[OldDeckHand]

Listen, Obama's a tool. We shouldn't expect anything else. But, isn't there anyone on that HUGE White House staff that understands the appropriate protocols here? Can't Obama at least find a competent hand-holder to keep him from embarrassing the country.

[madinmadtown]

Obama would never listen....he is always smarter than everyone else. He knows nothing about the military or military history, yet he declines to take any advice from the experts in Afghanistan.
And even if he did listen, he seems to have the memory of a pea. He can't go off script from the teleprompter, even the dumbest football athlete can at least stay on message for a thirty second interview. Obama doesn't even seem capable of that.