country mesquite wood?
Did you ever drink the water from a gurgling branch in Utah,
Or, stand on the mountain above El Paso Del Norte
And see the lights twinkling clear over into Mexico?
Did you ever jangle horses in the pre dawn stillness of a perfect Texas day
And watch their shodded hooves kicking up sparks on the volcanic rock?
Or tended a trout line on a foggy Carolina morning,
Or heard the distant song of a lovesick whippoorwill
On a pristine Tenneesee late night?
Have you seen the faces on Mount Rushmore or stood at the Vietnam monument?
Have you ever crossed the mighty Mississippi,
Or been to the daddy of them all in Cheyenne, Wyoming?
Or seen the mighty Vols run out on the football field on a chilly autumn afternoon?
Did you ever see the Chicago skyline from Lake Shore Drive at night?
Or the New England follage in the fall,
Or the summer beauty of the Shenandoah valley,
Or Indiana covered with new snow?
Did you ever seen a herd of wild horses running free
Across the empty spaces in Nevada?
Or caught a walleyed pike out of a cold Wisconsin stream?
Or marveled at the tall ship docked in the harbor at Baltimore?
Did you ever see the early morning dew sparkling on the blue grass,
Or the wind stir the wheat fields on a hot Kansas afternoon?
Or driven the lonely stretches of old Route 66?
Have you ever heard the church bells peal their call to worship
On an early Sunday, in some small town in the deep south?
Or pass through the redwood forest just as the sun was going down?
Have you ever been to Boise or Batchlee or Beaufort or Billings?
Have you ever passed through Sanford or Suffolk or San Angelo?
Have you ever seen the falls at Nigara?
The ice palace in Saint Paul?
Or the Gateway to the west?
This then is America!
The land God blesses with everything
And no Effel Tower: no Taj Mahal;
No Alps; No Andes;
No native hut; nor Royal Palace —
Can rival her awesome beauty,
Her diverse poplulation, her monolithic majesty.
America the Free!
America the mighty!
America the beautiful!
I pledge alligence to the flag of the United States of America
And to the republic for which it stands
One Nation Under God indivisible
with liberty and justice for all!
by Charlie Daniels, a Great America Patriot.
If so, we will begin the long process of rebuilding the World's greatest military
Rebuilding? Rebuilding? This letter is full of humor.
Why does The Great America Patriot Charlie Daniels scare the far-left extremists?
Hey wait a sec, I thought you liked Paul Kantner.
Why does The Great America Patriot Charlie Daniels scare the far-left extremists?
Who here is a "far-left extremist?"
Charlie Daniels isn't scary, he's hilarious!
Hey wait a sec, I thought you liked Paul Kantner.
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I do and like I said, I respect the man and his music unlike the far-left whack-jobs here who express their hatred for Charlie Daniels.
Not surprising though.
Patriotism is not a trait normally associated with liberal extremists.
charlie is a born again blowhard who won't even sing his own songs the way he wrote them.
Interesting perspective here:
In April 2001, China holds US servicemen after US airplane enters China's airspace and makes an emergency landing is Chinese territory. US servicemen held for 11 days by the Chinese. Prisoners released after US apology saying we were "very sorry.". US pays China $34,000 to reimburse China for food and lodging for the 11 days that the US servicemen were held. China held the US plane for over 3 months.
In 2016, Iran holds US servicemen for 16 hours after entering Iran's territorial waters. US boats also released in 16 hours. US apologizes for entering Iranian waters. US makes no other consesions to Iran.
Somehow I missed Charlie's letter after incident #1 when US servicemen were held for 10 days longer, US property was held 3 months longer, and the US paid China to feed and house our servicemen during the Bush presidency.
Poor Charlie. That letter said he felt very humiliated. I hope he feels better one day soon.
Patriotism is not a trait normally associated with liberal extremists.
So speaks the village idiot. At least you are our village idiot.
Now you can go back to kissing Putin's rancid butt Mr. Patriot, terrorist sympathizer.
[Edited on 2/18/2016 by BillyBlastoff]
Hey wait a sec, I thought you liked Paul Kantner.
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I do and like I said, I respect the man and his music unlike the far-left whack-jobs here who express their hatred for Charlie Daniels.
Not surprising though.
Patriotism is not a trait normally associated with liberal extremists.
Who here said "I hate Charlie Daniels?"
What has anyone here ever posted that gives you the right to question their patriotism?
What has anyone here ever posted that gives you the right to question their patriotism?
You just did,"son". Right there. You just posted a question. Questioning is unpatriotic.
Fire on the Mountain is one of my fave albums of all time. That said, his opinions mean no more or less than anyone else's.
daniels is a feeble minded dumb-ass like hank jr, and mule-boy 😛 at least blowcephus has an excuse, [he fell off a cliff onto his head].
[Edited on 2/18/2016 by pops42]
In my opinion, your opinion sucks.
daniels is a feeble minded dumb-ass like hank jr, and mule-boy 😛 at least blowcephus has an excuse, [he fell off a cliff onto his head].
[Edited on 2/18/2016 by pops42]
In my opinion, your opinion sucks.
Agreed. Normally I think CD is a little out there, but this letter is spot on.
No one can question Charlie's good heart or love of the land he's traveled all his life with his music -- Redneck Fiddlin' Man -- Legend of Wooly Swamp -- Grapes of Wrath -- his version of Big Bad John -- Charlie rocks
"America, I Believe In You" CDB
We got some trouble in our own back yard.
Things are are kinda tough, times are kinda hard.
Got a lot of people livin' out in the street, people goin' hungry without nothin' to eat,
and in this land of plenty, this souldn't be goin' on.
