This is interesting, as it shows Obama's priorities perfectly. It shows him to be completely disconnected from the American Military, and previous incidents and gaffes have shown him, as well, to be ignorant of how the Military works. Yet he aspires to be the Commander of the American Military.

This, to me, is beyond troublesome. It is despicable.

Yep, Obama absolutely supports the troops... except when it gets in the way of his workouts or the adulation of people who should be wholly irrelevant to his candidacy. Meh.

www.rhjunior.com Great comics with a hefty dose of Christian and anti-nutjob goodness.

"With your mind as high as Mt. Fuji you can see all things clearly. And you can see all the forces that shape events; not just the things near to you." -Miyamoto Musashi

This guy is so despicable it isn't funny.

BHO is nothing but an empty black suit that we can all live without!

Barak yu SOB... We don't need no stinkin Change!

If congress will actually let the military vote in this election, I believe he will come to find out the true meaning of the word 'snub'. 

The Messiah is like the Perfect Storm. All character flaws coming together in a never before seen calamity. Hubris. Deceit. Inexperience. Self-adulation. Inability to take responsibility even for what comes out of his own mouth. I could go on and on.

But dissing our wounded troops in wartime like this would be death to ANY other candidate, at any other time in history.

The collective patriotic America is not that stupid to not be outraged by this, even libs. Only problem is, most of them won't ever hear about, thanks to you know who.

The debacle that will be an Obama presidency will be laid squarely at the feet of the liberal MSM. Cheers! 

I didn't realize Barry H. was overseas.

Did he enroll in a "Study Abroad" program at a local college? I sure hope he gets his term paper written before the semester is finished.

Since we are this close to what would have been "H" hour for his visit,  it would be interesting to learn what the rules of engagement ROE would have been for his visit to the hospital.  I think the patient privacy considerations are the same as in civilian settings, i.e. the patient has some say in the matter.

Typically visiting congressmen/women meet with folks from their districts and senators from their state.  Could it be the dearth of troops from the frontlines weren't sufficient for the photo op?

"Fighters are fun but bombers make policy"

Why didn't Obama visit the injured soldiers?

Hmm....Well, maybe he decided that after visiting, and speaking to, and interacting with so many of our troops in Iraq, including personally visiting with the wounded at the Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad's Green Zone, he said to his staff:

"You know, I had almost forgotten that I actually hate the military, as well as each and every soldier, sailor, airman, and Marine who is part of it; and especially the ones who have been wounded in combat, or otherwise injured while serving their country.  So, I just don't want to see any more of them, and I sure as hell don't want to be perceived by the American people as someone who might give a damn about wounded soldiers.  I'm Barack Obama.  I'm running for President.  I've got better things to do."

OR...

It may have had something to do with this, and the fact that while the Iraqi phase of his overseas tour was Congressionally [CODEL] funded, the time spent in Germany was funded by his campaign.  Consequently, visiting military hospitals would quite possibly have been in violation of DOD regulations, and would, in any event, have undoubtedly triggered charges that the campaign had used the wounded soldiers as political props.

The second explanation sounds slightly more plausible--but maybe that's just me.

Jer

This was a telling decision that is right in step with the Obamarama voter drive based on intimidation. That is, there's no reason to visit these constituents of his because his display of mock statesmanship in Berlin should be convincing enough to any rational person to compell them to vote for Obama. The message that is growing is that if you don't plan to vote for Obama you're a racist, backwards thinking jerkoff who doesn't want to get along with the rest of the world. It's almost like a middle school lunchroom philosophy: All of the cool, popular kids want to sit at Obama's table, and everybody else is just some sort of a loser. Therefore Obama can assume that EVERYONE wants to sit at his table, and instead of appealing to people who will actually be deciding whether or not to vote for him the emphasis is on enhancing his coolness factor. The Berlin speech was made to a throng of people who won't even be voting for him but it was far more important that bringing comfort & recognition to wounded soldiers who may be considering voting for him, and the message is that he assumes they will be anyway.

It also echoes the liberal mantra that active duty members of our armed forces shouldn't be allowed to vote anyway, so why bother recognizing them at all? They are just a bunch of grunts who had to join up because, as John Kerry helpfully pointed out, their grades weren't good enough so they got stuck in Iraq. They certainly wouldn't be welcome at the elite country clubs and social circles that Obama is dependent on for vital support like campaign contributions, which is the only thing that really motivates liberal democrats. They certainly could give a rat's ass what our men & women in uniform really think until they want to exploit things like pictures of their flag draped coffins or make hay about their post-service financial hardships. The sad part of it is that many servicepeople do indeed support Obama and would have been honored to have had him pay a visit to the wards where they are recouperating from the combat wounds recieved ensuring Obama's freedom to travel the world and suck up to people who DON'T support our military's fighting for their freedoms as well.

And of course, since Obama claims to not support the war, what does he care about a bunch of jar heads who caught lead in it's prosecution? "Wounded schmounded, big deal." Let them suck eggs, he has fawning Germans stoned from a reggea concert waiting to cheer him. The guy is a complete fraud and I dearly hope that the backlash against this free summer getaway trip begins soon and is bitter. Obama is a single term senator from Illinois who spent a grand total of 142 days working for the country he now has the nerve to pretend to be qualified to lead -- one good probing question from a wounded soldier could have brought that fact to the surface, so he sort of had to skip the meeting and go play raquetball.