Let's see here, I think I can tell you the real reason why Obama never showed up to visit the wounded soldiers at Landstuhl... But first, here's what Obama himself gave as his reason. Obama said it would be "inappropriate to make a stop to visit troops at a U.S. military facility as part of a trip funded by the campaign." In other words, it would be innappropriate for a Presidential candidate to visit the troops while on the campaign trail. I see something wrong with that... how would visiting soldiers hinder a campaign - would his campaign financeers object to their candidate meeting the soldiers he might one day be in charge of leading? Then, Obama's advisor comes out and claims it's because the "Pentagon said the visit would be viewed as a campaign event." So now the Obama camp is blaming it on the Pentagon, and in typical democrat fashion trying to take a slap at (what they like to call) the "Bush administration" while they're at it. Obama's right, it would have have looked like a campaign event if Obama had had his way with bringing in his media entourage. As a humble nurse working on the MedSurg ward, I've seen a number of VIP's visit the soldiers here, including senators and government officials, they all pass through here to visit and thank the soldiers, and many do not have a photographer accompanying them - and if they do, it's always a military photographer. The same rules that applied to Obama during his visit to the military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan apply to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, and the exact same rules that applied to Obama also apply to all the VIP's that visit the military bases, including the President of the United States. The real reason Obama cancelled his trip to Landstuhl is because when he saw his media entourage wasn't going to be permitted to turn his visit to soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan into a campaign photo frenzy, Obama decided visiting Landstuhl wasn't worth his time. Obama's only objective here at Landstuhl was the photo op he hoped to get out of it.
Since when has visiting American wounded soldiers ever been considered "innappropriate"? Instead of thanking our soldiers for the sacrifices they made, he decided to spend his time campaigning for Germans and and by his own admission, "going to work out." I hope Americans will see this as insight into the priorities of a potential Commander-in-Chief if Barrack Hussein Obama is elected to lead our troops. He clearly cares nothing for the US soldier.
http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Yzg0YmI4ZDMyOWNjODM1MTlhZGUyM2I2MTljMDM2NGM%3D
This is not the first time Obama has snubbed the military community, either. Just a couple weeks ago, Obama was requested to participate in a nationally televised town hall meeting with the military community and the Presidential candidates. It was to be held at the largest military installation, Ft. Hood. And the CBS news network agreed to televise the event. Sen John McCain agreed to be present. The only person who wouldn't commit... Barrack Hussein Obama. Why? He had his campaign rep citing "scheduling conflicts." The truth is, Obama had been told the projected date was Aug 11, however if this date conflicted with his schedule, Obama was asked suggest alternate dates that would be more conveniant for him and they would work with on the scheduling. Carissa Picard, managing director of the Fort Hood Presidential Town Hall Consortium, and spouse of a deployed Blackhawk pilot, describes how the town hall meeting plans are going. “I’m having extreme difficulty getting the Obama campaign to commit to this event, and we do not understand why,” said Mrs. Picard, “We made it very clear to them that if they would commit to the event, we would work with them on dates.” At a time when a lot is being asked of the military community to protect the freedoms of America, and of its military families are making huge sacrifices by undergoing multiple deployments, shouldn't a man vying to become the Commander-in-Chief of this military at least make himself available to address the concerns and needs of the military?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/12/us/politics/12obama.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=politics&adxnnlx=1215883010-rsBe3N9St1L0nomimRJ1yQ
(I didn't write this because I was upset Obama never showed up here. Trust me, I was NOT looking forward to meeting Obama. I joked with my fellow staff that day that as a conscientious objector, I might have had to refuse the duty of taking Obama on a tour of the ward if he had visited - but I knew, he would never show up. And, of course, my expressed opinions are mine alone and not as a representative for the Army.)
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- Obama, International Man of Citizenry, and his Speech to the Berliners - A Public Highjacking and Perversion of President Reagan's Famous Brandenburg Speech -
So Obama kicks off his Berlin Speech in front of the phallic pillar, Victory Column, with a rock concert by two very popular German bands. You would be made to believe by all the photo ops put on by his media entourage that all these people are present to witness the one-man Obama Rock Star Messiah Tour. He starts off by thanking everybody but his mother. Then, he introduces himself, "not as a candidate for president... but as a fellow citizen of the world." Which is laughable because that's the WHOLE REASON he's there! He can't even be honest about that fact, that's the reason he originally gave for opting out of visiting our US soldiers, because it was a misuse of his campaign? Plus, if he's proclaiming himself to be a "citizen of the world", I'd expect during an address to the German people he would at least attempt to speak a single word of German. And what's the matter with just simply introducing himself as a citizen of America? Is that not good enough... now he's got to be a citizen of the entire world, as if being an American isn't good enough.
He then says,"I know... that I don't look like... the Americans who have previously spoken." Oh my goodness, I think we all know what he means by this, I was laughing so hard begging him to please stop it. Lest we forget... Poor Barack Hussein Obama who was forced to grow up black and poor, and with big ears - which apperantly nobody is allowed to mention because he's "sensitive" about them. He announces his father was a goatherder in Kenya - to which was greeted by a lot cheering Germans. YEAAAH, FOR GOATS!!!? I guess Germans love their goats? Maybe they thought he said his father was a goat -- brings back memories for them of President Kennedy's memorable pronouncement, "Eiche bein eine Berliner" (translated, "I am a jelly donut"). And of course, he had to highlight upon the obligatory, my grandfather was a "servant to the British". Servant to the British?! According to Obama, Grandpa had to appeal to American universities - during the Cold War - to rescue him from Brittain so he could attain "the freedom and opportunity promised by the West." Whoa, whoa is Brittain hearing this?? Seriously, Obama, it's not like it was 1700's and he was being forced into slavery by the British. I suppose now this means the whole world, not just America, owes him something, because he's got the blood of servants in him.
Obama then launches into a long-winded and most depressing retelling of the history of the recovery from WWII I think that's ever been told. He starts it off by saying:
"And you know that the only reason we stand here tonight is because men and women from both of our nations came together to work, and struggle, and sacrifice for that better life. Ours is a partnership that truly began sixty years ago this summer, on the day when the first American plane touched down at Templehof."
Obama's re-writing history here, he downplays the role of the Americans. It wasn't some "partnership" we had with the Germans. Germany was divided between 4 nations after the Germans surrendered to us. We fought the Nazi Germans, pinned them down and defeated them, and they surrendered to us - they didn't partner with us. For West Germany, we told them to take a democratic form of government. It was not a "partnership", Obama. We, AMERICA, were the gracious victors who bailed the Germans out of the crappy situation they had gotten themselves after embracing Nazism, by pouring billions of American dollars to boost their economy with the Marshall Plan. We, AMERICA, protected the Germans in Berlin from being overrun by the Russian Communists staying put to provide security, and we provided the West Berliners with food and supplies with the Berlin Airlift.
You want a real example of "partnership", Obama? Iraq. Al Anbar. That's an example of our American military and Iraqi civilians partnering to defend the right to freedom from terror. A country where you, and your Democrat cronies - Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid - claim the war is lost! It's the dems who are the only ones who cannot and WILL NOT acknowledge that the US military has been very successful in bringing reform to Iraq.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/24/obama-in-berlin-video-of_n_114771.html
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