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2008-07-28 Home Front: Politix

McCain camp pounces on Obama troop visit cancellation

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Posted by Fred 2008-07-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Obama would pull US troops out of the Middle East, and leave it to local power holders. Wounded soldiers would take that mentality as an insult to their great military work.

Posted by McZoid 2008-07-28 05:31|| 2008-07-28 05:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Is there a difference between the "Obama spokesman" and the "MSM"

Posted by Jan 2008-07-28 10:13|| 2008-07-28 10:13|| Front Page Top

#3 H/T to Blackfive
At that Army Times post, part of their evidence is a photo of Senator Obama talking to troops at Bagram - the caption states "Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama speaks to troops at Bagram Air Field on July 19.".

Here's the AP photo on the Army Times site:

AP Photo
Just one minor problem here - that's not Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

THAT'S CAMP ARIFJAN, KUWAIT.

Posted by Jan 2008-07-28 10:22|| 2008-07-28 10:22|| Front Page Top

#4 If SHOULD have visited the troops and yes he COULD have. He only had to leave teh circus outside and not make a big thing about it. Bush manages regular visits and rarely do you hear about them.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2008-07-28 21:15|| 2008-07-28 21:15|| Front Page Top

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