President Obama's surprise visit to see the troops in Iraq
President Obama made a surprise visit to Iraq to see the troops and tell them Iraq must stand up for itself.
Cheered wildly by U.S. troops, President Barack Obama flew unannounced into Iraq on Tuesday and promptly declared it is time for Iraqis "take responsibility for their country" after America's commitment of six years and thousands of lives. "You have given Iraq the opportunity to stand on its own as a democratic country," the president said as he made a brief inspection of a war he opposed as candidate and now vows to end as commander in chief. "That is an extraordinary achievement."
I'm sure the troops were glad to see a president that has the confidence of the American people and one who is looked on with great respect. They know he wants to get them out of the meat grinder and back to their families. The right wingnutosphere is very agitated that the troops responded so well to their new commander in chief. It's his duty to be there front and center to wind down the greatest folly George Bush perpetrated on the world.
Poor Malkin is doing her best to perfect the conservative whine. They should bottle it and sell it to themselves.
I can only imagine the scorn the Left would heap on President Bush if this had been his trip (drive-by visit! dog-and-pony show! holed up on a military base instead of getting out among the people! bad weather? b.s.!)
If he didn't visit the troops then they would be saying that he didn't respect them.
And Joe Gandleman reports that:
So far no news of shoe throwing.
Wow, that really looks like they just hate having President Obama as Commander-in Chief.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
ya i just love the dems hate the troops line of reasoning. for repub-wingers its simple safe and short like the attention span of goobers that spout this crap. oh yeah and have you noticed how the economy just totally tanked after jan 20th. why hasn t he fixed it already???? because 11 weeks of Obama can t fix eight years of BUSH.
Repubilcan war veteran calls Rush a Nazi. Rush, who dodged combat duty because of a cyst on his fat ass, lays into the war hero who unlike Rush stepped up to the plate for his country. Rush laying into a Republican war veteran is bound to push a few more Republicans to our side. Keep it up Rush, please!! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/07/repu...
As a New Yorker I keep waiting for Rush to move because his taxes are going up...which is the real reason he hates Obama...but unfortunately his fat ass is still here and I would wager ain't going anywhere because he loves him a big librul city.
Already done on this site, look at thread: Rush Limbaugh gets pwned by caller: "You, Hannity, Hewitt, and Levin are all brainwashed and you know it."
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
I disagree there. Rush isn't brainwashed. He's the brainwasher. He's pissed his taxes are going up for the first time in 8 years while the rest of us catch a break. That's why he brainwashing his dumb ass dittohead listeners into thinking he's one of them and looking after their best interests instead of his on. I just keep waiting for him bust a gasket.
you forgot to mention his being a corpulent gas bag or drug addict. why do i have to keep reminding people of the important stuff??
I'm thinkin that some of those folks like this guy.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
Only an anti-american, true "hater" cannot love this guy. He makes me smile every time I see him. He's infectious and contagious and makes americans feel proud, very, very proud.
and you can see the joy in all of the soldiers' faces.
It makes me smile too, Schunka!
But I think we shouldn't lose site of the issues.
I've said before that I'm not going to pass judgment on his Presidency yet. I feel it's too soon for that.
But we should keep a leary eye open for his policy decisions.
I repeat, it's too early to judge his Presidency.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
I was told by the GOP that Democrats hate the troops.
Obama=Bush.
CC decided to leave C&L ... he said this afternoon that he was tired of the negativity and wouldn't be posting anymore ...
Not because of negativity. Not CC. Say it ain't so.
He'll be back. I give him 1 week. On the outside.
I noticed that tyree has disappeared too. Those two guys. They're in cahoots. Just want to stir shit up. I'm not saying that their wrong.
It's all in their delivery.
They raise some valid points. But if anyone was negative, it's those two guys.
Maybe CC lost his home? That'd be awful. I know he said he's been out of work for awhile now. I wish him well. Good luck CC.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
dont count your chickens chief im here to keep you honest!
I expect nothing less tyree.
LOL. :)
And watch out for the kung pao chicken. Kinda spicy.;)
What is your conceptual, continuity?
ill take it under advisement!
You have raised some very valid points tyree.
You know me. I'm not going to condemn him yet.
But you've been proven right about 65% of the time.
Time will tell about the other 35%
What is your conceptual, continuity?
well ill settle for being more right then wrong muddy as time goes by the percentage of wrong will go even further down , but hang on to what cha do best and good luck with the faith you still have in him!
It's going to take quite a bit of time for us to be able to tell.
I like what he said about Nuclear disarmament.
But I won't hold my breath on that one.
One thing that I do especially like is his popularity overseas. At least they're willing to listen now.
You never know tyree. You could be mistaken .
Time will tell.
You have a nice evening tyree. I'm outta here.
Long hard day. And tomorrow is just a few hrs away. At least I've still gotta job.for now.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
night muddy
We all knew how he voted on FISA and the Patriot Act back in the primaries.
I even said that He and HRC were two peas in a pod.
