[fieldmarshaldj]

34 ships... can you imagine the reaction by the media if this were a Republican Emper-, er, President ?

[Non-Sequitur]

34 ships... can you imagine the reaction by the media if this were a Republican Emper-, er, President ?

OK, so if he's flying in and he's spending his time on land why the need to protect the sea lanes?

Any ships in the Indian Ocean are there because of Iraq and Afghanistan and not because of Obama.

[SonOfDarkSkies]

I just reread the article (quickly) and didn’t see that the 34 warships are American ships...perhaps they’re Indian (and perhaps they are actually small vessels).

[spokeshave]

34 warships...40 aircraft and a cast of thousands for a 3 day visit...imagine if he went for a week. ....(we should hope a month and more)

[phobia-dude]

US Presidents usage of our tax payers money for their luxury living is exponentially increasing year after year. This administration takes the cake! 40 airplanes, six limos, 34 ships, 10 helicopters, 500 hotel rooms, 200 million dollars per day! It is not his money!

Do you suppose the unemployed citizens, who are having problems rounding up $50 to pay the phone bill, can get angry on such a waste? The popular media, including trivial shows like Oprah need to scream with indignation about wasting $200 million per day! We need to reduce the government waste.

[dufekin]

34 ships... can you imagine the reaction by the media if this were a Republican Emper-, er, President ?

I seem to remember a past President who went to visit one warship once. The media complained about it for years. Even years later, they went into fits of incessant whining about it for weeks on end. Perhaps that was only because he actually bothered to greet the sailors on that particular warship.