Posted on 06/14/2013 4:54:50 AM PDT by marktwain
President and Mrs. Obama are planning a trip to sub-Saharan Africa later in the month, but the White House has scotched a plan to include a Tanzanian safari on the agenda after a reporter revealed that a team of snipers with high-powered military assault rifles would accompany him in the wild.
The Washington Post reported Thursday afternoon that the itinerary's dangers 'would have required the presidents special counterassault team to carry sniper rifles with high-caliber rounds that could neutralize cheetahs, lions or other animals if they became a threat.'
The newspaper based its report on a confidential planning document leaked from someone in the administration.
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The trip could be among the most expensive journeys a president has taken in recent memory, with price forecasts ranging between $60 million and $100 million. His recent appearances in Israel cost taxpayers an estimated $10.9 million.
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'Mr. Obama shouldnt need special counter-assault teams to neutralize threats,' Second Amendment Foundation founder Alan Gottlieb told MailOnline. 'Hes got the IRS for that, doesnt he?'
'Oh, thats right,' he noted with tongue in cheek: 'Lions, cheetahs and other animals arent conservative taxpayers.'
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What soft language! What, do we think that Rutherford B Hayes took more expensive vacations? Not in recent memory, sure, but maybe ol' Rutherford really went overboard? I doubt it.
And "among the most"? Why don't we list the top 5 most expensive presidential vacations, and see if this safari would be "among" that list, or right at the top by a wide margin. Hmmmmmmm?
I just had a vision of obama being eaten by a Lion... the Lion passed moochy up... the Lion said that she smelled “bitter”.
LLS
Obvious sarcasm alert!
Perhaps “sequester” finaly reached home. As I recall his words, “Make it hurt”. There is no reason we should pay for this or any other trip until our troops get fed and equipped properly, they are the defenders of the asshat president. Time for him and mooooooochey Michelle to be gone!
My God...no African safari? I mean...think of the children.This means that those girls will be in therapy for the rest of their lives.How callous of we members of the great unwashed to deny these fine young women a portion of their birthright.Well,at least they got to stay in a $10,000/night Spanish luxury villa.At taxpayers’ expense.
something doesnt seem right here. Someone within the WH leaked this to the Washington Post and they printed it???
That sounds like an intentional leak to their source WAPO
Which we on FR worked out cost as much per minute as invading India would have done.
I think because it would upset PETA and look funny to gun control nutters.
Confirmed!
Obama’s November 2010 trip to India cost taxpayers at least $200 to $250 million a day.
send those guys to our local schools instead
our best commodity for the future that must be protected to that extent are our children...
heck the new snipers rifles can turn anyone into a deadly sniper.
Besides, his DADDY is on his deathbed and Barry needs to go see him. Cover the top half of this face, who do you see?
Yeah, they could call a film about this adventure Coming to Africa.
I cannot say how much I wish he would decide to stay there.
African Safari? Last President to do that I think was T Roosevelt. I’d love to see this pansy try to duplicate that trip.
Did Bush and Clinton have this incredible amount of security when they went to the region? 24x7 air cover and the like?
This whole story is whacked - or the people who planned the safari and protection are just plain stupid.
The whole point of a safari is to get close to the animals - a sniper is not needed - just a good, fast shot sitting in the vehicle with the president in case one of the critters decides to hitch a ride.
I walked all over the Riff Valley at night and I still have all my pieces/parts.
The snipers are not for the animals, they are for some renegade coptic christians who might try to slip down there and visit him about their plight.
It is. It's an intentional leak to deflect from the real reason they are going to South Africa.
Barry on 'safari'? That would last about as long as his CLAY PIGEON SHOTGUN event, which was 5 minutes. After the SS saw Obama trying to handle a shotgun, there was no way they wanted to be on 'safari' with him and him having some kind of weapon in his hands.
Most safari shooting in Africa is done with a camera.
Although the Arabs have set themselves up with a nice “little” game preserve where they can fly in and blast anything walking, crawling or flying. Locals and their cattle are being displaced to make room. The Masai are not happy.
You mean after all the pissin on the military, scuttling Commanders, undermining the CIA, killing Seal Team 6, that the Won is fearing he might actually turn into the ONE. Never trust a whole bunch of crack shot crackas with “don’t miss” guns.
Maybe he can bring in his muslim friends for security, just like Calypso Louie.
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