Soldiers not allowed to attend Obama's speech

CitadelGrad · Post by **CitadelGrad** » Wed May 02, 2012 8:02 am

at Bagram Air Base. So I wonder who The One™ is saluting in this pic.

Post by **Wedgebuster** » Wed May 02, 2012 8:03 am

He will surely be impeached for this.

CitadelGrad · Post by **CitadelGrad** » Wed May 02, 2012 8:23 am

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.

Post by **andy7171** » Wed May 02, 2012 8:30 am

All soldiers were banned from the speech? On an AF Base in a war zone? WhoTF attended it?

Post by **Wedgebuster** » Wed May 02, 2012 8:42 am

He wasn't even really there, most likely broadcast from Russia.

GrizFanStuckInUtah · Post by **GrizFanStuckInUtah** » Wed May 02, 2012 8:43 am

CitadelGrad wrote:at Bagram Air Base. So I wonder who The One™ is saluting in this pic.

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.

CitadelGrad · Post by **CitadelGrad** » Wed May 02, 2012 8:47 am

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

Post by **Ivytalk** » Wed May 02, 2012 8:50 am

Our Hologram President.

Bronco · Post by **Bronco** » Wed May 02, 2012 10:05 am

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Didn't want the folks back home to hear the boos

D1B · Post by **D1B** » Wed May 02, 2012 10:16 am

ACC

Another Conk Circle-jerk

Post by **Ivytalk** » Wed May 02, 2012 10:33 am

D1B wrote:ACC

Another Conk Circle-jerk

ADJ

Another Donk Jerk

Post by **Ivytalk** » Wed May 02, 2012 10:34 am

Bronco wrote:-
Didn't want the folks back home to hear the boos

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

Post by **Wedgebuster** » Wed May 02, 2012 10:43 am

Ivytalk wrote:
Bronco wrote:-
Didn't want the folks back home to hear the boos

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.

Post by **dbackjon** » Wed May 02, 2012 11:01 am

JFC - you guys beleive anything Rush tells ya...

CitadelGrad · Post by **CitadelGrad** » Wed May 02, 2012 11:09 am

dbackjon wrote:JFC - you guys beleive anything Rush tells ya...

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.

Bronco · Post by **Bronco** » Wed May 02, 2012 12:45 pm

Looks like a couple of white Hispanics in the front row

Bronco · Post by **Bronco** » Wed May 02, 2012 12:51 pm

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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.

Seahawks08 · Post by **Seahawks08** » Wed May 02, 2012 1:03 pm

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

Post by **kalm** » Wed May 02, 2012 2:08 pm

CitadelGrad wrote:
dbackjon wrote:JFC - you guys beleive anything Rush tells ya...

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.

GrizFanStuckInUtah · Post by **GrizFanStuckInUtah** » Wed May 02, 2012 2:12 pm

Bronco wrote:-
Didn't want the folks back home to hear the boos

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

Skjellyfetti · Post by **Skjellyfetti** » Wed May 02, 2012 2:13 pm

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.

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

Post by **Ivytalk** » Wed May 02, 2012 2:14 pm

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.

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

Ahh,... summoned from the beyond ... the arrival of ... Herr Spindoktor...

Post by **kalm** » Wed May 02, 2012 2:35 pm

Ivytalk wrote:
Skjellyfetti wrote:

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

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?

Post by **Grizalltheway** » Wed May 02, 2012 2:37 pm

Ivytalk wrote:
Skjellyfetti wrote:

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

Yeah, goddamn him spoiling all the fun with the reality of what happened!

CID1990 · Post by **CID1990** » Wed May 02, 2012 3:35 pm

I think I saw an Apollo lander under a sheet in that hanger.

Where is expandinghydrospanner when we need him?

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