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Originally Posted by Padre I'm sceptical about politicians of any party making 2-3 day visits to operations zones. What do they really learn from such a short visit? Can't they get the same information from the same people via video conferencing?
And if their quick fly-in fly-out visit is because they want to get a "real" feel and a "real" experience of what the situation is "really" like shouldn't they be staying weeks not days.
Seems like political PR to me.
In fact seems like an abuse of the military by elected officials. Not too surprised then when signals (not words) are used to express true feelings. |
While I agree Padre, that members of the Legislative and Executive Branch, from both Parties, have gone to Iraq and Afghanistan for Photo Ops, and or a quick bite to eat, what happens in American Politics is when the Politicians are trying to make a point about the issue, even if they have talked to Flag Officers about what is or is not going on, Flag Officers who have been on the ground, in the Combat Zone.... well another Politician not agreeing with them will ask if the other has ever been there in person, and if it be the case that they have not, well the argument is over if the one who asked has been there, even for 15 minutes.