Posted on 07/20/2008 10:18:56 PM PDT by Red Steel
Senator Obama meets troops at Camp Eggers in Kabul
Senator Obama, who has also met military officials there, later had talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
The US politician's trip will also include visits to Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Germany, France and Britain.
It is aimed at bolstering his foreign policy credentials and hitting back at critics who say he does not have the experience to be armed forces' commander-in-chief.
He is part of a congressional delegation, that also includes fellow senators Jack Reed and Chuck Hagel, who are visiting Afghanistan.
"They had breakfast at Camp Eggers with the soldiers," said US Lieutenant Colonel Dave Johnson.
"They sat with the soldiers, shared stories with the soldiers about what is going on in Afghanistan ... shared experiences."
The camp is focused on equipping, training and advising the expanding Afghan army and police forces - part of a US-led effort to help the country defeat a growing threat from extremists.
They sat with the soldiers, shared stories with the soldiers about what is going on in Afghanistan ... shared experiences.
US military spokesman speaking about a delegation, including Barack Obama, visiting troops in Afghanistan.
There has been a 40% rise in attacks by the Taliban this year, mainly against US and British forces.
NATO says the increase is partly down to ceasefires between rebels and the military in Pakistan's lawless tribal area, which provides the Taliban with sanctuaries from which to launch attacks into Afghanistan.
There are currently 36,000 US soldiers in Afghanistan. Mr Obama wants to send two more brigades, 7,000 troops, and shift the emphasis from what he calls the Bush administration's "single-minded" focus on Iraq.
He has called for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq in 16 months.
The US has about four times more troops in Iraq than in Afghanistan. But more of its troops were killed in Afghanistan in both May and June than in Iraq.
Is Hegel to be his VP nominee ?
I wonder if any FReepers with friends/relatives over there can give us the real poop on how this is going down with the troops.
Hegel has lost his bearing.
What a damn waste.
I’d like to know too. Isn’t a shame when you can’t trust your own countries news services for the truth?
I think you summed it up well..
poop
What a farce! The article says that with this hastily planned trip Obama is “hitting back at his critics”. No, he is demonstrating his foreign policy experience is so weak he must visit the world a few months before the election.
This race is going to be about nothing but race it seems...
Thanks, Obama for setting race relations back decades.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is popular among Iraqis.
In two dozen interviews across the country, many told Reuters a black man would understand their plight.
Hisham Fadhil, a doctor in northern Kirkuk added: "He is much better than others because he is black and black people were tyrannized in America. I think he will feel our suffering."
“... shared experiences.”
HUNH!? What experiences did HE have to share?
Perhaps a ride in a tank might do the trick? ;)
Wonder if someone had the nerve to serve him waffles. ;)
Obama is now an expert on Afghanistan, and our forces in country, because he sampled the desert bar at Camp Cupcake (AKA Eggers).
This election is an attempt by liberals and minorities to become the rulers of the majority. If Obama wins, America’s culture will be transformed into the culture of the street and the ghetto, and our laws will become the street violence of the Crips and Bloods.
I wonder if any FReepers with friends/relatives over there can give us the real poop on how this is going down with the troops.”
Yes, I’d give anything to know the real deal on this as well. Because there was one unbelievable report on one of the Sun. morning talk shows that BHO’s a “huge hit” with the troops now that he’s there and that they “really love him.”
I just find this unbelievable.
Hisham Fadhil, a doctor in northern Kirkuk added: “He is much better than others because he is black and black people were tyrannized in America. I think he will feel our suffering.”
Oh, how sadly simplistic and a view (I fear) shared by many non-american people around the world. If ONLY they knew his background and life details, rather than taking him at face value and skin color.
Wonder if someone had the nerve to serve him waffles. ;)”
Only if they were served with....oh, I’m not gonna go there :-)))
but you know what I mean. :-)
In two dozen interviews across the country, many told Reuters a black man would understand their plight.”
Gee, if we’d only known it would’ve been that simple to win the world over - we could have given them a black man like Shelby Steele, Michael Steele, and more. How simple and how much better!!!
No pictures? Must not be many smiling faces.
Obama has no African American heritage.
he was raised by white folk. That does’nt stop
the “empty suit” from injecting race at
every opportunity.
Just being half black means your qualified as black.
Naturally only blacks have this deep understanding of human
suffering and only they can solve the se universal
problems.
let’s discuss Mugawbe’s progress as another liberal annointed savior.
Lots of derisive and sarcastic remarks being made off to the side around here. ;-)
I was wondering if anyone else had noticed.
I would love to see some pictures. Does anyone remember when Kerry took a trip over there and was sitting by himself? Does anyone have that pathetic picture around? Thats what I imagine happening to Hussein.
Knowing that panty waist pacificist/socialist who hates our men and women in uniform was sitting with the brave and courageous soldiers, pretending like he gives a damn about them, makes me nauseous.
Very good point and one NOBODY is talking about.
But,did he eat the bacon on his tray?
I noticed the same thing. There is a video on CNN.com that shows him eating breakfast with the troops only, none of the troops have food.
My brother is in Baghdad, I will be grilling him on what really went down, I don't know if he will be able to tell me though.
I believe it is his 300 foreign policy advisors that provide him with questions and Answers every morning that told hiom to go because there is no excuse that anyone would believe if you want to be President of the United States .
“HALP US BARAK OBAMA WE R STUK HEAR N IRAK”
Does this mean that WE are footing the bill for this trip and not his campaign?
That is lame. If you’re going to spam the threads, use something more clever or humorous that that.
Bacon, promise to get the children a dog...taqiyya.
This sob would do/say anything to get his sorry a$$ into the White House.
Please just stop with the grade school humor pix, BHO as Satan. It is increasingly annoying to see it on all BO threads!
Oh, the gravitas.
Basketball
A ride in a big rig
Looking like a street hustler with his phone on his hip. (taking drug orders perhaps)
Lightweight doesn’t even come close to how unqualified and undeserving this man is of even consideration.
To think that dems hated hillary clinton that much.
None of which will be reported by the liberal media.
We'll all rely on you and others in the area to report the truth.
Guy sure likes to eat.
When I saw him on television he had scrambled eggs and bacon on his tray. I don’t know if he ate the bacon or was just trying to downplay the Muslim image.
Anyway, that’s what caught my eye, I don’t have a clue what he spoke about.
I guess I deserved that... I just got carried away... it was only my second Photoshop :/
sorry... will remember your advice.
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