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OBAMA Has Come and Gone - Report from Jalalabad Air Field
First Hand Account ^ | 19 JULY 2008 | Captain Shamrock

Posted on 07/19/2008 8:17:19 AM PDT by Captain Shamrock

B. Hussein Obama has come and gone on his visit to Jalalabad Air Field in eastern Afghanistan. He landed about 1515 local and was gone by 1800, which is more than enough time for any Democrat to check the Natioanl Defense box, and he is now just as qualified as John McCain to speak on all matters related to Operation Enduring Freedom.

During his visit he toured the Task Force (TF) Bayonet 173rd Brigade (Sky Soldiers!) Headquarters and Tactical Operations Center (TOC).

Well, that's the big news from the front line fellow FReepers. Keep up the fight at home and we'll do our part here.

God Bless, Captain (Now Major) Shamrock


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; jalalabadairfield; obama; obamavisit; obamawarzonetour
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To: Captain Shamrock

He got his photo-op for the news and Sunday programs.


61 posted on 07/19/2008 8:44:02 AM PDT by Finalapproach29er (Democrats still want to Impeach Pres. Bush and/or VP Cheney; keep your eye on these House hearings.)
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To: Captain Shamrock
Jan 2006, Obama visited Iraq...This was right after the Iraqi elections. He also INTENDED to visit Jordan, Israel and meet with the Palestinians.

HE NEVER VISTED AFGHANISTAN before THIS TRIP as far as I can see.

62 posted on 07/19/2008 8:44:24 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (I'm planting corn...Have to feed my car...)
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To: rawhide

He has gotta get to the gym


63 posted on 07/19/2008 8:45:51 AM PDT by woofie
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To: Captain Shamrock

I wonder if his little buddy Hagel was with him on the tour as expressed by the newsbreaks on AM radio here in VA.


64 posted on 07/19/2008 8:46:23 AM PDT by commonguymd (Freedom and individual liberty is for everyone, including the odd and weird people like you.)
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To: Captain Shamrock

Come on, Captain. That can’t be the long and short of it. The sun shone, right? The temperature moderated, didn’t it? Tables appeared with manna and cool drinks which replenished themselves as needed, yes?

Thanks for your service, Captain, and may you get your tongue in cheek self back home soon and safe.


65 posted on 07/19/2008 8:46:47 AM PDT by Bahbah (Typical white person-Snow white)
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To: Captain Shamrock
Just posted this:

43% - Obama Not Tough Enough ( Will the visit to the War Zones turn the opinion around????)

66 posted on 07/19/2008 8:46:51 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Captain Shamrock

Thanks for your quick report (almost as quick as BHO’s visit) and congratulations on your promotion!

God bless you...and a grateful nation thanks you!


67 posted on 07/19/2008 8:47:01 AM PDT by Iluvpopcrn (Karen)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; BOBTHENAILER; devolve; Grampa Dave; gonzo; Fred Nerks

Check off Afghanistan, staff. Fifty-six to go.

68 posted on 07/19/2008 8:47:01 AM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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To: Captain Shamrock

Yesterday assuming his trip was to Iraq I posted:

“A day? Two days? How long is Obama going to be in Iraq? Long enough to state he’s been there? He’ll listen to what he wants to hear, and won’t listen to that which he doesn’t want to hear.

He’ll come back and say “we will pull out of Iraq” just as he says today, but DA’s across the spectrum will say “He’s been there, he knows that of which he speaks”.”

I blew it didn’t I. He went to Afghanistan instead of Iraq, and spent all of what, 2 hours and 45 Minutes.

This will make him the expert on the WOT per MSM.

I’m going to email all on my list so they know just how long this mighty warrior leader spent in Afghanistan.


69 posted on 07/19/2008 8:47:05 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists...call 'em what you will...They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: elhombrelibre

70 posted on 07/19/2008 8:49:27 AM PDT by Coffee200am ("We should all be living in mud huts and riding bicycles to avoid killing the polar bears..."/s)
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To: woofie

Yes, we must protect the poppy fields. Without opium, what is a community organizer to do?


71 posted on 07/19/2008 8:50:54 AM PDT by depressed in 06 (Bolshecrat, where patriotism is replacing the stars in the flag with hammers and sickles.)
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To: Coffee200am

lol!

wonder what comment #60 was.


72 posted on 07/19/2008 8:52:44 AM PDT by txhurl
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To: Captain Shamrock

Thanks, Major.


73 posted on 07/19/2008 8:54:16 AM PDT by doug from upland (8 million views of HILLARY! UNCENSORED - put some ice on it, witch)
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To: txflake

I didn’t get to see it...dang!


74 posted on 07/19/2008 8:55:09 AM PDT by Coffee200am ("We should all be living in mud huts and riding bicycles to avoid killing the polar bears..."/s)
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To: Captain Shamrock

His report-

” I stopped here.....and I ah, ah, talked to a ah, ah, number of our ah, ah, ah, warriors and most expressed ah, ah to me, that ah, ah, ah, they were sick and tired of ah, ah, ah, fighting and wanted us to ah, ah, ah, leave in ah, ah, in 16 months ah, ah, or less. Ms. Couric lined up these brave men and women for us.


75 posted on 07/19/2008 8:55:28 AM PDT by dbacks (Should we really elect a man that would not be allowed to be an airport baggage screener?)
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To: Captain Shamrock

The radical left anti-war rhetoric during Vietnam included stories of Officers flying into Vietnam for a few hours to “get their ticket punched” or qualify for “combat pay”.

Of course it was all meant to riddicle the military leadership.

And now their prospective Commander in Chief does what?


76 posted on 07/19/2008 8:56:53 AM PDT by Doctor Raoul (Fire the CIA and hire the Free Clinic, someone who knows how to stop leaks.)
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To: Captain Shamrock

Like Clark Griswold at the Grand Canyon.


77 posted on 07/19/2008 8:56:53 AM PDT by Crawdad (If you're in a fair fight, your tactics suck.)
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To: Captain Shamrock

Did they have to threaten the soldiers to get them to take a picture with him? (Like they had to do with Hillary, no one wanted to get near her in Iraq a few years ago).


78 posted on 07/19/2008 8:57:39 AM PDT by ClarenceThomasfan (Praise the Lord, we will never have to hear the words "President Hillary Rodham Clinton")
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To: GreyFriar

Purple heart.


79 posted on 07/19/2008 8:58:00 AM PDT by shineon
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To: Crawdad

Coming soon to a theater near you, National Lampoon’s “Obama Vacation”.


80 posted on 07/19/2008 8:58:03 AM PDT by Doctor Raoul (Fire the CIA and hire the Free Clinic, someone who knows how to stop leaks.)
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