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After the talk, out of earshot from the soldiers and diplomats, he starts to complain. He starts to act very un-Obamalike, according to a U.S. embassy official
who helped organize the trip in Baghdad.
Hes asked to go out to take a few more pictures with soldiers and embassy staffers. Hes asked to sign copies of his book. He didnt want to take pictures with any more soldiers; he was complaining about it, a State Department official tells me. Look, I was excited to meet him. I wanted to like him. Lets just say the scales fell from my
eyes after I did. These are people over here whove been fighting the war, or working every day for the war effort, and he didnt want to take fucking pictures with them?"
From: Michael Hastings' new book, The Operators
Book Depicts Cranky Obama On Baghdad Visit
Well. There it is.