(CNN) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is in Afghanistan on a multistop overseas trip for meetings with international leaders but with an eye on the U.S. presidential race back home.
Sen. Barack Obama is expected to visit several world leaders over the next few weeks.
“This is the campaign trail via satellite — pictures for the rhetoric back home,” CNN’s Candy Crowley said, adding that the trip was intended to demonstrate that Obama was up to the job of taking a lead role on the international stage.
“The question is, is he tough enough to stand up for America but graceful enough to improve [its] image?” Crowley said. 
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Why is Barack Obama in Afghanistan ? Are politics that important ? That you have to put your life on the line, to prove to the world, or mostly the American public, that by visiting Afghanistan, you’ll leave there with more knowledge of war and be a better Commander in Chief. C’mon…
I find it a little reckless and disturbing that *Senator* Barack Obama has been egged on to travel to the Middle East and put his life and the future of America, in danger.
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