Obama On Iraq: “We’re buying shrimp, guys. Come on.”

by Stephan Tawney on August 25, 2010

Apparently the White House Press Corps made the mistake of asking Barack Obama about national security policy during his latest vacation at Martha’s Vineyard. Damn it, don’t they know he’s not president when he’s golfing or vacationing?

Reporter shouts question on Iraq to POTUS, who’s ordering at restaurant. POTUS responds: “We’re buying shrimp, guys. Come on.”

There are about 50,000 American troops in Iraq and there’s been a recent wave of suicide bombings in the country. The United States and its allies are still battling Al Qaeda there and we don’t know when we’ll be free-and-clear to end our commitment to the war. But Barack Obama is ordering shrimp so you reporters can shut up and go away.



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