American Garbage Drifts To Middle East - With Video
A fuckstick like this, who has helped kill American troops by encouraging the enemy to keep fighting, having the gumption to stand amongst them on the field of battle itself, doesn’t make me very happy at all…and a reminder that we all have some serious business to attend to here at home.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama started a campaign-season tour of combat zones and foreign capitals, visiting with U.S. forces in Kuwait and then Afghanistan - the scene of a war he says deserves more attention and more troops.
The Illinois senator arrived Saturday in Kabul as part of an official congressional delegation and then flew to eastern Afghanistan. Staff. Sgt. David Hopkins said Obama and two other senators were making a brief stop in Jalalabad airfield, in Nangarhar province, to visit with soldiers stationed there.
The delegation also met with top military leaders and troops at Bagram Air Base, the main U.S. military base in the country, according to a U.S. military officer who spoke on condition of anonymity because the officer was not authorized to release the information.
Obama’s first visit to Afghanistan, coming less than four months before the general election, was rich with political implications.
Republican presidential rival John McCain has criticized Obama for his lack of time in the region. Obama is also expected to stop later in Iraq.
En route to Afghanistan, Obama stopped Friday at Camp Arifjan, the main U.S. military base in Kuwait and a major gateway for U.S. soldiers moving into and out of Iraq.
Lt. Col. Bill Nutter, a spokesman for the U.S. military in Kuwait, said, “He talked to soldiers and constituents and met with senior military leadership.”
During the two-hour visit, Nutter said, the officers gave him an overview of operations. Obama shook hands, answered questions, posed for photos and played a little basketball during the visit.
Sultan Ahmad Baheen, spokesman for Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry, said Saturday that Obama would meet with President Hamid Karzai during his visit.
“I look forward to seeing what the situation on the ground is,” Obama told a pair of reporters who accompanied him to his departure from Andrews Air Force Base on Thursday. “I want to, obviously, talk to the commanders and get a sense both in Afghanistan and in Baghdad of, you know, what the most, their biggest concerns are, and I want to thank our troops for the heroic work that they’ve been doing.”
Obama advocates ending the U.S. combat role in Iraq by withdrawing troops at the rate of one to two combat brigades a month. But he supports increasing the military commitment to Afghanistan, where the Taliban has been resurgent and Osama bin laden is believed to be hiding.
Obama recently chided Karzai and his government, saying it had “not gotten out of the bunker” and helped to organize the country or its political and security institutions.
Also on his itinerary later in the trip is a meeting with Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi leader. On the campaign trail, Obama has said one benefit of withdrawing U.S. troops is that it would pressure al-Maliki to shore up his government as well.
Nonetheless, he said he did not plan to reiterate those messages in person.
Traveling with Obama were Sens. Chuck Hagel, a Nebraska Republican and Jack Reed, a Democrat from Rhode Island. The senators, both military veterans, have been mentioned as potential Obama vice presidential running mates, but Reed has said he’s not interested in the job.
In a speech this week, Obama said the war in Iraq was a distraction
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“A fuckstick like this, who has helped kill American troops by encouraging the enemy to keep fighting, having the gumption to stand amongst them on the field of battle itself, doesn’t make me very happy at all…and a reminder that we all have some serious business to attend to here at home.”
Right on, Pat.
Notice how he’s not wearing body armor? To think his people would have Americans believe things haven’t improved in the GWOT, yet he doesn’t even need to wear body armor now!
July 19th, 2008 at 12:17 pmfuckstick ,:) good nickname for him , thanks Pat
July 19th, 2008 at 12:29 pmSnicker Bar, Black on the outside, gooey on the inside,melts readily with a little heat.
July 19th, 2008 at 12:34 pmHe has no balls. I bet he is dickless too. Fucking closet raghead…
July 19th, 2008 at 12:43 pmHe has no balls. I bet he is dickless too. Fucking closet raghead… I am surprised Farakhan is not there holding his hand..
July 19th, 2008 at 12:44 pm“Obama said the war in Iraq was a distraction.”
Yo Bahma, yo mamma. You’re the distraction, boy!
July 19th, 2008 at 12:46 pmI don’t think I’ve seen him look more like Urkel than he does in a military setting amongst real heroes who have actually accomplished something in life.
July 19th, 2008 at 12:47 pmSomething other than being a ‘black’ affirmative action Senator who thinks he should be an affirmative action POTUS that is.
Unless ordered by my superiors,if I were in the field, I would refuse to talk to this charlatan.
July 19th, 2008 at 1:06 pmWhat pisses me is soldiers will have to attend his brainless ramblings…I mean speeches, and they will not be allowed to boo or tell him to go to hell.
He will use our troops as a political photo op to prove to Americans that soldiers like him.
FUCK YOU, YOU FUCKING BIG-EARDED, BIRD-CHESTED SHIT-SPEWING DUMB FUCK. YOU ARE NOT WORTHY TO STAND IN FRONT OF HEROES, MUCH LESS BE THEIR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
July 19th, 2008 at 1:20 pmI’m the Taliban got a morale boost. I can just hear one of his aides saying “Senator, Senator….we’re visiting the American troops..not the Taliban.”
On a serious not…I hope he looks into our young men and women’s faces and sees real courage. Not only do our soldiers STAND for our national anthem, but they defend it.
July 19th, 2008 at 1:29 pmGateway Pundit has a video from live leak of a KFC opened in Fallujah(yes thats right the place where there is no hope of victory)with our troops going in and ordering fried chicken and fries w/o being shot at or IEDs going off or Iraqis poisoning the food. Mind you I am just saying this but, if Obama is what he says he is how could he pass up a KFC?
