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Obama opens foreign tour in Kabul
BBC News ^ | July 19, 2008

Posted on 07/19/2008 8:16:33 AM PDT by Schnucki

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Asked what message he would convey to Afghan and Iraqi leaders, Mr Obama said: "I'm more interested in listening than doing a lot of talking."
1 posted on 07/19/2008 8:16:33 AM PDT by Schnucki
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“at the start of a high-profile international tour.”

It’s high profile because the Obama campaign and his friends in the media are making it as high-profile as possible.

Do these people realize how silly they look? One contrived trip overseas is supposed to make Obama a foreign policy expert.


2 posted on 07/19/2008 8:25:08 AM PDT by popdonnelly (Boycott Washington D.C. until they allow gun ownership)
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To: Schnucki

Sometimes I listen to myself, he said. It’s like the tree in the forest. :0


3 posted on 07/19/2008 8:25:22 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (I'm planting corn...Have to feed my car...)
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To: Schnucki; Bender2; Lil'freeper

"The Magical Mystery Tour is waiting to take you away. Waiting to take you away, take you today..."

4 posted on 07/19/2008 8:34:23 AM PDT by big'ol_freeper ("Preach the Gospel always, and when necessary use words". ~ St. Francis of Assisi)
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Contrary to what lil dick morris says, I predict this trip will be a wash. Nobody who isn't voting for barack mcgovern already will be impressed with what the ash holes euro trash have to say, and his stop in Israel will don't nothing but show how stupid he thinks Jews are. He is doing an amazingly low 57% with Jews now. That number will sink even further after this insulting double talk trip. Wait until someone asks him about partictioning Jerusalem and he gives some empty bull shiite answer. Yeah that will fool the Jews, sure it will.
5 posted on 07/19/2008 8:41:14 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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“at the start of a high-profile international campaign tour.”

Just thought I's clear it up a bit.

6 posted on 07/19/2008 8:41:20 AM PDT by tbpiper (NObama '08 - Unfit in any color)
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Obama spent a whopping 2hr and 45 min. in Afghanistan before flying out. That’s leadership!


7 posted on 07/19/2008 8:50:58 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Black dogs and bacon bombs.)
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he only spent 3 hours in Afghanistan.


8 posted on 07/19/2008 9:34:47 AM PDT by television is just wrong
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“he only spent 3 hours in Afghanistan.”

It sounds like he is overnighting there. He was in Jalalabad for only 3 hours.


9 posted on 07/19/2008 11:10:02 AM PDT by cw35
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To: Schnucki; kristinn; Squantos; SandRat; Captain Shamrock; NormsRevenge; elhombrelibre; Allegra; ...

Mr Obama addressed US troops in northern Afghanistan

Where did he do that?

10 posted on 07/19/2008 12:32:22 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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What’s he talking about in this picture? No warm friendly smiling faces in that crowd.


11 posted on 07/19/2008 12:34:02 PM PDT by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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To: cw35; television is just wrong; Rebelbase
He is in Afghanistan for two days...see this FR Thread:

Obama Begins Two-Day Visit to Afghanistan

12 posted on 07/19/2008 12:35:05 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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Photo maybe from Kuwait....


13 posted on 07/19/2008 1:51:00 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: K-oneTexas
See above ...and this thread:

Barack Obama addresses troops in Afghanistan

Althought the data with the photo seems to indicate Kuwait....

14 posted on 07/19/2008 1:54:54 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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Mr Obama addressed US troops in northern Afghanistan

Where did he do that?

IN KUWAIT!

15 posted on 07/19/2008 4:35:22 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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He also said the US military should focus on that country rather than Iraq.

File photo shows US President George W. Bush (right) shaking hands with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in New York. US President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki have agreed to set a "time horizon" for US troop withdrawals as part of a long-term security pact (AFP/File/Jim Watson)

Iraq's Sunni Arab bloc rejoins government (They're BAack!!)link.

16 posted on 07/19/2008 5:07:53 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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To: Fred Nerks; K-oneTexas; Schnucki; popdonnelly; jmaroneps37; Rebelbase
Thanks,...and the European Press is breathless:

Obama takes his White House campaign to the battlefields,/b>

Of course many of the photos are not with troops on the Afghanistan battlefront....though the Leftist press would like us to believe they are....

17 posted on 07/19/2008 5:16:10 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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Obama takes his White House campaign to the battlefields

Jason Burke The Observer, Sunday July 20, 2008

...The tour, aimed at boosting his foreign affairs credentials with voters at home and introducing himself to world leaders for the first time, started with visits to American troops on the front line...

Maybe he's the one with his hands over his ears?

18 posted on 07/19/2008 5:37:22 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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To: Fred Nerks

LOL/


19 posted on 07/19/2008 5:41:09 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Our troops are forced to stand behind this clown. Wonder if he told them off line how he plans on decimating our military if he gets elected.


20 posted on 07/19/2008 5:41:24 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Duncan Hunter was our best choice...Now we are left with a bunch of idiots.)
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