Many here on FR can answer this with high precision.
Kind of goes along with reports of his snubbing troops in other areas on this “trip” as well...
Maybe he just isn’t “feeling the love” he thought he would. Not receiving the “reverence” he had hoped for (as mentioned on his trip to Jerusalem).
That’s okay, he can still pose for photos with the actors at the Brandenburg Gate DRESSED as US military.
"UPDATE: A very interesting email from a source I must protect suggests that Obama's visit to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center had the green light until a campaign staffer raised a stink about going with Obama. (There are rules meant to ensure candidates do not use soldiers or military bases for campaign purposes, and they state that personal and committee staff may accompany a sitting senator on a visit but campaign staff may not.) I am told that when one of Obama's campaign staff was told he or she would be denied access, the visit was canceled.
The last-minute cancellation speaks more poorly of this unidentified staffer than of Obama himself. But in the end, shouldn't Obama have been able to say, "fine, the staffer stays in Berlin (or where-ever) and I'm going to Landstuhl? Can he still say so?"
I’m shocked
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Chauncey Obama would rather meet with the adoring German Socialist fascists than with those who ended their slaughter fest in WWII.
From the son of a friend today,
Hello everyone,
As you know I am not a very political person. I just wanted to pass along that Senator Obama came to Bagram, Afghanistan for about an hour on his visit to “The War Zone.” I wanted to share with you what happened. He got off the plane and got into a bullet proof vehicle, got to the area to meet with the Major General (2 Star) who is the commander here at Bagram,
As the Soldiers were lined up to shake his hand he blew them off and didn’t say a word as he went into the conference room to meet the General. As he finished, the vehicles took him to the Clam Shell (pretty much a big top tent that military personnel can play basketball or work out in with
weights) so he could take his publicity pictures playing basketball. He again shunned the opportunity to talk to Soldiers to thank them for their service.
So really he was just here to make a showing for the American’s back homethat he is their candidate for President. I think that if you are going to make an effort to come all the way over here you would thank those that are providing the freedom that they are providing for you.
I swear we got more thanks from the NBA Basketball Players or the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders than from one of the Senators, who wants to be the President of the United States. I just don’t understand how anyone would want him to be our Commander-and-Chief. It was almost that he was scared to be around those that provide the freedom for him and our great country.
If this is blunt and to the point I am sorry but I wanted you all to know what kind of caliber of person he really is. What you see in the news is all fake.
In service,
********************
TF Wasatch
American Soldier
Can’t stand the sight of blood, can you, Barry? Or is it because in a military hospital, visitors, particularly non-dependents, are required to observe/show silence, solemnity, respect, and empathy (the real kind) to the wounded, and you just don’t have it in you to do that?
I hated it when VIPs were coming to visit. Everything had to look pretty, or else heads would roll.
Since half the threads I start on this website which I provide all the required information in the posting fields and I believe fall under the FR categories provided are deleted by the mods for reasons that remain a mystery to me, I really shouldn’t respond how I really feel about the subject of this thread or I’ll be banned for life. Appears I’m on thin ice with this site so I’ll just keep quiet.
But I’ll post this: To the brave warriors in those German hospitals, my prayers are with you all.
In another thread: G.I. In Afghanistan: Obama “Blew Them Off”
Scumbag.
Obama refuses to meet with injured US military at Landstuhl hospital- prefers to work out at gym instead
He just got nailed for this on Fox by Sen. Kyl.
Obama can simply proclaim he is not campaigning to give a speech but he can't do the same to visit wounded soldiers.
Yeah well, the troops are participating in an “illegal” war.
No candidate wants to be seen with lawbreakers.
(/sarcasm)
John McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said, “Barack Obama is wrong. It is never inappropriate to visit our men and women in the military.”From Fox News.