Barack Obama 'wanted to join US military'

Telegraph UK ^ | 9/7/08 | Toby Handen

[pissant]

Barack Obama has said he considered joining the United States military when he left school but decided not to because the Vietnam war was over and "we weren't engaged in an active military conflict at that point".

The statement is thought to be the first time during the 19-month-long presidential campaign that the Democratic nominee for the White House has indicated he once wanted to serve in uniform. The aspiration was not mentioned in either of his two volumes of memoirs.

Mr Obama was asked by George Stephanopoulos of ABC's "This Week" programme whether he'd ever thought about military service and replied: "You know, I actually did. I had to sign up for Selective Service [a means of conscription in case of war] when I graduated from high school.

"And I was growing up in Hawaii. And I have friends whose parents were in the military. There are a lot of Army, military bases there.

[pissant]

Is Ears telling the truth?

[stockstrader]

Yarite,,,and Hillary Clinton wanted to be a Marine too....lol

P.S. She also wanted to be an astronaut. /s

[goldstategop]

Its all about him. With McCain its all about country. The American people have noticed!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[TribalPrincess2U]

So did Hillary, I’ve heard her say.

[libs_kma]

That wuss wanted to join the Miltary??

I'm not buying that. I think we have Brawk Rodham Klintoon on our hands!

[Perdogg]

Obama is the gift that keeps on giving. If he really wanted to join, why not?

[Windflier]

Oh. My. Word.

Color this dude desperate.

[Ugot2Bkidding]

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[Perdogg]

The statement is thought to be the first time during the 19-month-long presidential campaign that the Democratic nominee for the White House has indicated he once wanted to serve in uniform. The aspiration was not mentioned in either of his two volumes of memoirs.

[monkeycard]

Barack Obama 'wanted to join US military'

But didn't.

[raybbr]

“And I actually always thought of the military as an ennobling and, you know, honorable option. But keep in mind that I graduated in 1979. The Vietnam War had come to an end. We weren't engaged in an active military conflict at that point. And so, it's not an option that I ever decided to pursue.”

Is he actually trying say that if WE WERE at war he WOULD have joined? This man is delusional. Plain and simple.

[GATOR NAVY]

What a
steaming
pile
of
horse
sh*t.

[kbennkc]

Muslim Chaplain .

[pissant]

DIfferent article.

[stockstrader]

The statement is thought to be the first time during the 19-month-long presidential campaign that the Democratic nominee for the White House has indicated he once wanted to serve in uniform. The aspiration was not mentioned in either of his two volumes of memoirs.

Political expediency over morality? No way..../s

Machiavelli couldn't have kept a 'straight face' at that comment....lol

[svcw]

Yea, big deal I wanted to be 5’8” - ain’t never going to happen.

[clintonh8r]

Zakkly what I was thinking!

[Lexington Green]

Barack Obama ‘wanted to join US military’ — but that community was already organized.

[dangerdoc]

Hillary wouldn’t hold his place in line at the enlistment office.

They also needed to see a birth certificate.

[AmericaUnited]

Barack Obama 'wanted to join US military'

And let me guess... he also wanted to be a women and the Govenor of Alaska when he was growing up.

[tips up]

How convenient. We hear about this now.

[evad]

As he said, and I quote..

He must think the people are stupid.

[raybbr]

"I really did want to join up and fight. But, heck, the Viet Nam war was over and there was no way I would have a chance to go there, get into a firefight and then come back and pretend to be a hero like John Kerry.

It's too bad I didn't the chance to come home and denigrate our troops the way Kerry did.
Darn it!"

[ozzymandus]

He stole Hillary’s lie! Obama must be taking plagarism lessons from Biden.

[clintonh8r]

I guess that thing about defending the Constitution “against all enemies, foreign and domestic” killed the deal.

[Hugin]

Inacurate headline. He actually said he “considered” joining, not ‘wanted to join US military’. Anybody can consider anything. If he wanted to join nothing was stopping him (well, maybe his drug use).

