jg, traveling with the military or on business with an expense account is not the same as independent travel. I know a guy was a military officer in Korea. He shopped at Costco and would eat at Pizza Hut on base. He never learned to speak Korean.

I don’t see what the big is with with Obama attending a madrassa. That just a local muslim school — just like you’d attend a catholic school if you lived in Italy in the 1970s.

Obama’s step dad was Indonesian and probably couldn’t afford to send his step son to expensive international schools. So he sent him to a local school.

It’s expensive for expatriate children to attend American or international schools. The tuition for those schools is more expensive than several months’ average salary in developing countries such as indonesia.

Marrriage of American women (like Obama’s mom) to foreigners tend to fail because of money issues. The wife is used to live a rich American life and the husband is unable to provide it. That creates a lot of strain in the relationship.

I grew up in expatriate communities to I kwow what it’s like. This whole issue with Obama is overblow. There’s nothing to it and I don’t believe that this smear campaign will work. I thought that Hillary would have more class than this. I’m disappointed.