Army officials refute claim of Barack Obama snub in Afghanistan

[kskiska]

WASHINGTON - The latest chain e-mail smear against Barack Obama: He "blew off" troops at an Afghan base to shoot hoops for a publicity photo.

The letter was apparently written by a Utah Army National Guard intelligence officer in a linguist unit at Bagram Airfield who claimed the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee was rude to G.I.s.

"As the soldiers where lined up to shake his hand he blew them off," wrote the Task Force Wasatch "battle captain."
But angry Army brass debunked the Obama-bashing soldier's allegations, which went viral Thursday over the Web and on military blogs such as Blackfive.

The e-mail claims Obama repeatedly shunned soldiers on his way to the Clamshell - a recreation tent - to "take his publicity pictures playing basketball."

"These comments are inappropriate and factually incorrect," said Bagram spokesman Army Lt. Col. Rumi Nielson-Green, who added that such political commentary is barred for uniformed personnel.

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[MidwestTransplant]

1. Aren't they sick. All they have is lies.

This needs to get around http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwaL9DE5c_4

[JDPriestly]

2. Don't worry. The e-mail was not written by a serviceman.

It's pure Republican propaganda manufactured by some operative on a computer safely hooked up to the DSL in the writer's living room or office.

[ColbertWatcher]

3. Or parent's basement. n/t

[kskiska]

4. E-mails to the officer who made the charges

and a call to his wife were not returned.

[Squatch]

5. It doesn't matter. The damage has been done.

[JDPriestly]

6. True. I was being ironic. The damage is done.

People will believe that a member of the military wrote the e-mail. Quite frankly, a member of the military would know better.