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Soldiers not allowed to attend Obama's speech

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 8:02 am
by CitadelGrad
at Bagram Air Base. So I wonder who The One™ is saluting in this pic.

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Re: Soldiers not allowed to attend Obama's speech

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 8:03 am
by Wedgebuster
He will surely be impeached for this.

Re: Soldiers not allowed to attend Obama's speech

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 8:23 am
by CitadelGrad
Wedgebuster wrote:He will surely be impeached for this.
My guess is that soldiers were prohibited from the speech because The One™ feared that one of them might impeach him.

Re: Soldiers not allowed to attend Obama's speech

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 8:30 am
by andy7171
All soldiers were banned from the speech? On an AF Base in a war zone? WhoTF attended it?

Re: Soldiers not allowed to attend Obama's speech

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 8:42 am
by Wedgebuster
He wasn't even really there, most likely broadcast from Russia.

Re: Soldiers not allowed to attend Obama's speech

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 8:43 am
by GrizFanStuckInUtah
CitadelGrad wrote:at Bagram Air Base. So I wonder who The One™ is saluting in this pic.

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All I know is I see a "Big Red One" in the background. Curious as to why they would have that on the wall in the background at bagram. I haven't been in since 91 so I am sure a lot of shit has changed.

Re: Soldiers not allowed to attend Obama's speech

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 8:47 am
by CitadelGrad
andy7171 wrote:All soldiers were banned from the speech? On an AF Base in a war zone? WhoTF attended it?
This might answer your question.

https://twitter.com/#!/BenFellerDC/stat ... 9369876481

Re: Soldiers not allowed to attend Obama's speech

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 8:50 am
by Ivytalk
Our Hologram President. :roll:

Re: Soldiers not allowed to attend Obama's speech

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 10:05 am
by Bronco
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Didn't want the folks back home to hear the boos

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Re: Soldiers not allowed to attend Obama's speech

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 10:16 am
by D1B
ACC

Another Conk Circle-jerk

Re: Soldiers not allowed to attend Obama's speech

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 10:33 am
by Ivytalk
D1B wrote:ACC

Another Conk Circle-jerk
ADJ

Another Donk Jerk :jack:

Re: Soldiers not allowed to attend Obama's speech

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 10:34 am
by Ivytalk
Bronco wrote:-
Didn't want the folks back home to hear the boos

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Looks like he's thumbing his nose at the Joint Chiefs.

Re: Soldiers not allowed to attend Obama's speech

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 10:43 am
by Wedgebuster
Ivytalk wrote:
Bronco wrote:-
Didn't want the folks back home to hear the boos

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Looks like he's thumbing his nose at the Joint Chiefs.
Nah, it's the Supreme Court he's thumbing, the Joint Chiefs are busy rolling.

Re: Soldiers not allowed to attend Obama's speech

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 11:01 am
by dbackjon
JFC - you guys beleive anything Rush tells ya...

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Re: Soldiers not allowed to attend Obama's speech

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 11:09 am
by CitadelGrad
dbackjon wrote:JFC - you guys beleive anything Rush tells ya...

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Again, soldiers were prohibited from attending his speech. I listened to his speech live and can tell you with certainty that there was no audience.

Re: Soldiers not allowed to attend Obama's speech

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 12:45 pm
by Bronco
Looks like a couple of white Hispanics in the front row

Re: Soldiers not allowed to attend Obama's speech

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 12:51 pm
by Bronco
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Must be worried about someone taking a shot...with all the Afghan troops killing our soldiers lately...don't blame them
Panetta visits Afghanistan: Hundreds of Marines unusually asked to disarm before he speaks

The New York Daily News ^ | March 14, 2012 | Aliyah Shahid

Hundreds of U.S. Marines were ordered by an American sergeant on Wednesday to disarm before entering a tent where Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was set to speak during his trip to Afghanistan. No reason was given and U.S. officials tried to downplay the move. Sgt. Maj. Brandon Hall told more than 200 Marines at Camp Leatherneck that they were to leave their weapons outside.

Re: Soldiers not allowed to attend Obama's speech

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 1:03 pm
by Seahawks08
nice post...if it had been a month and a half ago. Old news. And the soldiers weren't allowed to take their firearms because the Afghan army personnel couldn't. So Panetta didn't want the Afghans to feel uncomfortable.

A Pentagon official said Maj. Gen. Mark Gurganus, the Marine commander, ordered the Americans to leave their weapons outside because Afghan soldiers were not allowed to be armed.

"We were going to have Afghans leave their weapons outside," he said. "I wanted the Marines to look just like our Afghan partners."

Gurganus explained that the decision to bar weapons was because of Panetta's presence: "I mean, you got one of the most important people in world there."

Afghan soldiers have often been barred from bringing weapons into meetings with senior U.S. officials in the past. But the prohibition has not previously been applied to U.S. troops.]
-LA Times

Re: Soldiers not allowed to attend Obama's speech

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 2:08 pm
by kalm
CitadelGrad wrote:
dbackjon wrote:JFC - you guys beleive anything Rush tells ya...

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Again, soldiers were prohibited from attending his speech. I listened to his speech live and can tell you with certainty that there was no audience.
Sure does look like it. :lol:

Re: Soldiers not allowed to attend Obama's speech

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 2:12 pm
by GrizFanStuckInUtah
Bronco wrote:-
Didn't want the folks back home to hear the boos

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I really hope that wasn't a salute and just a random shot. :ohno: :suspicious:

Re: Soldiers not allowed to attend Obama's speech

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 2:13 pm
by Skjellyfetti
At 1:30 a.m. local time, in a flight hangar decorated in red, white and blue, Obama addressed more than 1,000 service members.



:jack:


Let's go back to discussing real issues like Obama banning farm chores.

Re: Soldiers not allowed to attend Obama's speech

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 2:14 pm
by Ivytalk
Skjellyfetti wrote:
At 1:30 a.m. local time, in a flight hangar decorated in red, white and blue, Obama addressed more than 1,000 service members.



:jack:


Let's go back to discussing real issues like Obama banning farm chores.
Ahh,... summoned from the beyond ... the arrival of ... Herr Spindoktor... :twisted:

Re: Soldiers not allowed to attend Obama's speech

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 2:35 pm
by kalm
Ivytalk wrote:
Skjellyfetti wrote:



:jack:


Let's go back to discussing real issues like Obama banning farm chores.
Ahh,... summoned from the beyond ... the arrival of ... Herr Spindoktor... :twisted:
I'm going to make my boys pull weeds and pick up dog poop on the back 40 this afternoon so that I can do some illegal sport fishing tomorrow. Does that count?

Re: Soldiers not allowed to attend Obama's speech

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 2:37 pm
by Grizalltheway
Ivytalk wrote:
Skjellyfetti wrote:



:jack:


Let's go back to discussing real issues like Obama banning farm chores.
Ahh,... summoned from the beyond ... the arrival of ... Herr Spindoktor... :twisted:
Yeah, goddamn him spoiling all the fun with the reality of what happened! :lol:

Soldiers not allowed to attend Obama's speech

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 3:35 pm
by CID1990
I think I saw an Apollo lander under a sheet in that hanger.

Where is expandinghydrospanner when we need him?


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