So, It comes as no surprise to me that he has taken this course of action.
We all knew what he was about. Well, most of us anyway. There will always be people who put the man in front of the policies.
We have to watch him closely. Some people are going to be very bummed out.
But for me? I expected all of this.
What I'm watching for is next year. And the ones after that.
Anyway. You have a nice evening tyree.
hasta
What is your conceptual, continuity?
yeah you to muddy , luckly you got the time to wait!some of us dont!
And you'll last for another decade.
Maybe smoke some pot too.:)
Hey! Ya never know! ok ganite.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
talking nuklear disarmaments a safe subject for public consumption, aint going to happen , not in your life time, most probably youll live to see some country use them against us or someone else! europeans like you one day and hate you the next!
...agree? Some of the negativity blood was on his hands too.
He could be very negative and I disagreed with him lots of times, but a little dissent is always OK by me.
I like CC, and I like you guys as well, mudshark & LeftandLeft.
yo c.c. get real
Ain't heard that for a while.
Obama's popularity polls will rise again in the next few days following this visit. Obama's on a roll now and the Reptards can't touch him.
There's an inverse relationship at work here. The more the Repubs whine and obstruct, the higher O's numbers go. The GOP is viewed lower than it's been in 25 years!! Go Obama!
......and not a plastic turkey in sight....
I thought boosh used plaster turkey,
He got them drunk first.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
President and commander in chief seems to have captured the world as a true world leader.
God, do I feel for those troops. That task was and is impossible...we need to get them out of there...all of them.
I think I'm beginning to understand what the President is doing. Yes damage control but also he's showing the World the direction the US is now going in. Making friends the will help later. It's always easier to listen to a friend then a stranger. Talking with youth is smart as they are the leaders of tomorrow. As we see the ages of the current World Leaders it's the youth he is looking to reach. He is giving his view of our America while telling the truth that our Media and some wingnuts are still active. Now the President has to come home to the home grown enemies on the Hill and Media.
His overall pics were in the 80.5 percentile (per Shuster on Hardball tonight).
Or were you talking about someone else?
if the prez cant announce a visit to iraq...its time to come home
yeah !,obama says boys and girls the good news is your all going home! the bad news is its after we, er sorry after you take afganistan!!!!!!hooohaaa high fives & fist bumps!
Camp Declare Victory And Go Home
President Obama visited the base that I was stationed at just a month ago. This is a base that when the WWE showed up for their annual show for the troops in Dec, almost all of them there booed gwb when they showed his message to the troops (in the parking lot of the palace Obama made his above speech in).
The journey from BIAP to Al faw palace is no short trip, and we still get indirect fire from time to time (rocket and mortar rounds). Obama showed up during the day, the last time I heard of jr visiting (aside from the shoe throwing incident) he showed up late at night.
When angry, count four, when very angry, swear.
-Mark Twain-
I realize that people are concerned about the ramp occurring in Afghanistan, but these things take time. And trust me, soldiers on the ground love to hear that there is an end in sight. One war winding down, and one more we are going to give some focus to, so it too can be stabilized and wound down.
Well done President Obama.
Had Malkin bothered to watch the News Coverage of President Obama's visit, she would
have actually be able to see the SAND STORM, instead of supplying a "bs" to her bitterness.
And WHEN did GW Bush EVER go out and about to be WITH THE PEOPLE?
Heck, he never did that in the USA!
Not to be a nit-picker over unimportant stuff but, that's not sand, Baghdad doesnt have sand (that would be Kuwait), they have a very fine powdery dust that covers everything very quickly. Like for instance a bed inside of the CHU's if you leave for the day and your window (with a screen) is still open. It looks like a yellow fog when you're outside in it, but you can eventually feel the grit on your fingers when you rub them togeather, it's not like in the movies at all (well it kind of was in Kuwait at the end of Feb when we were getting ready to leave the middle east and a sand storm blew in that night).
When angry, count four, when very angry, swear.
-Mark Twain-
Did he jump out of a cake in a halter top?
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
No, but for some reason the news cut out the video of him body surfing the crowd. I guess they wanted to keep it dignified.
When I first saw a photo of this I was literally amazed by the faces of the soldiers! It's been a damn long time since we've seen US soldiers at a Presidential photo op who didn't look wooden faced and pissed off at having been ordered to be a stage prop for the treasonous bush. These troops though were happy to see their President and pleased as punch to be able to be in a photo with him. I'm still extremely pissed off that the torturers and war criminals of the bush administration are still free to wander our streets but there are indeed some small signs of change out there.
Now Reslugs hate all the patriotic, educated troops, that love Prez. Obama.
Yep. We invaded them. We oversaw the execution of their president. We killed his children and grandchildren. We killed hundreds of thousands of their people. We disbanded their army. We turned their country into a breeding ground for terrorists.
Job well done.
Now it's time for the Iraqis to take responsibility for the disaster we have bequeathed unto them.
Gee they've been so irresponsible thus far.
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