U.S. President Barack Obama visits Al Faw Palace on Camp Victory, Iraq, April 7, 2009. This was Obama's first visit to Iraq as commander in chief and he took time to talk to troops and civilians. Photo by Lee Craker“Cam Sham”: Obama’s Photo Op with Cheering, Camera Wielding Troops 100% Staged -- Red State
Isn’t it just a pain in the neck when there’s an alternative media that prevents strict message control by a staged-photo-op of an administration and its willing mouthpieces in the MSM?
It’s painless for us, of course; rather, that pain is being felt in the necks of those who want to insist that a bow to a Saudi king isn’t a bow, that an omnibus spending bill with 9,000 earmarks is the beginning of earmark and fiscal reform, that indecisively waiting four days while an American ship’s Captain is held hostage on a rubber raft by four Somali pirates (before being bailed out by swift action by the hostage and a SEAL team) is bold, new leadership — and that a staged event with Obama voters only and a bunch of cameras handed out as props is a real sign of soldiers’ devotion to the new, inexperienced, non-military-friendly Commander in Chief of the United States Armed Forces.
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My Comment: If this is the case .... it would not be the first time that U.S. troops have been used as a photo-op. What bothers me is the silence from the main stream media on reporting this story. I hate reading these stories from the blogosphere .... if it was not for an email from a friend who is serving in Iraq, I would never have heard about it.