AP: Obama lands in Afghanistan
Barack Obama has landed in Afghanistan, the first stop of an international tour that will take him to the Middle East and Europe, the Associated Press is reporting.
The AP reports:
"On his trip, Obama intends to meet with Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president. He recently chided Karzai and his government, saying it had "not gotten out of the bunker" and helped to organize the country or its political and security institutions.
"Also on his itinerary is a meeting with Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi leader. On the campaign trail, Obama has said one benefit of withdrawing U.S. troops is that it would pressure al-Maliki to shore up his government as well."
Obama's absence on the campaign trail Friday fueled speculation that he was headed abroad -- and not just from journalists. John McCain, Obama's Republican rival, said he believed Obama had begun his trip, though McCain erroneously predicted Iraq as the first stop.
"I believe that either today or tomorrow -- and I'm not privy to his schedule -- Sen. Obama will be landing in Iraq with some other senators," McCain said at a fund-raiser Friday, according to Reuters.
The presumptive Democratic nominee had promised to visit war-torn Iraq and Afghanistan before the November election. His campaign has kept the details of the trip private for security reasons, but it appears Germany will also be on the list of stops. On Friday a spokesperson for Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel said Obama was expected to visit the country's leader in Berlin Thursday.
Read more about Obama's trip from the AP.
===== HEY OBAMA - YOU'RE 7 YEARS LATE TO AFGHANISTAN =====
George Bush was in Afghanistan 7 years ago, bombing the Taliban, al Qaeda and the terrorist training camps back to the stone age, and Obama is just figuring out Afghanistan is the place to go? What took you so long?
N Waff - Where have you been? Barack was the first person to say we should be in Afganistan.....not Iraq! It was AFTER he said that the Taliban had to be "bombed" that the birdbrain in the White House decided to take that step! Get your facts straight! Maybe you were thinking about McCain.....he is the one who now thinks we need to concentrate on Afghanistan???!!! Maybe that's 'cause he's running for POTUS???!
As Hillary Clinton warned us, Obama is going to Iraq/ Afghanistan at a time when the Surge is on course, democracy is taking hold, etc. whereas the US domestic issues are way off-course. Where are his priorities? His priorities are "me, me, me, me".
Once again, Obama is a "day late, and a dollar short". He is THE MOST disengenous politician on record. This is all Public Relations Grandstanding and should be transparent to any voter. If not, then you're blinded by all that Obama koolaid.
WAKE UP AMERICA!!!
" My friends, we live in the greatest
nation in the world.
I hope you'll join me as we try to change it ! "
- Barack Obama in an address to the NAACP
As Hillary Clinton warned us, Obama is going to Iraq/ Afghanistan at a time when the Surge is on course, democracy is taking hold, etc. whereas the US domestic issues are way off-course. Where are his priorities? His priorities are "me, me, me, me".
Once again, Obama is a "day late, and a dollar short". He is THE MOST disengenous politician on record. This is all Public Relations Grandstanding and should be transparent to any voter. If not, then you're blinded by all that Obama koolaid.
WAKE UP AMERICA!!!
"My friends, we live in the greatest
nation in the history of the world.
I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it."
- Barack Obama in his address to the NAACP
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