We know they get the message. - Hamid Karzai
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| Karzai refused to meet Champ at Bagram Air Base. | ||
| 2014-05-26 | ||
| Bagram (Afghanistan) (AFP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai was offered a meeting with President Barack Obama at Bagram Air Base outside Kabul but declined, a US official said Sunday. The official said that Washington was not surprised that the meeting did not work out at short notice, after Obama arrived at the base on a surprise visit after night fell on Sunday. "As we said, we weren't planning for a bilateral meeting with President Karzai or a trip to the palace, as this trip is focused on thanking our troops," the official said. "We did offer him the opportunity to come to Bagram, but we're not surprised that it didn't work on short notice.
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| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 The Bammer snuck out to Afghanistan to avoid Benghazi, + angry US Vets + Families oer the new VA mess = LOG/SIGN-IN GATE??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-05-26 22:21 |
| #7 You know I'ma betting Barry would love to have a fine cloak to throw over his frontage while deplaing from AF1. Maybe with colorful accents. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-05-26 10:02 |
| #6 In Afghanistan, We do not thumb our noses, we only finger our noses. We know they get the message. - Hamid Karzai |
| Posted by: Elmains Flineger6072 2014-05-26 09:43 |
| #5 Somehow I can't help but believe that the reaction of the service folks to Obumbles "surprise" visit was not quite the same as their reaction to GWB's surprise visit to Iraq. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-05-26 09:23 |
| #4 If the man had a soul, he wouldn't be able to look into the eyes of people he's sent to face possible death for no good reason. However, in the great socialist word, they're simply proles in the eyes of those of the inner party. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-05-26 09:18 |
| #3 Karzai and Obama--two lame albatrosses. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-05-26 08:48 |
| #2 Better a group photo at Bagram than one at the Phoenix VA Health Care (PVAHCS) facility, regardless of the AVGAS required to get there. One or two of the uniformed attendees in the video did look a bit recalcitrant. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-05-26 08:04 |
| #1 Unlike the armed forces who can be ordered to attend without loaded weapons; Karzai can make up his own mind. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2014-05-26 07:42 |