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Obama in Vietnam and no one paying attention

Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 8:24 am
by philip964
http://imgur.com/Y2QIMlq

Obama in Vietnam and no one paying attention.

I'm sure this is some kind of first. Again this will be a room or exhibit in his Presidential Library.

Now off to Hiroshima for some apologizing.

Re: Obama in Vietnam and no one paying attention

Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 8:45 am
by BurtG
There is no doubt something funny going on with this, but that's no surprise is it ?

Re: Obama in Vietnam and no one paying attention

Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 8:56 am
by bcooper
Maybe he won't come back... Tony B can come back though! Love that guy!!

Re: Obama in Vietnam and no one paying attention

Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 9:06 am
by LosAlce
I don't watch the news anymore because I hate every major news network so I've shifted to spending 30 minutes a day reading the news online instead (sometimes it can be just as poorly put together as the tv news).

Is it just a lack of TV coverage you're meaning by no one is paying attention? Really not trying to be sarcastic. I'm curious because I've seen dozens of articles about the president in Vietnam, lifting the weapons ban against them, etc.

Re: Obama in Vietnam and no one paying attention

Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 9:07 am
by psijac
Photo is staged. No one is on their cell phone

Re: Obama in Vietnam and no one paying attention

Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 9:17 am
by bcooper
psijac wrote:Photo is staged. No one is on their cell phone

This!!! :thumbs2:

Re: Obama in Vietnam and no one paying attention

Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 3:11 pm
by philip964
Paying attention now. This beats the Che photo in Cuba by a mile. It's my new favorite photo of him.
https://suntimesmedia.files.wordpress.c ... .jpg?w=670


For youngsters, that's Ho Chi Minh in the background. He killed a lot of good brave and fine Americans in the '60's and '70's to unite his country, so it could be the Capitalist Oligarchy it is today.

Re: Obama in Vietnam and no one paying attention

Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 3:21 pm
by JALLEN
It is probably no more destructive than anything else he might otherwise be doing today. Let him be!

Re: Obama in Vietnam and no one paying attention

Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 4:20 pm
by FtwBill
bcooper wrote:Maybe he won't come back... Tony B can come back though! Love that guy!!

Tony is the only thing I find worth tuning into cnn for.

Re: Obama in Vietnam and no one paying attention

Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 4:45 pm
by warnmar10
philip964 wrote:Obama in Vietnam and no one paying attention.
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Re: Obama in Vietnam and no one paying attention

Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 4:51 pm
by mojo84
philip964 wrote:http://imgur.com/Y2QIMlq

Obama in Vietnam and no one paying attention.

That's normal for Bourdain's shows. Very seldom do they show people looking at him or the cameras.

Re: Obama in Vietnam and no one paying attention

Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 5:26 pm
by Bitter Clinger
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Re: Obama in Vietnam and no one paying attention

Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 5:30 pm
by warnmar10
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The audience listens as Obama delivers remarks at the National Convention Center in Hanoi on May 24.
AFP/Getty

Re: Obama in Vietnam and no one paying attention

Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 5:55 pm
by G26ster
The Viet Nam war ended over 40 years ago. No different than the reconciliation with Germany and Japan after WWII, and we rebuilt those countries to boot.