Warner Wants to Meet Obama's Soldier

Some of your posts are so insulting to our men and women of the military. Obama is just trying to defend their honor and you accuse him and them of lying. My son is U.S. Marine, and I certainly want him to be well protected in all dangerous situations. You would want the same for your own. Don't judge things you don't fully understand, and don't be so quick to discount Senator Obama, just because he brings a new outlook and genuine concern into the political forum. We're not use to that as a whole, in this country, but it's certainly time to initiate the changes that this country so desperately needs. Have some respect and don't assume older politicians know everything. Many of them are far too jaded. Open your minds and deal with the hear and now, and our children's future.

I am so glad to see that someone in our government is speaking up about Obama's factual information

Maybe the media won't attack the military to protect Obama.

The only one I don't see the media investigating thoroughly is Obama.

Who is this guy anyway?

He's hooked up with a criminal from Chicago a "slumlord" Rezko

His wife doesn't seem to appreciate being an American.

He was born in American and lived overseas going to a Muslim School

He's got ties with a half sister still over there. Where does she live.
How is he related to his family. Any other family members in the middle east?

His sister is a Buddah and his mother is an Athiest or Agnostic.

Has he had any military training?

Is he connected or not with radidal groups from the 60's and who are they.

I'm not trying to bash Obama.

I just want to be able to ask certain things.

For him to say that it was a "boneheaded" idea to have dealing with this criminal Resko really isn't a trorough investigation.

Can't we ask him questions that matter.
These are dangerous times in our world and we really ought to be able to check his resume.

I would want the same done for each and every candidate.

Maybe ask all of these on the next debate?

Other news agencies have researched and verified the truth of Obama's story. So y'all can go dissect Hillary's alternative reality for lies and deceit. You'll have a lot more fun there!!

Is it Jan. 9, 2009 YET????. You have made an interesting statement abt judgement and choice of friend ".....This Rezko guy is what kind of "friend" obama picks-----THAT, in itself, is a very bad judgement...." I sure do hope that u r not a Hillary supporter or else she is worse off in judgement,with her choice of Bill! The fact is one cant control other pple's actions,including friends...sometimes u even have a problem with your self control.

the story was researched and turned out to be true. so what comments about obama fabrication do you want to print now????

Yet ANOTHER obama fabrication and HIS version of what THUTH really is.....what kind of a President would this man make? He is NOT TRANSPARENT with the American people. He needs to answer questions FULLY about his involvement with his Chicago, Illinois friend REZKO, whose corruption trial will begin on March 3rd......let's be TRANSPAERNT, obama. I hope obama is made to testify at the Rezko trial, UNDER OATH, about what exactly he knows about his "friend" of 17 years, Rezko's dealings in corruption activities.- Things WILL COME OUT in MARCH. Everybody pay attention to this trial as it unfolds. This Rezko guy is what kind of "friend" obama picks-----THAT, in itself, is a very bad judgement.

Warner and the rest of the republicans who sent those brave young men and women to die have blood on their hands and no amount of congressional hearings will wash away the fact. Also I might add all those who voted for GW in 2000 and 2004. I hope you people can sleep at night knowing that you sent americas best to die in an illegal war.

I think Warner should speak with Kerry -- as far as McCain, I don't care about the Love Life; he has been know for that for sometime, it's the LOBBYISTS!!! and I am sure there is to this than is being told and I wonder why??? Doesn't everyone else??
Seems like all the insiders know the story, but the voters do not - hmmmmmmm.

I think McCain unfortunately looks so out of energy and ideas that the idea of him having successful sex, while kindof grandpaish, does not hurt him. Dole has Viagra at his place.

Remember what happened to Obama's republican opponent in his 2004 senate race? He had to withdraw after the Chicago Tribune published stories of a nothing sex scandal. Now we have McCain getting the same treatment from the New York Times. Is there a strategy out there by Obama's camp to get rid of the stong republican candidate and replace him with a weaker one that Obama can beat? Has anyone questioned David Axlerod's part in this?
A little too coincidental that lightning strikes twice.

Everyone needs to remember that Obama was not a member of the senate in 2002 and did not vote against the war. His claim is so insulting to the people who actually had to make that tough decision. I am from Illinois, and I can tell you how much I regret voting for him as our senator. Once America gets to know him, they will regret it too!!!!

People don't you get it??? This is the problem-BO's lack of knowledge and inexperience in many areas is GOING TO HURT US ALL. Our country is at war, we are going into a recession, and health care in the US is a huge problem. BO's inexperince in so many areas is not good for the country. You people are supporting someone who voted incorrectly because he "pressed" the wrong button 6 times. Not once, not twice, but 6 times. When he was in the Illinois senate, he voted "present" over 150 times, rather than take a stance on an issue. Now he shows in experience when talking about the military. HE IS NOT READY TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. WAKE-UP PEOPLE. When he gets off-script he is always blowing it. I WILL NOT VOTE FOR SOMEONE SO INEXPERIENCED. HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT 08.