[kempster]

I wonder if he was named after Sir Edmund Hillary in some way?

[stockstrader]

I “considered” joining the Green Bay Packers too—but they had just won the Super Bowl so I didn’t bother.

[rbg81]

Yeah, he really (weally) wanted to do it, but “Messiah” was not a valid MOS.

Besides, the war was over, so why bother? Everyone knows you don’t need a military in peacetime. [/sarc]

[Albion Wilde]

Coulda.Woulda.Shoulda.
Just didn't want to.

[Berlin_Freeper]

“Is Ears telling the truth?”

If he did not write about wanting to join the military in the book he wrote, then he is a LIAR!

[Iron Munro]

Is Ears telling the truth?

Which military did he want to join?

People that wanted to join the US military actually joined the US military.

Perhaps he never joined because the USSR army or the Iranian army wouldn't take him.

[stockstrader]

Hussein 'considered' joining the military to try and help 'lose the war' from the 'inside'--

but his liberal buddies had already done their best to help lose it on their own.

[rbg81]

More red meat for Sarahcudda. I can’t wait to hear her belittle OBH’s manhood for this whopper.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

“And I have friends whose parents were in the military.”

Where are these friends?
The only ones involved with Barrack Hussein 0bama
seem to be Chicago communist thugs.
Even one friend from high school or Columbia seem
missing like his grade transcripts.

[illiac]

He wanted to serve, until he didn’t.

[TheThinker]

So, this ardent leftist, anti-war, Marxist wanted to fight in the Vietnam War, the war that had far more civilian casualties and sparked a Marxist uprising here at home? Obama is trying to pretend he is something he isn't and it's nowhere near believable.

[stockstrader]

"And I was growing up in Hawaii. And I have friends whose parents were in the military....

WOW,,,now THAT is something very special!!!

That's the closest he, or any of his far-left, anti-American liberals friends, have EVER come to showing any ties at all to the military!!! He must at least get credit for that.

Actually, Hussein has a good point there--I mean how many of the far-left, nut-case, anti-American, elitist friends of his can even say that?

[Hugin]

He considered it after doing a line of coke, but then someone handed him a joint, so he forgot about it.

[Always Independent]

Another real commander McBragg!

[Lockbar]

LOL, I like that pic with the microphone. Looks like a fake beard he has glued on!

[Prole]

"Barack Obama has said he considered joining the United States military when he left school"

Yeah, and I am Spiderman!

[Paladin2]

WHERE IS THE DOCUMENTATION of this?

[Operation_Shock_N_Awe]

if the Iraq and Afghanistan wars ended tomorrow, would that mean Obami would be content with his current executive experience....

COMMUNITY ORGANISER IN CHIEF

[realcleanguy]

“I really really wanted to go”. (Actually Axlerod told me to say this even though it is complete BS)

[billhilly]

“Yarite,,,and Hillary Clinton wanted to be a Marine too....lol

P.S. She also wanted to be an astronaut. /s “

And in her 70s she no doubt plans to Climb Mt. Everest; Sir Hillary and all that ancestry.

[Lockbar]

Track Palin: Kids from Alaska doing what Kids from Chicago/Hawaii/Indonesia won't do.

[stockstrader]

WHERE IS THE DOCUMENTATION of this?

Just more AUDACITY on his part!!! (or is it NUANCE?)

You seem to forget, as the great orator of our time--he can say whatever he pleases--because he does it so well. /s

[forYourChildrenVote4Bush]

So He wanted to join the Military in 1979....and opted not too???

Wasn’t that about the time that IRAN held American hostage for 444 days????

Wow what a patriot...NOT

[Wolfstar]

Barack Obama 'wanted to join US military'
But didn't.

Just like he wanted to visit our wounded troops while in Germany...but didn't. Obama is a stone cold liar.