Army Officials Refute Claim of Barack Obama Snub in Afghanistan

The New York Daily News

The latest chain e-mail smear against Barack Obama: He "blew off" troops at an Afghan base to shoot hoops for a publicity photo.

The letter was apparently written by a Utah Army National Guard intelligence officer in a linguist unit at Bagram Airfield who claimed the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee was rude to G.I.s.

"As the soldiers where lined up to shake his hand he blew them off," wrote the Task Force Wasatch "battle captain."

But angry Army brass debunked the Obama-bashing soldier's allegations, which went viral Thursday over the Web and on military blogs such as Blackfive.

The e-mail claims Obama repeatedly shunned soldiers on his way to the Clamshell - a recreation tent - to "take his publicity pictures playing basketball."

"These comments are inappropriate and factually incorrect," said Bagram spokesman Army Lt. Col. Rumi Nielson-Green, who added that such political commentary is barred for uniformed personnel.

Obama didn't play basketball at Bagram or visit the Clamshell, he said. Home-state troops were invited to meet him, but his arrival was kept secret for security reasons.

"We were a bit delayed ... as he took time to shake hands, speak to troops and pose for photographs," Nielson-Green said.

E-mails to the officer who made the charges and a call to his wife were not returned.

This is the kind of stuff that needs to be spread around to refute this crap

stuff like this about Obama.. kinda gotten to know he wouldn't do that over the course of the campaign months and reading his first book.

But, why would this guy do this is the question? What's his agenda? What kind of mentality would lead him to make up shit outta thin air?

Its no secret some members of our military are closely aligned with GOP politics.

The same kind of soldiers are the type who circulate emails trying to tell their fellow conservatives how peaceful Iraq is from the very start of the war despite their fellow soldiers dying right in front of them.

the end justifies the means..only that shit isnt' flying anymore, soldier.

That's why he did. They have no shame. They lie because lying is their primary election strategy.

a personal problem.

..and make sure you get this in before they cut you off.

It needs to be spread to the mouth-breather media.

will get discharged.

I found it here ...

http://confederateyankee.mu.nu/archives/269207.php


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. As 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 President. I think that if you are going to make an effort to come all the way over here you would thank those that are providing the freedom that they are providing for you. I swear we got more thanks from the NBA Basketball Players or the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders than from one of the Senators, who wants to be the President of the United States.

I just don’t understand how anyone would want him to be our Commander-and-Chief. It was almost that he was scared to be around those that provide the freedom for him and our great country. If this is blunt and to the point I am sorry but I wanted
you all to know what kind of caliber of person he really is.
What you see in the news is all fake.

In service,
CPT Jeffrey S. Porter
Battle Captain
TF Wasatch
American Soldier

although it's not as bad as you might think.

Yeah, right.

Shame.

they always began:

"I attend a small college in Upstate New York..."

or


"I never thought anything like this would ever happen to me but..."

Kind of like what these guys here are doing...

http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/troopssmear

Someone should keep track. I guess snopes should have a pretty good tally

"But angry Army brass debunked the Obama-bashing soldier's allegations..."

Good to hear that they were angry. I'm thinking they feel this man will be their Commander-in-Chief in January, and are not going to tolerate this crap. Glad to see it.

not acceptable conduct.

Nice to see it refuted so quickly. I'll be responding by linking this article!

Bake