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Email exchange with the deployed...

By The Armorer on November 30, 2009 | | Comments (4)
Mail pops in the box the Friday after Thanksgiving:

Am I just a cynic? Because the first thing that popped into my head when I saw this story was "Phoning it in
To which I responded:

Well, yes, you are. Bush did this too. But Bush made greater efforts to be with the troops.

Gotta remember, this whole war thing is really a huge distractor to a community organizer.  Taking over one sixth of the economy is hard work!
To which the Castle Correspondent responded:

Yeah, but how hard is it to actually go to a base and sling some mashed potatoes at a chow hall? Quantico, Andrews, and Norfolk are all right there, and Bragg would only take 90 minutes by air.

 Of course, it would drive the Secret Service bonkers. Not that they appear to be doing all that well anyway...
Apparently, it's not all that hard...

President Bush meets with troops and serves Thanksgiving Day Dinner at the Bob Hope Dining Facility, Baghdad International Airport, Iraq,, Nov. 27. Photo by Tina Hager.

President Bush meets with troops and serves Thanksgiving Day Dinner at the Bob Hope Dining Facility, Baghdad International Airport, Iraq,, Nov. 27. Photo by Tina Hager.
Ya just gotta wanna. 

I mean, c'mon, ya gotta remember - 60 people a day die because the government doesn't run health care.  Only a couple of troops die every couple of days because we're at war.  Gotta have your priorities straight.

Remember who serves who these days.

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By FbL on November 30, 2009 9:18 AM
Apparently Petraeus took a page from GWB, in more ways than one...  (don' miss the slideshow, too).
 
By John of Argghhh! on November 30, 2009 9:24 AM
I thought about adding the pic of Pretraeus, but decided to keep it all Presidential.
 
By FbL on November 30, 2009 9:31 AM
You know, this is just another manifestation of the WH attitude that doesn't seem to express a recognition that we are at war.  The CinC serving/joining the troops on Thanksgiving would always be a nice gesture, but it seems almost a requirement in time of war--it's not the action itself that is so significant, but the very doing of it is an unspoken statement of "I recognize what life is like for you these days."  Not visiting the troops on Thanksgiving was a serious misjudgment on Obama's part.
 
By Argent on November 30, 2009 3:22 PM
I will grant it's easy for GWB in a personal and politcal sense.  His welcome was always going to be  warmer than Obama's and GWB has political allignment with the troops where Obama does not.

The problem is there is more to this than GWB or Obama.  I think GWB got it.  Obama on the other hand has trouble doing something that isn't about himself and his goals.  You can't really avoid that he doesn't give a damn and as the ultimate military leader of the USA, that's pretty sad.

As you say "who serves who these days"