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Obama to visit Iraq, Afghanistan before election
AP on Yahoo ^ | 6/16/08 | Nedra Pickler - ap

Posted on 06/16/2008 11:00:12 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

FLINT, Mich. - Barack Obama says he is going to visit Iraq and Afghanistan before the November election.

The presumed Democratic presidential nominee said he spoke with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on Monday about the war and told him he looks forward to seeing him in Baghdad.

Obama has said before he was considering a trip, but his comment to reporters Monday was his first firm declaration that he will be making the trip. He said more details will be announced shortly.

He said he told Zebari that he was encouraged by the reductions of violence in Iraq, but that as president he will carefully move to end U.S. combat operations in Iraq.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; cicobama; iraq; obama; wot
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1 posted on 06/16/2008 11:00:13 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

Corkscrew landings and sniper fire and all?!?!?!?...............


2 posted on 06/16/2008 11:01:07 AM PDT by Red Badger (NOBODY MOVE!!!!.......I dropped me brain............................)
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., acknowledges the crowd with Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., during a rally at Kettering University in Flint, Mich., Monday, June 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)


3 posted on 06/16/2008 11:01:30 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE toll-free tip hotline 1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRget!!!)
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To: NormsRevenge

Wow! Wonder what gave him that idea.


4 posted on 06/16/2008 11:04:10 AM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: NormsRevenge

Well, this should be interesting. I wonder if he’ll actually learn anything while he is there that will change his perception on the WOT - not that he would admit it if he did.


5 posted on 06/16/2008 11:04:44 AM PDT by LibertyRocks (The LibertyRocks Blog - http://libertyrocks.wordpress.com & ALL NEW: http://NObama.blogetery.com)
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To: NormsRevenge

“He said he told Zebari that he was encouraged by the reductions of violence in Iraq, but that as president he will carefully move to end U.S. combat operations in Iraq”
*****

If you;re just going to send our troops home, why do you have to waste their time by going there?


6 posted on 06/16/2008 11:04:51 AM PDT by max americana
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To: NormsRevenge

It’ll be interesting to see if this has any affect on the stalled “Status of Forces” agreement. Iraq wants more control over coalition military operations in exchange for a basing treaty. When the UN resolutions expire the agreement would be the legal basis for the continued presence of coalition troops.

Just thinking that Iraq might need to throw in its hand to get a quick agreement with the Bush Administration.


7 posted on 06/16/2008 11:05:21 AM PDT by Tallguy (Tagline is offline till something better comes along...)
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To: LibertyRocks

He might learn (keyword being might) what the troops think of his “We’re losing” beliefs in the face of ours and the Iraqi troops’ successes.


8 posted on 06/16/2008 11:05:56 AM PDT by RWB Patriot
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To: Retired Greyhound

Wow! Wonder what gave him that idea.

Photo ops.


9 posted on 06/16/2008 11:07:16 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE toll-free tip hotline 1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRget!!!)
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Iraqi and Afghan terrorists will hold pro-Obama parades but US troops will turn their backs on B-Hussein-O.

I’m not kidding. My friend who spent two years as a translator in Iraq tells me that the anti-American majority is rooting for Hussein bigtime.


10 posted on 06/16/2008 11:08:40 AM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: NormsRevenge
Probably a reaction to McCain's recommendation that Obama visit Afghanistan / Iraq.

After the visit, The Magic Negro will have more traction in his campaign.

McCain is an idiot because he does not understand the consequences of his statements.

11 posted on 06/16/2008 11:09:56 AM PDT by Cobra64 (www.BulletBras.net)
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To: Retired Greyhound
Wow! Wonder what gave him that idea.

This guy:

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"Hi. I'm John McCain. Vote for me."

12 posted on 06/16/2008 11:14:27 AM PDT by Cobra64 (www.BulletBras.net)
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To: Red Badger

If he’s supposed to send our troops back home, why does he waste THEIR time going there?


13 posted on 06/16/2008 11:16:37 AM PDT by max americana
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To: NormsRevenge

I hope he takes Kwame and his Mama with him and leaves them there.


14 posted on 06/16/2008 11:23:35 AM PDT by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: NormsRevenge
"Obama to visit Iraq, Afghanistan before election"

Good solid decision! It helped Katie Couric tremendously. /s

15 posted on 06/16/2008 11:25:16 AM PDT by avacado
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To: NormsRevenge

He wants to symbolically deliver the knife that will stab our troops in the back.


16 posted on 06/16/2008 11:26:43 AM PDT by samtheman (McCain is throwing away a landslide victory and opting for a landslide defeat.)
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To: NormsRevenge
Barak “The surge will never work, no way” Obama, is now going to visit Iraq? Over 3 weeks after McCain had been constantly inviting him to go see the surge work in Iraq?
Funny.
Obama has already failed in his first task as a potential Commander in Chief, and McCain has passed with flying colors. McCain was right on the surge, and the wet-behind-the-ears Obama was totally wrong. In an unsafe world, to elect the clueless, naive Obama will be a disaster for America's security.
17 posted on 06/16/2008 11:26:43 AM PDT by KevinJohnson
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To: NormsRevenge

Obama, the MSM-created Messiah, is the ME-Awaited Mehdi.


18 posted on 06/16/2008 11:41:05 AM PDT by melancholy (Obama, the MSM-created Messiah, is the ME-Awaited Mehdi .)
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To: melancholy

I’ll believe it when I see it. My bet is he doesn’t show in Iraq Or Afghanistan


19 posted on 06/16/2008 11:53:27 AM PDT by TeddyCon
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To: NormsRevenge

I hope our soldiers are not being forced to play along with his photo-op plans. They should give this punk the reception he deserves.


20 posted on 06/16/2008 12:01:58 PM PDT by SolidWood (Refusal to vote for McCain is active support of Obama. Period.)
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