Posted on 08/09/2011 9:37:20 AM PDT by smokingfrog
President Obama will travel to Dover Air Force base later on Tuesday to honor the 22 Navy SEALs and eight other American troops killed in Afghanistan on Saturday when an insurgent shot down their helicopter, according to an administration official familiar with the matter.
Obama will head a delegation of senior administration, Pentagon, and military officials who will salute the flag-draped caskets of the troops who died in a rescue mission this weekend in the worst single-day loss of the long Afghan war. The crash in eastern Afghanistan also marked the largest death toll in the history of the U.S. Special Operations Command, which oversees the SEALs and other elite units.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationaljournal.com ...
The ceremony will be this afternoon. The planes landed at 10 this morning.
If this was his real reason, I don’t see anything to complain about.
But not the "Not My Fault" Obamah!
I’ll equal anyone in my contempt for this man (Obabma). But, let’s keep focus on the fallen - not him.
Thank you all.
Good for him.
Political posturing. He will have photos taken, but he won’t take steps to rationalize ROEs to favor our troops’ safety over PC considerations, nor will he take steps to make sure their absentee votes are counted in elections.
I will be very surprised if footage of this doesn’t end up in the “Barackalypse Now!” movie scheduled for October 2012 release.
CRUSH his damned ego.
Good point...
So I will choose to remain silent and just continue to pray for the families of the fallen.
President “GUTZY CALL” is a moron, and can’t shine the shoes of any member of the military.
Don’t you mean “Corpse Men”?
"So there are some sort of Corpsmen I need to meet? This better be quick. I have a 3 PM tee timeRamadan Dinner Tonight."
There... Fixed!!
Pearls has it EXACTLY right
“He will have photos taken, but he won’t take steps to rationalize ROEs to favor our troops’ safety over PC considerations, nor will he take steps to make sure their absentee votes are counted in elections.”
This will be a photo OP
if he really had compassion he would do it in private.
Now if he does it in private and there are NO photos of his nappy head bowed then I will be the first to say i was wrong.
Looks like the phoney-in-chief is in full panic mode now.
Campaigning.
Pictures to be released prior to the already paid for election.
It’s to get the Obama Downgrade out of the headline....
because you know, Obama cares....uh huh,....
Are these military deaths anymore important or the lives more valuable than anyother service death.
How many other planes carring our fallen hero’s bodies has “HE” met?
Are these military deaths anymore important or the lives more valuable than anyother service death.
How many other planes carring our fallen hero’s bodies has “HE” met?
Everything this imposter does is for political gain. Well this military family ain’t falling for it.
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