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Analysis: Obama achieves defining TV shot in Iraq
AP on Yahoo ^
| 4/7/09
| Steven R. Hurst - ap
Posted on 04/07/2009 2:48:04 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama went for the defining television shot in Iraq and got it pictures of hundreds of U.S. troops cheering wildly as he told them it was time for the Iraqis to take charge of their own future.
The war zone photo opportunity produced a stunning show of appreciation for Obama from military men and women who have made great sacrifices, many serving repeated tours in a highly unpopular war.
And the televised outpouring of affection likely will prove critical to the credibility of a new and liberal commander in chief as he tries to sell U.S. warriors and the American public on the grim prospects now facing them in Afghanistan.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: achieves; analysis; defining; goebels; goebelswouldbproud; iraq; obama; purepropaganda; tvshot
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To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
04/07/2009 2:49:40 PM PDT
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: NormsRevenge
Uh oh. The AP. Quick delete the information, they don’t want you to see it.
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To: NormsRevenge
His entire term is just one big ‘wag the dog’.
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posted on
04/07/2009 2:50:35 PM PDT
by
Canedawg
(Conservatism is the antidote to tyranny- M. Levin)
To: NormsRevenge
President Bush went to Iraq to see the troops. Obammy went there for the troops (and the media) to see him.
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posted on
04/07/2009 2:50:55 PM PDT
by
manic4organic
(We Are S0 Screwed)
To: NormsRevenge
Another MSM type with leg twinges.
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posted on
04/07/2009 2:52:09 PM PDT
by
dirtboy
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posted on
04/07/2009 2:53:06 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
To: manic4organic
President Bush went to Iraq to see the troops. Obammy went there for the troops (and the media) to see him.And if my memory serves me correct, they said Bush was pulling a stunt with his unannounced Thanksgiving vist.....
.....Obama will be hailed as a hero.
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posted on
04/07/2009 2:54:17 PM PDT
by
SteamShovel
(Global Warming, the New Patriotism)
To: NormsRevenge
the televised outpouring of affection likely will prove critical to the credibility of a new and liberal commander in chief.. I just threw up in mouth. What utter nonsense.
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posted on
04/07/2009 2:54:21 PM PDT
by
Jeff Gordon
(I don't trust Obama with my country. Do you?)
To: NormsRevenge
Did the bozo land at George Bush International Airport when he claimed victory?
he spends all week in Europe apologizing for the US going into Iraq and hanging a genocidal dictator, goes to Turkey and promises that only now will US finally respect muslims, then flies into Iraq and tells the GI’s they accomplished a historic achievement by establishing an arab democracy
what an azzhat
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posted on
04/07/2009 2:56:07 PM PDT
by
silverleaf
(We live in interesting times: now the entire IRS works for a tax evader)
To: NormsRevenge
So the liberal media admits that what Obama did is a PR stunt but that this the only thing he has been doing since he ran for President and it is the only thing he can do and will be doing.
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posted on
04/07/2009 2:56:48 PM PDT
by
jveritas
(God Bless our brave troops)
To: NormsRevenge
My money says troops were invited to participate and only those who
wanted to attend, did.
How many declined?
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posted on
04/07/2009 2:57:58 PM PDT
by
Las Vegas Ron
(I'd rather the world hate us then laugh at us)
To: jveritas
maybe they are reluctantly acknowledging the bloom is off the rose... all we have left is the thorns.
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posted on
04/07/2009 2:58:38 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
To: NormsRevenge
Notice who is clapping and who is not clapping...
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posted on
04/07/2009 3:00:02 PM PDT
by
Jeff Gordon
(I don't trust Obama with my country. Do you?)
To: Jeff Gordon
Zero has no credibility. Doing something that President Bush did - and many members of his administration did - on numerous occasions and without any media circus tagging behind - does not translate to instant “street cred” amongst most in the military.
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posted on
04/07/2009 3:00:43 PM PDT
by
Skywarner
(The U.S. Armed Forces... Producers of FREEDOM for over 200 years!!)
To: Jeff Gordon
He looks like he just did the Saudi King again in that pic
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posted on
04/07/2009 3:02:24 PM PDT
by
Las Vegas Ron
(I'd rather the world hate us then laugh at us)
To: NormsRevenge
When the going gets tough this defeatist will fold like he did before and betray our troops and our nation as he did all the time, as he did when he voted against every bill to fund the troops, as he did when he voted against the surge that brought us victory in Iraq, as he did when he accused our troops of attacking innocent civilians.
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posted on
04/07/2009 3:02:45 PM PDT
by
jveritas
(God Bless our brave troops)
To: NormsRevenge
I work with a woman who used to recently be in the Army. She gushes all over Obama and literally hates W’s guts. There are those types out there.
To: NormsRevenge
So the entire point of this article is that Obama achieved his PR goals. Way to report on what’s important, AP.
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