Too bad we never got to the bottom of the WMD or other reasons for the Iraq war before we sacrificed 3900 troops. And we continue to support the troops by sending more to dye? We never had enough troops in the 1st place and wanted to do it on the cheap. We leave disabled vets rotting in their own bed sores and vomit and we still never got to the end of this investigation. And so all the major concern to vet Obama's version of an American heroes concerns is, what ?

I don't understand the attacks against Obama for expressing concern about our military personnel. He is merely pointing out that the military is stretched too thin and that we have over committed to the point that our soldiers may be compromised. We have two theaters of war and there is evidence that our funding and policies benefit our soldiers in Iraq to the detriment of our soldiers in Afghanistan. This is a legitimate policy issue that should be addressed by our current president and will need to be addressed by the next president. I would think that Americans, and our military personnel in particular, appreciate Obama raising this issue so that the needs of all of our soldiers are addressed. I certainly don't understand the criticism.

The military has sent people out into the field without proper equipment repeatedly - it's been covered by the press - even the Humvee situation. Why shouldn't anyone believe differently?? That this was something Obama made up?

I remember some story about a mother finally being able to send cans of silly string to her son's team so they could test for trip wires of bombs, because the military wouldn't send them anything. That was covered in the major networks.

Right now what we're looking at is probably some 25 year old kid scared ****less, because the government is going to come after him.

The troops are treated like crap by the government - and situations like this make me wonder why *anyone* would serve in the armed forces in the first place, unless they love their country so much that it won't matter that the government does to them.

It is obvious that Sen. John Warner is not a bright man. His present political act on behalf of John McCain explains why nothing gets done in Washington.

Senator Obama has more integrity than BOTH of the Johns put together. lol
One thing that does not characterize Senator Obama's campaign is cheap political point scoring.

Moreover, it does not take a rocket scientists to recognize that THE REAL WAR in Afghanistan is shortchanged while the bungling Bush misuses the American military as his PRIVATE ARMY to fight his personal Bush-war in Iraq!

I have served as a U.S. Army 1st Lt. in Afghanistan for two years. I have never voted for a Democrat in any election.

I want to express my anger here. For a change, a Democrat is totally right and earnest when discussing some of the major problems we faced (and still do) in fighting the Taliban ans Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. It is a courageous thing to do, certainly at this stage of his campaign.

The US Military personnel in Afghanistan, up to the highest ranks, have been deeply diappointed (and damaged) by the Pentagon's focus on Iraq and the consequent lack of support for that more important and difficult battle: fighting Al Qaeda and their fanatic Taliban brothers in Afghanistan. This is the fight where the safety of the USA and its citizens is most seriously at stake. Afghanistan is the real war on the islamic fundamentalists' terrorism.

I thank Mr. Obama for publicly setting an agenda for discussing the difficult issue of Washington support of our men and women in the Afghanistan ground war.
I thank Mr. Warner as well for his public response, but feel that he is interested in implicitly formulating a denial of the issue as raised by Mr. Obama.

Where the Republican party would support attempts to deny these issues, I and many others have served in Afghanistan will have learnt that Mr. Obama - even without having served in the US Army - appears to be an integer and strong spokesman for the real problems our men and women in Afghanistan are facing on a daily basis.

Again, I think he is a courageous politician. Mr. Obama doesn't tell the American people what it would like to hear about the US Army's overseas battles; he tells them what they NEED TO KNOW. From now on I decided I'll support him for doing so.

Why would a Presidential candidate feel its ok to devulge military intelligence on national television to try to score a political point?

Obama has endangered every soldier in the theatre in Afghanistan by giving the Taliban clues as to how they could compromise a unit.

Hillary has been on the senate armed services committee since the beginning of these conflicts and has never devulged intelligence during a debate.

Whether or not its true, a national televised debate is the wrong time and place to devulge this information. Why didn't Mr Obama go to the senate armed services committee if he is so concerned with the troops instead of endangering their lives?

BTW it might be a little unclear from the way I put it... I meant the "fake moon-landing conspiracy" story isn't true -- of course they landed on the moon. But people pick holes in it because they don't know anything about it. Go to NASA and they have a whole page on it. But you can always raise some little detail and say "that sounds funny to me".

And likewise, of course this captain is telling the truth. Think about it logically -- why would they fake this? There aren't any real stories about equipment problems so they had to make one up? That's nuts.

You seriously think anyone would just concoct a story like that? Everyone knows they've had lots of equipment problems. Was that soldier lying who stood up at an event and asked Rumsfeld why his unit had to weld scrap metal on their Humvees?

It makes me so mad that people would say that a soldier is lying when he's trying to point out that there are problems with equipment and training. Whose side are you on, anyway?

Great comments. With so much media embedded with troops why is this story now coming to play. Many Obamarites are saying that Hillary used the story of the hospital opening for her own good. I assert here that is exactly what Obama has done. Hillary has signed on the resolution for mandated funding for the VA, Obama has not....and many Cook County, IL elected officials have signed on the dotted line for this resolution. (I am a Navy vet). Are we sure this guy is not po'd because he got passed over for promotion or something. I admit I forget much of what I learned about the Army and many of uncles and cousins served in the Army. "I hang my head in shame"....I was once in Army ROTC.....