Jake Tapper has a statement from Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs on why Obama canceled his meeting with U.S. troops:
During his trip as part of the CODEL to Afghanistan and Iraq, Senator Obama visited the combat support hospital in the Green Zone in Baghdad and had a number of other visits with the troops. For the second part of his trip, the senator wanted to visit the men and women at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center to express his gratitude for their service and sacrifice. The senator decided out of respect for these servicemen and women that it would be inappropriate to make a stop to visit troops at a U.S. military facility as part of a trip funded by the campaign.
Obama can’t meet with wounded servicemen and women because the campaign paid for his trip? Ridiculous. Does that mean that he can’t meet with troops stationed in the United States when he’s traveling on his campaign’s dime? Furthermore, it can’t be that Obama just discovered yesterday or today that his campaign was paying for this trip to Germany. So what’s the real reason for Obama’s last-minute decision to snub the troops in Germany? Is he really that self-centered that sightseeing is more important?
