Source: Military Times:
An Army officer’s negative e-mail account of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s visit with the troops in Afghanistan that set the blogosphere ablaze prompted Army officials to correct aspects of the e-mail and resulted in a statement from the message’s author that “some of the information that was put out in my e-mail was wrong.”
The e-mail, signed by Capt. Jeffrey S. Porter at Bagram Airbase, characterized Obama’s July 19 visit with soldiers there as contrary to the positive portrayals of the mainstream press.
“As the soldiers where (sic) lined up to shake his hand he blew them off and didn’t say a word as he went into the conference room to meet the general,” the e-mail said.
Porter wrote that Obama then went straight to the base’s “Clamshell” or recreation facility to pose for “publicity pictures playing basketball” and “shunned the opportunity to talk to soldiers to thank them for their service. I swear we got more thanks from the NBA Basketball Players or the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders than from one of the Senators, who wants to be the President of the United States. I just don’t understand how anyone would want him to be our Commander-in-Chief. It was almost that he was scared to be around those that provide the freedom for him and our great country.”
Army Times sent an e-mail to Porter, a Utah Army National Guard member assigned to the 142nd Military Intelligence Battalion, asking if he could verify that he wrote the controversial e-mail and requesting an interview.
Porter’s reply declined the interview request, but said:
“I am writing this to ask that you delete my e-mail and not forward it, after checking my sources some of the information that was put out in my e-mail was wrong. This e-mail was meant only for my family. Please respect my wishes and delete the e-mail and if there are any blogs you have my e-mail portrayed on I would ask if you would take it down too.”
When contacted, Tiffany Porter who identified herself as his wife, said: “There were discrepancies in the e-mail, but I am not at liberty to say more.”
The Army refuted the accuracy of the account of the Obama visit.
4 comments:
This was sent to me. I pasted your post in my reply :D
This soldier got a big bonus check for his support of the GOP. Now as he said in the email don't believe what you see believe what I tell you. This is how the Pentagon moves soldiers up in rank by their support of the Bush/Cheney crime team.
General Petraeus was once a soldier who worked with honor for country and fellow soldier until he sold out to the corrupt White House. It was the money he was given that made him turn of the country and soldiers.
Peaches told me all those photo ops taken with soldiers were planned. There was a sheet to sign up and if you were picked and did what you were told you'd get a bonus in your check. Lying pays well as some soldiers I spoke to are National Guard and need the money for their families.
A Capt with no honor, only loyalty to the GOP. Ya don't say...bucking for a promotion Captain? Shunning Army core values should get him a
DEmotion.
Hey, thanks Jan!
GOP are really desperate and afraid of the momentum in the Obama camp.
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