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Friday, July 25, 2008
Oliver North :: Townhall.com Columnist
Sen. Obama's Excellent Adventure
by Oliver North
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In Iraq Monday, Sen. Obama's first stop was at the Basra International Airport for photos and briefings from British, Iraqi and U.S. military commanders -- and then on to Baghdad for a red-carpet rollout at the residence of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. After the hourlong meet and greet, separate Kodak moments were held with Iraq's Kurdish President Jalal Talabani, Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi and Shiite Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi.

After a well-photographed tour of the 86th Combat Support Hospital inside the Green Zone, Sen. Obama sat still for photos and a briefing by Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker and then took a picture-perfect helicopter ride over Baghdad with Gen. Petraeus before dining -- and being videotaped -- with the CENTCOM commander.

On Tuesday, following a photo-breakfast with U.S. troops, the Obama entourage headed for Ramadi, the once-bloody capital of Anbar province. There he took photos with the provincial governor, Mamoun Sami Rashid al-Alawi; the provincial police chief, Tariq Yousef al-Asaal; and Ahmed Abu Risha and Ali Hatem Ali Suleiman of the "Sunni Awakening" movement. At day's end, it was pics in Amman with Jordanian King Abdullah II and a news conference, during which Sen. Obama summed up all he had learned: "My view, based on the advice of military experts, is that we can redeploy safely in 16 months so that our combat brigades are out of Iraq in 2010."

On Wednesday, taxpayers got a break, as the Obama campaign started covering costs for the global "Hope and Change" tour. Photos were taken with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, and promises were made to "work for peace."

By Thursday, it was photos with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. Frantic Friday was a whirlwind of photos and "press avails" in Paris, with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and in London, with U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Tony Blair and the Conservative Party's leader, David Cameron. Space surely will be saved in the campaign scrapbook for a frenzied welcome-home party in Chicago Saturday night.

Bottom line: Image is everything. Lots of great pics, which we're sure to see again. Nothing changed on issues that matter -- but a big bill for beleaguered U.S. taxpayers to cover the costs of Sen. Obama's excellent adventure.
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Oliver North is the founder and honorary chairman of Freedom Alliance and author of The Assassins .

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Reply # 1
Date: Jul 26, 2008 - 9:57 PM EST
PRESIDENT OBAMA...

WOULD BE A NATIONAL DARWIN AWARD!!!>>AND MUCH DESERVED!!
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Date: Jul 26, 2008 - 5:59 PM EST
Barbara Part I of II
Barbara
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Reply # 42
Date: Jul 25, 2008 - 8:46 AM EST To mrbmrb
200,000 attended because 3 major German Rock bands were performing ahead of Obama - free concert, lots of food vendors set up, just like Oktoberfest. Again, Obama was not the only draw, but that's the only thing you'll hear about in the media, now isn't it?

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Barbara,

Kind Lady, you are wasting your time with this clown. He is a Troll.

I tried working with him, thinking that he just might be challenged, due to a poor school system. I gave him pointers, I tried to help with punctuation and grammar concerns, and his basic answer was, " I will post what I want. " Hmmm? Sounds reasonable to me.

Alas, I now believe that mr bumbles has an IQ of about 40. He claims to have been a teacher. SAD !

He also claims to have been in the Military. Unbelievable.

In Part II, I will repeat a post I made a few weeks ago to this poor specimen.

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