From a soldier in Afghanistan:
"Hello everyone,
As you know I am not a very political person. I just wanted
to pass along that Senator Obama came to Bagram Afghanistan
for about an hour on his visit to 'The War Zone'. I
wanted to share with you what happened.
He got off the plane and got into a bullet proof vehicle,
got to the area to meet with the Major General (2 Star) who
is the commander here at Bagram.
As the Soldiers where lined up to shake his hand he blew
them off and didn't say a word as he went into the
conference room to meet the General. A s he finished, the
vehicles took him to the ClamShell (pretty much a big top
tent that military personnel can play basketball or work out
in with weights) so he could take his publicity pictures
playing basketball. He again shunned the opportunity to talk
to Soldiers to thank them for their service.
So really he was just here to make a showing for the
American's back home that he is their candidate for
Just like his lying sack of shit candiate McCain, the author is is full shit.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/afghanistan.asp