Posted on 03/20/2015 6:37:25 PM PDT by W.
On Monday when Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani visits Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland will once again serve as the venue for important geopolitical negotiations on seemingly intractable issues, a role it has played for more than seven decades.
But as Secretary of State John F. Kerry and other Cabinet members host the Afghan president, one major U.S. figure will not be present — President Obama.
The president’s absence is just one signal of how the role of the cloistered compound in the Catoctin mountains has changed under this president, a city dweller who prefers gym workouts and golf courses to hiking trips or fly-fishing expeditions.
For several of Obama’s predecessors, Camp David was a critical refuge from the public spotlight and a chance to spend time outdoors, as well as a forum for soft-touch presidential diplomacy.
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And what a load of self-serving jerk-offs we’re saddled with now. Half a Congress full of communist traitors and the other half scared to death of an off-white half-breed and his presstitute army.
Great picture. Tells the truth.
Oh my gosh! lol...the stuff u write...just plain funny...(yeah, but w/ 3 glasses of wine! ...)
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