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Letter from Soldier in Iraq on Obama's visit
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28/07/2008 09:53:52
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>>>>Hmm, my bad. I should have checked snopes. I guess since Marshall is ex military, and he said it came from his friend. . . Oh well, my bad. I'll sent this to my bud. Even so, didn't Obama just blow off a visit to the injured soldiers?
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>>>He did cancel a scheduled visit to a hospital, but it's not clear yet why. There are a couple of stories floating around. Obama's people say that military higher-ups were uncomfortable with the idea of the wounded being used in a campaign and asked him to cancel.
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>>>Tamar
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>>Last word I heard, is the Pentagon would not allow him to make the visit a photo op. Once he found out he could not mug for the media, he tossed it.
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>Which, of course, sounds like the McCain campaign's spin on this situation. Let's assume this is like a divorce and that there's her story, his story and the truth. That is, that the reality isn't quite what either campaign saying but something in between.
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>Tamar

Isn't that true with most any situation. There is his side, her side, and then what really happened. The problem is who can know what really happened?
John Harvey
Shelbynet.com

"I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Stephen Wright
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