Just ask John Kerry (did you know he was in Vietnam?).
Posted on 12/03/2010 10:34:13 AM PST by Justaham
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan – President Barack Obama arrived here tonight on an unannounced visit to thank U.S. forces and meet with American officials.
Air Force One touched down at the sprawling air base at 8:35 pm local time after a 13-hour flight from Washington. Obama, dressed in a brown leather bomber jacket and dark slacks, was met by Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan and U.S. ambassador Karl Eikenberry.
Obama is expected to remain on the ground for only three hours in what had been planned as a six-hour visit. Bad weather will prevent him from leaving the base to go to Kabul, where he had been scheduled to meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
Instead, Obama will talk to Karzai on a videoconference.
Obama is then scheduled to go to the base hospital, where he will visit with patients and present Purple Hearts to four of the wounded. He will then address troops — most of them from the 101st Airborne Division — after an introduction from Petraeus.
The surprise visit comes as Obama and his national security advisers are in the middle of a review of the administration’s war strategy almost a year to the day he announced a troop surge in Afghanistan in a speech at West Point. But the White House stressed that the main point of Obama’s trip is for him to thank the troops for their service, particularly during the holiday season.
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A personal delivery of a suitcase full of millions for the TalibanTools...nice Christmas present
“Obama arrives in Afghanistan on surprise visit “
Sounds like the beginning of a bad joke.
Uh...Thanksgiving was LAST week, Obozo.
Whew .
Now the media has an excuse to ignore the bad employment and manufacturing numbers.
The order of the day is Obamagasms!
Listening to his speech. He just assured the troops that he & Michelle will remind the American people of the troops’ sacrifice.
My god, that made me want to hurl. Like we need those two to remind us of anything related to the military and their service.
Megan Kelly on FNC said he would only be there for 3 hours. Suppose it is for a photo op?
He has gotten hardly any applause. He is bombing with the troops. They aren’t stupid. They know what is going on.
Obama sure has a knack for fleeing to other countries whenever there is bad news happens at home. What a freaking coward.
You know he's in real trouble now..............
Probably took a wrong turn.
“Instead, Obama will talk to Karzai on a videoconference. “
Really knows how to treat an ally.
He is on another Escape from Reality tour...
The Messiah can visit Afstan 365 days and it won’t change a thing he is History.
What percent of our military gives a blank???
He spent THREE HOURS there!
President Barack Obama slipped unannounced into dangerous Afghanistan on Friday for a hurried holiday season visit with U.S. troops, but plans for a face-to-face meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai were abruptly scrapped.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101203/ap_on_re_as/as_obama
Best speech to the troops since he became President..I wanted it to be good for the sake of our troops so I listened.
May God Protect Our Military Men and Women
The scuttlebutt is that Karzai is OOT and not due to come back to town anytime soon. Apparently, no one checked.
Since its all above his paygrade, maybe they should give him a rifle and make him walk a post.
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