McCain in Iraq. What he didn't say.

[clambake]

McCain: "Hey, I was just in the neighborhood trying to pull any reason out of my ass to bomb Iran when I remembered you heads are making billion dollars deals with these asshats. Thanks for the shaft, but the trip was cool, running around the world for no reason other than to look important, and doing it on taxpayer dime is all good."





McCain Makes Unexpected Visit to Iraq
By BRADLEY BROOKS,AP
Posted: 2008-03-16 08:51:32
Filed Under: Elections News, John McCain, World News
BAGHDAD (March 16) - Sen. John McCain, the Republican Party's presumptive nominee for president who has linked his political future to U.S. success in Iraq, was in Baghdad on Sunday for meetings with Iraqi and U.S. diplomatic and military officials, a U.S. government official said.




Details of McCain's visit were not being released for security reasons, the U.S. embassy said.

McCain's visit was not announced and he was believed to have been in the country for several hours before reporters were able to confirm his arrival. It was unclear who he met with and no media opportunities or news conferences were planned.

McCain, a strong supporter of the U.S. military mission in Iraq, is believed to be staying in the country for about 24 hours.

"Senator McCain is in Iraq and will be meeting with Iraqi and U.S. officials," said Mirembe Nantongo, spokesperson for the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.

This is his eighth visit to Iraq. He's accompanied by Sens. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. Before leaving McCain said his trip to the Middle East and Europe was a fact-finding venture, not a campaign photo opportunity.

The senator last met with Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki last November during the Thanksgiving holiday.




McCain was to meet Sunday with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh. Later in the day, he and Gen. David Petraeus, the top commander in Iraq, were planning to talk. It was also thought McCain would meet with al-Maliki.

"We were informed that John McCain landed in Iraq Sunday morning. A meeting will take place with the Iraqi government," said Ali al-Moussawi, an official in the Iraqi prime minister's office.

There were no details immediately available about McCain's meetings and his schedule for the day apparently remained in flux, a U.S. official said on condition of anonymity as the official was not authorized to release the information.

McCain's weeklong trip also includes stops in Israel, Jordan, Britain and France.

McCain is expected to meet with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown for the first time, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy for the third time. He met and corresponded with Sarkozy both before and after the French president was elected. The two last saw each other last summer.

McCain has relationships with every leader in Israel he plans to see, including Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and hawkish opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu.

Ahead of the trip, McCain expressed worries that insurgents might try to influence the November presidential election with increased attacks in Iraq.

"Yes, I worry about it," he said Friday in Springfield, Pennsylvania. "And I know they pay attention, because of the intercepts we have of their communications."

McCain told reporters later that al-Qaida remains smart and adaptable despite an increase of U.S. troops in Iraq.

A defiant supporter of the 2003 invasion and President Bush's troop increase last year, McCain is likely to focus in Iraq on the drop in sectarian violence and U.S. and civilian casualties since last summer.


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[whottt]

Obama in Iraq(meeting Iraqi PM):

Don't worry sir, we'll have these brutal aggressors out of your country in no time.

Iraqi PM:

But, I don't want you to leave yet, we don't have enough stability to not be overthrown if you leave. If you leave an authoritarian millitant theocracy will step in and take revenge on every one in this country that stood for Democracy. I will most likely be hanged.

Obama:

But the polls say the Iraqi people want us out of Iraq.


Iraqi PM:

Well they do, but they don't want you to leave before the government can stand on it's own. Are you stupid?



Obama:

Well, I am an American anti-war, and they never put that part about "when" on the bumpersticker.


Obama:

Sorry but we don't want to interfere with the internal affairs of another country so I am pulling us out. Good luck. Hope you don''t get overthrown and have all yoru family slaughtered before you are hung, and I hope this won't impact our future relations.

I also hope the Iraqui people will appreciate this gesture of bombing the out of their country, turning it into a front in the war on terror, and then bailing on them completely and leaving them to face the wrath of the terrorists, rendering every death of the past 5 years meaningless.




