Obama Goes To Afghanistan

1:05 pm EST March 28th, 2010 | News | 13 Comments

AP:

After an overnight flight from Washington, the president landed in Afghanistan for a stay of just a few hours, all in darkness. He flew by helicopter from Bagram Air Field to the capital, where he was greeted at the presidential palace by Afghan leader Hamid Karzai, given just an hour’s notice of Obama arrival. A military honor guard stood at attention as Obama walked across red carpets.

It was Obama’s second stop in a war zone as commander in chief, coming about a year after a similarly secretive trip to Iraq.

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13 Responses to “Obama Goes To Afghanistan”

  1. durablend says:
    March 28, 2010 at 1:15 pm

    “Pish! Cheap publicity stunt! Probably wants us to forget about all that stuff he rammed through!” -cons

  2. gruntled atheist says:
    March 28, 2010 at 3:25 pm

    It is so great to have a real president.

  3. Burn says:
    March 28, 2010 at 3:28 pm

    Did he bring a plastic turkey prop?

  4. Frank DiSalle says:
    March 28, 2010 at 4:18 pm

    It is so great to have a real president.

    Yes , and great to see a respectful reaction to a beneficial act — so totally lacking when the former President made such trips.

  5. Frank DiSalle says:
    March 28, 2010 at 5:46 pm

    we are going to disrupt and dismantle, defeat and destroy Al Qaeda

    That sounds more belligerent than “bring it on.” Who does he think he is — a Republican ?

  6. Repack Rider says:
    March 28, 2010 at 6:21 pm

    Frank,

    What sort of strategic goal does the statement, “Bring it on!” identify?

    Wait. It isn’t a goal, it’s a schoolboy challenge.

    You wouldn’t try the old false equivalence on us would you? That trick never works.

  7. Oliver Willis says:
    March 28, 2010 at 7:21 pm

    That’s because the former president made such trips in the midst of horribly designed Rumsfeld policy that was getting a lot of our troops killed.

  8. Frank DiSalle says:
    March 29, 2010 at 8:16 am

    So , Oliver , none of our troops are getting killed now? Or are you saying that Pres Bush’s trips weren’t beneficial , in your opinion, because you disagreed with Rumsfeld?

    Repack , and all the rest of you benighted lefties – This “Whatever Pres Obama does is wonderful, even if it sucked when Pres Bush did it” meme has to be getting old , no?

  9. Dr. Psycho says:
    March 29, 2010 at 11:51 am

    Blog trolls are sort of the anti-man-behind-the-curtain, aren’t they?

    “Ignore the history being made at center stage — look over here under the curtain, where I’m wanking frantically! That’s what’s important!”

  10. SaveFarris says:
    March 29, 2010 at 2:08 pm

    No, but he did play dress-up!

  11. Sean D. Martin says:
    March 29, 2010 at 8:06 pm

    Frank DiS: Repack , and all the rest of you benighted lefties – This “Whatever Pres Obama does is wonderful, even if it sucked when Pres Bush did it” meme has to be getting old , no?

    No older than the “If Obama then bad” view so often expressed on the right.

  12. daniel rotter says:
    March 29, 2010 at 9:40 pm

    This “Whateve Pres Obama does is wonderful, even if it sucked when Pres bush did it”…

    LOL, “we are going to disrupt and dismantle, defeat and destroy Al Qaeda” is the same thing as a fratboy-level invitation for Al Qaeda members to attack Americans in Iraq (“Bring it on!)!? Been taking a few too many swigs of the False Equivalency juice, Frank?

  13. Sean D. Martin says:
    March 30, 2010 at 12:12 pm

    Seriously.

    What warped, biased view of reality does it take to see “C’mon! Attack us!” as the same statement as “We are going to destroy you.”?