https://freerepublic.com/tag/oamavisit/ en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:14:37 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050985/posts The latest chain e-mail smear against Barack Obama: He "blew off" troops at an Afghan base to shoot hoops for a publicity photo. The letter was apparently written by a Utah Army National Guard intelligence officer in a linguist unit at Bagram Airfield who claimed the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee was rude to G.I.s. "As the soldiers where [sic] lined up to shake his hand he blew them off," wrote the Task Force Wasatch "battle captain." But angry Army brass debunked the Obama-bashing soldier's allegations, which went viral Thursday over the Web and on military blogs such as Blackfive. The... The New York Daily News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050985/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:14:37 GMT