July 19th, 2008 at 1:32 pmOf course he has no balls, Jesse Jackson ripped them off for upstaging him.
July 19th, 2008 at 1:54 pmI wonder what our men and women in Afghanistan and Iraq really think of him?
July 19th, 2008 at 2:19 pmI used to be one of Urkel’s agents. For real. And Johnny Rotten’s.
I guess that’s balance in one’s life.
July 19th, 2008 at 3:02 pmIs this what they mean when they say “Ugly American”?
July 19th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Urkel AND Johnny. That’s rich. 
July 19th, 2008 at 3:11 pm[…] July 19, 2008 by Word-Drum American Garbage Drifts To The Middle East “A fuckstick like this, who has helped kill American troops by encouraging the enemy to keep fighting, having the gumption to stand amongst them on the field of battle itself, doesn’t make me very happy at all…and a reminder that we all have some serious business to attend to here at home.” –Pat Dollard Read AP story […]
July 19th, 2008 at 3:31 pmFRAUD
July 19th, 2008 at 4:02 pmI think LARRY is taking this personally
July 19th, 2008 at 4:31 pmHey Larry in NC, tell us what you really think!
Truthfully, can a troop refuse to be a part of a photo op?
Larry, if your son ends up in the background of a promo pic of the messiah, you will never hear the end of it from me.
July 19th, 2008 at 4:37 pmCheck any photos of BHO and Service personal shaking hands etc. Look for the Service member crossing his fingers on one of his hands, it means “I’m doing this under duress”.
A year or so ago a U.S. Army Officer did it, I saw it on StrategyPage.com but it flew over the heads of the MSM which had published the photo.
July 19th, 2008 at 5:29 pmMan I was hoping that all of our troops would have nothing to do with Obama - like they did John Kerry when he went to Iraq. Do you remember the picture of Kerry in the mess hall at a table all by himself because NONE of the troops would have anything to do with him?
July 19th, 2008 at 5:40 pmWoops
Check any photos of BHO and Service personal shaking hands etc. Look for the Service member crossing his fingers on one of his hands, it means “I’m doing this under duress”.
A year or so ago a U.S. Army Officer did it “WITH HILLARY”, I saw it on StrategyPage.com but it flew over the heads of the MSM which had published the photo.
:lol: 
July 19th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Mike 3481 I did not notice any crossed fingers but did notice the lack of white faces in this photo.
July 19th, 2008 at 6:20 pmhttp://tinyurl.com/6cfulu
Also it looks as if this was the sum total that showed out of 9000 stationed at the base in Kuwait.The guy on the right whose uniform looks out of place is leaning in like he was coached by the photographer and his eyes and the eyes of the soldier on the top row are looking at someone other then the messiah.
re the pic, What’s going on with the potato head?
July 19th, 2008 at 6:23 pmfollow on to that tater head…
I found this quote on a blog:
By now, most astute onlookers have realized that Obama is an absolute blank slate upon which anyone interested can project whatever makes them comfortable. Hell, we NObama people do it because we don’t know what he truly stands for and yet he wants the country to trust him to lead it…I don’t think so. He’s sort of a Mr. Potato head (Heh. Mr. Potato Head’s got big ears too.). Remember those? At the Hasbro website, they describe Mr. and Mrs. Potato head this way:
Each character comes with a choice of stick-on facial features, conveniently stored in a back pocket. It’s up to you whether MR. POTATO HEAD or the Mrs. is feeling happy, sad, silly or outright goofy (Is that a NOSE on top of your head?!!).
No doubt about it, versatility has always been at the heart of this potato family’s style. The multitude of choices means you get to play your way. Whatever your taste, these are the sweetest potatoes around.
July 19th, 2008 at 6:29 pmSteve In NC…I’ll give my son a heads-up and if he is lucky enough to be in a photo op with The Messiah, I’ll tell him to cross his fingers.
I’d piss my pants laughing if my kid did that.
July 19th, 2008 at 6:43 pmGRIZZ…..nah, I talk to everyone like that.
July 19th, 2008 at 6:45 pmVideo didn’t work so I’m adding some to the pic- “No, Sir, this one is the up-armored Humvee! Canvas won’t even stop dust. Humvee, it stands for Highly Mo… nevermind, it’s an ugly army truck thingee that we cling to…, Um, let’s take a look at the DFAC, I mean food eating area.”
July 19th, 2008 at 6:46 pmAs noted earlier, it’s nice that he waited long enough to visit the safest of area’s so he wouldn’t have to wear body armor, helmet, etc.
First commenter said: Notice how he’s not wearing body armor? To think his people would have Americans believe things haven’t improved in the GWOT, yet he doesn’t even need to wear body armor now!
Great point!!!
July 19th, 2008 at 8:55 pmHe’s not wearing armour because he looks and acts like a terrorist, why on Earth would they shoot him?
July 19th, 2008 at 9:17 pmERKEL HA HA HA HA HA HA
July 19th, 2008 at 10:45 pmGod bless the troops, but in the photo MikeW supplied above they look more like traveling props or a rent-a-crowd.
It’s all hype with BHO, as others here have mentioned already he is a twerp in such surroundings and an ignoramus on geopolitical affairs.
July 19th, 2008 at 11:13 pmIt is rich. And true.
July 20th, 2008 at 12:02 am