Obama to Make and Face History in Laos

[TomSea]

Obama to Make and Face History in Laos

When President Barack Obama sets foot in Laos next week he will mark a new experience for an American president, but he will also come face-to-face with some old problems.

Obama will become the first president to visit Laos when he attends a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the capital Vientiane.

While the ASEAN summit will undoubtedly focus on current issues, Obama is likely to face the ghost of Sombath Samphone and the remains of the U.S. Secret War in Laos.

Sombath, a U.S.-educated activist focusing on rural development, went missing in from the Vientiane on Dec. 15, 2012.

Even though there is video footage of Sombath's Jeep being stopped at a police checkpoint that shows Sombath being herded into a white truck and taken away, the Lao authorities have arrested no one and there is little indication anything more than a cursory investigation ever took place.

More At: http://www.cambodiantimes.com/index.php/sid/247323529

[GtHawk]

Hey, maybe while he's over there he can swing over to Cambodia and check out where Kerry spent the Christmas of '68.

[SZonian]

Sheesh, so tired of the "make history" pablum.

IF everything these fools claimed was "making history" was included in a history book, kids wouldn't have enough memory in a laptop/tablet for it all...

[GtHawk]

Sheesh, so tired of the "make history" pablum.

IF everything these fools claimed was "making history" was included in a history book, kids wouldn't have enough memory in a laptop/tablet for it all...

I came across this list of some of Lord Foul's other "historic" achievements.
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2011/06/president-barack-obamas-complete-list.html

[dfwgator]

Here come more apologies.

[SZonian]

I came across this list of some of Lord Foul's other "historic" achievements.
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2011/06/president-barack-obamas-complete-list.html

Nice!  Bookmarked.