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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 926098" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p style="margin-left: 20px">Michael Hastings’ new book, The Operators, jabs at what could be a vulnerable spot for the Obama Administration, the president’s relationship with the troops.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">The book describes a visit to Baghdad:</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">After the talk, out of earshot from the soldiers and diplomats, he starts to complain.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">He starts to act very un-Obamalike, according to a U.S. embassy official who helped organize the trip in Baghdad.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">He’s asked to go out to take a few more pictures with soldiers and embassy staffers. </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">He’s asked to sign copies of his book.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">“He didn’t want to take pictures with any more soldiers; he was complaining about it,” a State Department official tells me.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">“Look, I was excited to meet him.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">I wanted to like him. </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>Let’s just say the scales fell from my eyes after I did.</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>These are people over here who’ve been fighting the war, or working every day for the war effort, and he didn’t want to take <img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />ing pictures with them?”</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Via <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeedpolitics/book-depicts-cranky-obama-on-baghdad-visit" target="_blank">Buzzfeed:</a></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 926098, member: 12952"] [INDENT]Michael Hastings’ new book, The Operators, jabs at what could be a vulnerable spot for the Obama Administration, the president’s relationship with the troops. The book describes a visit to Baghdad: After the talk, out of earshot from the soldiers and diplomats, he starts to complain. He starts to act very un-Obamalike, according to a U.S. embassy official who helped organize the trip in Baghdad. He’s asked to go out to take a few more pictures with soldiers and embassy staffers. He’s asked to sign copies of his book. “He didn’t want to take pictures with any more soldiers; he was complaining about it,” a State Department official tells me. “Look, I was excited to meet him. I wanted to like him. [B]Let’s just say the scales fell from my eyes after I did. These are people over here who’ve been fighting the war, or working every day for the war effort, and he didn’t want to take [IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG]ing pictures with them?”[/B] Via [URL="http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeedpolitics/book-depicts-cranky-obama-on-baghdad-visit"]Buzzfeed:[/URL] [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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