Obama in Afghanistan

Politico ^ | 7-19-08 | Mike Allen

[STARWISE]

LOL .. fashion, fickleness, fecklessness and filosophy .. ;)

[OKIEDOC]

Seems everywhere I turn today for news it is something positive for that assclown Obama or some Democrat traitor.

[montag813]

Obama is scoring lots of points calling for more troops to be sent to Afghanistan. And a report from Petraeus indicated that foreign fighters are leaving Iraq in defeat and to Afghanistan. So why aren’t we sending more troops to Afghanistan? We should follow and destroy them where they go, and it would cut Obama’s rhetoric off at the knees.

[SE Mom]

This entire trip is a charade being played out by the MSM. I haven’t turned the tv on today. I don’t think I can stand watching the foolish gushing that has become the free press.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

U.S. Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama (L) stands with Gul Agha Shirzai, the governor of Nangarhar province, in the city of Jalalabad east of Kabul July 19, 2008. U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama met the commander of U.S. troops in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday to talk about the war he says is not getting enough attention from the Bush administration. REUTERS/Nangarhar Governer's Office/Handout (AFGHANISTAN)

[easternsky]

This whole thing sickens me. He is using our Troops to try and make himself look good. True Wisdom consists not in seeing what is immediately before our eyes, but in forseeing what is to come. God have mercy on America.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

In this photo released Saturday, July 19, 2008, by the the U.S. Army, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., listens as Maj. Gen. Charles A Anderson, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Central Command explains the differences between Humvee's at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.........

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

In this photo rendered from video via APTN, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama speaks to troops, in Kuwait, Friday, July 18, 2008. Obama met Saturday with officials of a region of Afghanistan that has been a hotbed of Taliban and al-Qaida activity, offering his support for reconstruction and security there and throughout the country, an official said. (AP Photo/APTN)

[tiredoflaundry]

fershure.................... LOL

[Enchante]

"explains the differences between Humvee's at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait........."

...... "NO, Senator, I must tell you again, that is not a 'tank' and it's most certainly not an M1A2 Abrams...... this is simply what people call a 'Humvee'..... NO, Senator, it is not a 'Bradley' it a 'Humvee'...... NO, it is not a 'Striker'..... Senator, this is a 'HUMVEE' ..... GOT IT NOW, SIR?"

[Enchante]

"She is the former ABC News Congressional correspondent"

..... and so of course we know her to be objective, unbiased, rigorous, competent, honest, professional..... who just happens to have the hots for Obambi.

[Enchante]

that was ‘Stryker’...... but Obambi doesn’t know what one is no matter how it’s spelled.

[NRA2BFree]

He was in and out of Afghanistan in 2 hours and 45 min. Just long enough to have pictures taken to prove to Americans that he’s savvy about the operation there. What a coward. LOL He was too chicken to go out and meet with the troops.

[STARWISE]

By 3:03 p.m., the senator was on the aircraft, having been saluted by a member of the military on his way aboard. At 3:09 p.m., the plane’s door was closed. Four minutes later it was in motion and wheels up at 3:17 p.m., taking off to the south.

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WHY would've a military officer saluted Obama?

[Bahbah]

WHY would've a military officer saluted Obama?

Good question. Are they required to salute Senators?

[PghBaldy]

The video says media aren't allowed becase it's a CO(ngressional) DEL(elegation). Is that true? Does anyone know if media banned from CODEL ?

[PghBaldy]

Arms crossed where’s the body ;anguage expert. He’s NOT going to say much there, except through BODY LANGUAGE.

[Captain Shamrock]

The room in that video is the TF Bayonet briefing room at Jalalabad Air Field. The pictures on the wall are of the 33 soldiers killed during the 15 month deployment. The 9 soldiers killed last Sunday are not up on the wall yet.

[STARWISE]

Thank you and God bless you for your service.
May the souls of the heroes rest in peace.
We can never repay them .. God comfort their
hurting families.

[Salvation]

Good grief, how did he get the military honchos to pose with him for the photo op?