We got enough for everybody we just gonna have to pass it along.
Well I'm glad about the fall of communism, I'm glad about the
Berlin wall, and I like seein' old Saddam bite the dust, in fact I'm glad about it all.
And I believe in helping everybody,
but when it comes to all them foreign loans,
I think we oughta remember that charity begins at home.
Yes it starts right now in (America, America,)
I know the sun is risin' on a better day.
(America, America,) we got the power and we know the way.
(America, America,) well let me say a few words about the Red, White, and Blue.
(America, America,) I know you're gonna do it I believe in you.
Now I been tryin' to figure this out, but there's somethin' that I just don't know.
How can you make things better when you
take our jobs, and send 'um down to Mexico?
And then there was this big shot, from the land of the risin' sun.
He said the workin' people in America were lazy and dumb.
Well let me tell you somethin' Jack.
The next time I go on a shopping trip, and take somethin' off of the rack,
if it don't say, "Made in the U.S.A." I'm just gonna put it back.
We can't leave it to the politicians, cause they don't do nothin' but talk,
and it's we the people that are gonna have to walk the walk.
And we can do it right now in (America, America,)
hey I know the sun is risin' on a better day.
(America, America,) yeah we got the power and we know the way.
(America, America,) now let me say a few words about the Red, White, and Blue.
(America, America,) I know you're gonna do it I believe in you.
Well we got the best dang farmers in the whole wide world.
The fastest horses and the prettiest girls. We got the Army, the
Navy, Air Force, and Marines, the mightiest fightin' force the world's ever seen.
We the kinda people that can get thins done,
We're servin' notice that we're still number one.
We got the nerve (We got the nerve.), we got the will,
(We got the will.), we are all together cause you know that we are still.
(America, America,) well I know the sun is risin' it's a risin' on a better day.
(America, America,) hey, hey we got the power and we know the way.
(America, America,) now let me say a few words about the Red, White, and Blue.
(America, America,) cause I believe in you.
Patriotism is not a trait normally associated with liberal extremists.
So speaks the village idiot. At least you are our village idiot.
Now you can go back to kissing Putin's rancid butt Mr. Patriot, terrorist sympathizer.
[Edited on 2/18/2016 by BillyBlastoff]
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Ah, Putin.
The guy who is kicking your boy Obama's a$$ on the world stage.
Notice Obama has finally learned not to draw anymore red lines?
When he does, Putin laughs at Obama and steps right on over the line.
Obama of course immediately backs down.
Charlie Daniels is a Great American Patriot.
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Ah, Putin.
The guy who is kicking your boy Obama's a$$ on the world stage.Notice Obama has finally learned not to draw anymore red lines?
When he does, Putin laughs at Obama and steps right on over the line.
Obama of course immediately backs down.Charlie Daniels is a Great American Patriot.
+1
Didn't read the letter by CD. Won't read the letter. Not interested in his politics & opinions. His political opinions mean no more than anyone on this site, but he uses his musician status as some sort of entitlement or pulpit to venture into a field beyond his profession.
Play your music Charlie. That's what I want from you. Want to talk politics, Charlie - talk to the guys in your band as you ride down the road in your tour bus.
Don't care about any musician's political beliefs - left or right.
I don't get how a draft dodger... to be clear he got a deferment... become a great Patriot?
He wasn't even a conscientious objector. He just didn't serve.
Am I missing something? Did he do something else to make himself a "great patriot". That seems like praise that should be reserved for a hero.
I don't get how a draft dodger... to be clear he got a deferment... become a great Patriot?
He wasn't even a conscientious objector. He just didn't serve.
Am I missing something? Did he do something else to make himself a "great patriot". That seems like praise that should be reserved for a hero.
He got all borned again.
The Revolution will not be televised, but it is pretty clear Charlie will serve and defend his home, America when the time comes. He is upset because he sees what is happening and he does not accept the politically correct justifications/explanations. I don't know if he knows that we are already in the war, the one that will pit every person against a world run by the anti-Christ, but I DO know which side he will be on when that happens. Right now he is fighting as a Patriot for America, later on he will be a Patriot for God. I would not be surprised to find him leading a battalion of rednecks when they are asked to accept the mark of the beast and bow down in submission. For all the naysayers, be glad there is a Charlie Daniels as an example of someone who will not compromise on the things that really matter. Politically incorrect, yes sir, morally correct? Hell Yeah!
Give a rebel yell and ride on cowboy!
I don't get how a draft dodger... to be clear he got a deferment... become a great Patriot?
He wasn't even a conscientious objector. He just didn't serve.
Am I missing something? Did he do something else to make himself a "great patriot". That seems like praise that should be reserved for a hero.
See if this helps:
patriot noun pa·tri·ot ?p?-tr?-?t, -?ät, chiefly British ?pa-tr?-?t
Simple Definition of patriot: a person who loves and strongly supports or fights for his or her country. a person who vigorously supports his country and its way of life. a person who regards himself or herself as a defender, esp. of individual rights, against presumed interference by the federal government.
daniels is a feeble minded dumb-ass like hank jr, and mule-boy 😛 at least blowcephus has an excuse, [he fell off a cliff onto his head].
[Edited on 2/18/2016 by pops42]
I thought it was all them "Outlaw Women ridin' high in '79" that did it to him. He got tamed! 😮
Ever notice how so many on the hard left resort to name-calling and insults instead of actual, thought-out refutations. I used to do this in grade school, but I grew up. It seems that a lot of the spokespeople for the left are stuck in middle school, or lower.
In a real debate they'd be laughed out of the hall.
Grow up!
Billastro
