First Stop: Obama Shoots Hoops With Troops

During the two-hour visit at Camp Arifjan, the officers gave Sen. Barack Obama an overview of operations. Obama shook hands, answered questions, posed for photos and played a little basketball during the visit.

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July 19, 2008 at 10:24 am - AP
Dateline: Kuwait City, Afghanistan
Tornado 27   July 19th, 2008 - 1:26 pm

Five bucks to whoever bounces a ball off his nose!

Pichon   July 19th, 2008 - 1:30 pm

Sure, what else is he going to do? Certainly not talk strategy. So the American taxpayers paid for the troops to have a pickup game with a community organizer. He sure dodn’t want to go bowling with them. What a clown that Hussein Obama is!

Bailey Cream/Ice   July 19th, 2008 - 1:31 pm

Obama for president paves the way for David Duke as president.

When non-white$ are firmly in charge they don’t show any commitment to upholding the law or protecting the interests of white$! Look at Zimbabewe and $outh Afrika!

Bailey Cream/Ice   July 19th, 2008 - 1:42 pm

Bye Bye, Barak

Joowish “Extremist” to be blamed for assassination
Obama “cannot be trusted to defend Israel”

Mossad Op said ready to go. Rumors say Barak Obama will not make it home alive from his present 6 day trip overseas. These types of “news stories” which “raise concerns about security” are designed to prepare all of you for what may be coming.

Bailey Cream/Ice   July 19th, 2008 - 2:04 pm

I hope you all enjoy the following essay as much as I did:

Baracknophobia——–

conspiracypenpal.com/rants/barack.htm

Pblucke   July 19th, 2008 - 3:02 pm

Basketball? Why doesn’t he put, the over hundred pounds of gear that our military wears, on his back and go on a few patrols in the mountains of Afghanistan and the cities in Iraq. Only then will he get an appreciation of the real dangers our troops face on a daily basis. This typical lying, trash talking, corrupt, Chicago politician, with all of his b/s has all you comatose democraps halucinating, like he is some new messiah. Just like the scumbag Klintonistas and Carterites, just typical all talk, and no real solutions. McCain is just a democ-rat appeaser and not much better. It just boils down to the least of evil. McCain gets my vote by default but it really is a vote against Americas’ real worst enemy, the democrooked party.

Bailey Cream/Ice   July 19th, 2008 - 3:27 pm

Just a few questions for the Obama crowd. Please step up with answers instead of opinions.

larrysinclair0926.com/?p=519

Silly   July 19th, 2008 - 3:32 pm

The more Obama “plays around” (and annoys U.S. voters), the less likely he’ll win. [WHY is he "campaigning" in EUROPE, anyway?!]

These are tough, serious times that call for tough, serious candidates with some tough, serious answers to tough, serious problems. (Unfortunately, nobody currently in the running seems tough, serious enough.)

USAR65   July 19th, 2008 - 3:46 pm

Military personnel gave more money to the Barack Obama campaign than to any other political candidate.You can check it for yourself. Are they morons or dupes? You tell me.

Pat Luckey   July 19th, 2008 - 5:20 pm

Where is my post? There was on foul language, just truth about the demo rats. So much for free speech!
From an irate censored veteran.

Bailey Cream/Ice   July 19th, 2008 - 5:38 pm

Silly boy. A Free Press! Where do you think you are!

“Every time we do something you tell me America will do this and will do that . . . I want to tell you something very clear: Don’t worry about American pressure on Israel. We, the gewish people, control America, and the Americans know it”. – Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, October 3, 2001, to Shimon Peres, as reported on Kol Yisrael radio.

Pat Luckey   July 19th, 2008 - 6:11 pm

2nd try. Basketball? Why doesn’t Obama put on the, over a hundred pounds of the gear our troops carry on their backs, and go out on a few patrols in Obamastan and Iraq. Only then will he gain an appreciation for what our troops face on a daily basis. He is the typical crooked Chicago politician that talks a lot about his proposals, of which will be changed as often as opinion polls goes, just as the Clintoons continually do. These clowns emit more hot air than all the limos and other vehicles that Al Bore takes to his glo-bull whining speeches. What a bunch of frauds. Too bad we only have a choice between two demo rats for the white house vacancy. I’m not voting for McCain, just against the socialist Barak(”I’ll side with muslims is the political winds shift”) HUSSAIN Obama. All this double talk about giving the troops everything they need is pure crap. Why didn’t the troops have these uparmored vehicles in Somalia and Bosnia during the Clinton years? But noooo! Everything is Bush fault.

John Glenn democrat said recently “There were 39 combat deaths in Iraq in Januuary. In the city of Detroit( US capital of islam in America), there were 35 murders that same month. Now tell me where the libs protesting that.

WWII – FDR/Truman – democrats, 4 years 450,000 dead Americans.

Korea – Truman – demo 3 years 55,000 dead Americans.

Vietnam – The Great JFK nad Lyndon Johnson – demos, 13 years 58,000 dead Americans ended by Nixon/Ford repubs.

Cuba still under communism, thank you JFK for betraying the Cubans at the Bay of Pigs, almost resulting in nuclear war.

Clintoon/Al Bore dems Somalia fiasco, brave American soldiers died, no response but pulling out. Bosnia, Clinton helps muslims, they return favor by killing three thousand innocent Americans in NYC. US Cole, brave sailors died while eating chow, nothing done. Bill was too worried about Monica.

911 terrorist training in Fl. during the last year of Bills’/Hillarys’ term. Seven and a half months into Bushs’ term they strike us. No terrorist attacks here in the seven years since. Man, dems hate it when presented with reality.

Have a great day from, the great state of Florida. We can’t wait to steal another election from you clowns from New England, and the left coast of commie land, Ca., Or., Wash.

Harry   July 19th, 2008 - 6:17 pm

Watch for crossed fingers in the photo ops.

Pat Luckey   July 19th, 2008 - 6:36 pm

One more thing. Obaba doesn’t need to worry about being assassinated by islamos or Israelis, the real threat comes from the Clinton assassin teams. Hillary and red faced Bill are really mad. Just look at everyone they knew as close “friends”.?
Too many to list, have met untimely deaths.

thomas   July 19th, 2008 - 10:59 pm

all the soldiers in the photo are black

Sue   July 19th, 2008 - 11:51 pm

Obama is healthy enough to play basketball as opposed to the elderly and very old McCain candidate of the USA president.

This place here seems to be just inhabited by old drunk retarded republicans who have messed up America from the great country it once was.

You Republicans drove America into the dirt. And your are still trying to dig your home county deeper!

Here in Russia we have evil with us too. But we have learned to just disregard it.

Jamesb   July 20th, 2008 - 2:27 pm

Sue, Russia? Really? Nah…your lying like a Persian Rug, right? If Russians, a.k.a. citizens of the DEFUNCT U.S.S.R. disregarded anything, the K.G.B. sent you on all expenses paid vacation to Siberia,right? Or is it da? Also, I don’t need a President that can play friggin’ BASKETBALL! I need a President that can face down and DEFEAT enemies of MY country, like PUTIN and Islamo-Facists. My advise to you, drink another 5th of vodka and call Stalin in the morning.

Felix   July 20th, 2008 - 3:11 pm

Watch for the crossed finger troops in these photo ops. The sign that they are being forced to attend the events.

DontTaseMeBro   July 20th, 2008 - 4:51 pm

where be all da white people at?

Enzo   July 20th, 2008 - 8:49 pm

Barack Hussein Obama doesn’t want race to be an issue… So he singles out just the black soldiers to talk his jive to.

What a loser!

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