REUTERS
Posted on 08/09/2011 3:41:16 PM PDT by maggief
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — The fallen come home here with such dignity that every American flag on every case of remains is inspected for the tiniest smudge. The dead are treated with reverence by everyone. Including their commander in chief.
For the second time in his presidency, Barack Obama was at Dover on Tuesday, saluting troops who died on his watch.
Sadness hung everywhere. For Obama, it was a day to deal with the nation's single deadliest day of the decade-long war in Afghanistan. For the families of the 30 Americans who were killed, it was a time to remember the dreams their loved ones had lived, not the ambitions that died with them.
Obama solemnly climbed aboard the two C-17 cargo planes carrying the fallen home from Afghanistan. Their helicopter apparently had been hit by an insurgent's rocket-propelled grenade.
Later, the president consoled their grieving families.
The country didn't see it.
There will be no lasting, gripping images this time of Obama assuming his office's grimmest role. No family could give permission for media coverage, the military said, because no individual bodies had been identified yet.
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Second time in his Presidency? It's sure swell that this Patriot can pull himself off the links once a year to salute our fallen heroes. Thank goodness he has another vacation coming up to unwind a bit from all the stress.
Classy
Using dead bodies for his re-election campaign photo-op ?
Why Mr. Barackness, sure you could spare the time?
Is this a file photo, then?
After 2 1/2 years of the Won, I can't believe he does anything except for political advantage. Hence, it's hard to take the privacy of this event seriously in the sense of generating respect for a leader.
You honor the fallen with victory.
Obozo won’t even use the word unless it is about himself.
What a disgusting pantload. Is that a file photo then?
“Using dead bodies for his re-election campaign....”
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What are you complaining about — the people who voted for him in 2008 were dead bodies, too.
Poor, poor Marine.
He has no sadness or dignity.
Reuters Pictures 5 hours ago White House Press members load onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Washington before flying to Dover Air Force Base with U.S. President Barack Obama, August 9, 2011. Thirty U.S. troops died in a similar CH-47 in Afghanistan last week when it was shot down. Obama flew to a Delaware air force base on Tuesday to honor the return of the remains of 30 U.S. troops killed when Taliban insurgents shot down their helicopter in Afghanistan.
That was my thought too. Bush visited families of deceased soldiers on a regular basis. Barky only goes if it gets him some good ink. And the AP whore writes as if the whole thing is about Obama, not the troops. Sickening.
This needed a barf alert. Only the liberal media would us these deaths to pump up Obama.
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I forget. Is this his ‘solemn’ look or did he get that warm and fuzzy feeling that is only caused by dropping a load in his pants?
What a Phony - He shouldn’t be within 2 States of those troops.
The MSM has already said most were from Va Beach area and an interview with a wife - using her name and ID’ing her Husband.
Nice for MSM to let the crazies know the names of the ‘supposed’ Seal Team ‘6’ operatives.....
It was tough to tag a barf alert on a post about our fallen, regardless of the shameless photo op.
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The press traveled in a Chinook? You could read a subliminal message in the mode of transportation.
“For the second time in his presidency,”? Obammy has felt the pain at Dover.
And how amny times has he gone golfing in that time??
That’s no Chinook. Dumbasses.
Dignity and Obama should never occur within the same sentence.
Actually, I believe that's a CH-46 Sea Knight, a Navy helicopter. The CH-47 Chinook is a little bigger and heavier and flown by the Army.
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