Obama's Trip to Afghanistan

[Red Snake]

Email was forwarded to me from a friend. I xxx'd out the name of the soldier who wrote it because I don't want him to get in trouble for it. Here are his thoughts on Obama's visit.

---------- Forwarded Message ----------
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 where 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 ClamShell (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 home that 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 Cheer leaders 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,
xxx xxxxxxxxxxx
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TF Wasatch
American Soldier

[No Man]

The dood is 100% politician. They exist on both sides of the aisle and stick out like a Hindu in a steak house. That assumes one has an IQ that exceeds the average ambient air temperature in San Diego.

[Common]

LOL at the far right idiots.

snopes.com: Barack Obama in Afghanistan



SHEEP.

[Whitebeard]

Not Sheep, I take offense to that label. Anyone can get causght by a BS spam.

The above comments are not only "factually incorrect," but also "inappropriate" for uniformed Army personnel, according to a statement by Bagram Airfield spokesman Lt. Col. Rumi Nielson-Green.

Barack Obama paid a visit to the Bagram air base on July 20, 2008, but neither went to the "Clamshell" nor played basketball, Nielson-Green told NY Daily News reporter James Meek in a story published July 24. He said Obama took time out to greet home-state troops, shaking hands with them and posing for pictures

News photos of the candidate's visits to Iraq and Afghanistan show that he interacted with rank-and-file American troops while in both countries.

Libitarian rules

[tower]

Umm if you read the snopes article you will see that the e-mail is not a fake.

[sdaddy]

Originally Posted by tower

Umm if you read the snopes article you will see that the e-mail is not a fake.

Not a fake, but apparently false information if you watch the video on Snopes.
Some poor military guy had his family put his tit in a wringer by spreading the e-mail.

[tower]

Yup, he did not play basketball in the "clamshell".

As far as the video, some politicians act different when the cameras are on.