Major H/T to Hot Air for highlighting Obama, the Commander-in-Chief's, complete ignorance in their Obamateurism of the Day.
The link provided shows recent slipups by Obama but points to one specific one in an interview with KSDK in St Louis, Missouri, when he was asked about the new 22-minute film ‘Dishonorable Disclosures’ by a group of former Special Forces troops and intelligence operatives.
Perhaps most seriously, however, was Obama’s slip in an interview with KSDK in St Louis, Missouri when he was asked about the new 22-minute film ‘Dishonorable Disclosures’ by a group of former Special Forces troops and intelligence operatives.
‘I won’t take this film too seriously,’ he responded. ‘I gather that one of the producers is a birther who still doesn’t think I was born in this country.
‘You’ve got one who was a candidate, a Republican candidate for office. And a proud card carrying member of the Tea Party. So this is obviously a partisan film.
‘I’d advise that you talk to General McRaven, who’s in charge of our Special Ops. I think he has a point of view in terms of how deeply I care about what these folks do each and every day to protect our freedom.’
The difficulty with this is that William McRaven is and admiral not a general. As a SEAL, he is member of the US Navy, not US Army or US Marines
Granted, not everyone knows the difference in ranks for individual branches of service, but as President, Commander-in-Chief of that very Military, Obama shouldn't have made this blunder, gaffe, mistake, whatever one chooses to call it.
Had Four-Star Admiral William McRaven been in any other branch, Army, Air Force or Marines, Obama would have correctly named the top rank but the Navy's top rankings go from Captain, to Rear Admiral (Lower Half), Rear Admiral (Upper Half), Vice Admiral, Admiral Chief of Naval Operations / Commandant of the CG, to Fleet Admiral.
See for yourself, there are no Generals in the U.S. Navy Ranks.
22 Minute Video below- Dishonorable Disclosures