Why does the President, regardless of party, always have to say something like this?

Hey, those guys in Afghanistan calling themselves the "Kill Squad" who went around killing innocent civilians and posing with their bodies smiling and laughing and sent emails to each other talking about how they should drive through the streets in their hummer throwing candy out the back to gather up kids and then mow them are very brave, and the entire Company that knew this was going on and didn't report it are brave too.