Obama speaking to the troops as he is pulling them out:


Don't worry my friends, your acts of heartless aggression will soon be over and I want you to know how much I support you....You...Heartless...Heroic child murderering...Proud....civillian killers....troops...illegally occupying Iraq, I am on your side....even though you are illegally occupying this country. Killers. I am so proud of the job you did....brutally murdering innocent civillians.


PS: All your comerades that have died, your families that have been torn apart...yeah, it was all for nothing.

I am so proud of you guys!




Hilary in Iraq:

Burqa time. Our President needs to know her ing place.

[Nbadan]

Ahead of the trip, McCain expressed worries that insurgents might try to influence the November presidential election with increased attacks in Iraq.

Ahhh....McCain has become so Dubya-esque......next they'll be blaming the Chinese new year....

[clambake]

Iraqi PM: "For some reason our people have no confidence in our propped up puppet brigade of a govt."

[boutons_]

Of course US puppet Maliki and his team want the US stay and prop up their corrupt, ineffective govt which would fall quickly if the US let it fall. Pure self-interest, not Iraqi interest.

Which influence does McCain think come from insurgent attacks timed for Aug-Oct. Helps or hurt McCain?

"Worried" attacks in Iraq might influence US election?

But US's open-ended occupation and support for a corrupt puppet govt is not "influence" to be worried about?

McCain just isn't very smart, which is how Repugs like their Presidents, dumb and malleable puppets.

[whottt]

We love authoritarian regimes, those people, who cares if the replacement govt will breed even more militants. We don't have to live there. We're liberals, we hate violence and war, we champion humanity...and those ignorant savages anyway

[Cant_Be_Faded]

If we do not somehow bolster the troops by like 200000 extra, or start using tactical nukes to destroy all known targets, we will never "win" anyways.

[boutons_]

" those people"

America has already " ed those people" by invading and destroying their country, or haven't you noticed?

Iraq, the M/E, US security are all much worse off now than in March 2003, with no improvements in sight, all thanks to dubya and head.

Iraqi people and parliament want the US out, which means the USA is forcibly occupying and oppressing Iraq, aka "peace, freedom, and democracy", against the will of Iraqis, and of Americans.

[boutons_]

Good news from Iraq:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/wo...in&oref=slogin

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7299914.stm

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/16/mccain-market-iraq/

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,7326562.story

etc, etc, etc

yoni/clanny/aggie spin:
The failures in Iraq are all due to US media and Democrats.

[clambake]

I know when I said "I don't care if it is about oil" that I effectively neutered 2 years worth of my argument.

[George Gervin's Afro]

Obama in Iraq(meeting Iraqi PM):

Don't worry sir, we'll have these brutal aggressors out of your country in no time.

Iraqi PM:

But, I don't want you to leave yet, we don't have enough stability to not be overthrown if you leave. If you leave an authoritarian millitant theocracy will step in and take revenge on every one in this country that stood for Democracy. I will most likely be hanged.

Obama:

But the polls say the Iraqi people want us out of Iraq.


Iraqi PM:

Well they do, but they don't want you to leave before the government can stand on it's own. Are you stupid?



Obama:

Well, I am an American anti-war, and they never put that part about "when" on the bumpersticker.


Obama:

Sorry but we don't want to interfere with the internal affairs of another country so I am pulling us out. Good luck. Hope you don''t get overthrown and have all yoru family slaughtered before you are hung, and I hope this won't impact our future relations.

I also hope the Iraqui people will appreciate this gesture of bombing the out of their country, turning it into a front in the war on terror, and then bailing on them completely and leaving them to face the wrath of the terrorists, rendering every death of the past 5 years meaningless.




Obama speaking to the troops as he is pulling them out:


Don't worry my friends, your acts of heartless aggression will soon be over and I want you to know how much I support you....You...Heartless...Heroic child murderering...Proud....civillian killers....troops...illegally occupying Iraq, I am on your side....even though you are illegally occupying this country. Killers. I am so proud of the job you did....brutally murdering innocent civillians.


PS: All your comerades that have died, your families that have been torn apart...yeah, it was all for nothing.

I am so proud of you guys!




Hilary in Iraq:

Burqa time. Our President needs to know her ing place.

I could have sworn Bush was in a flight suit in front of a Mission Accomplished banner... Oh well I guess the mission wasn't accompished..

[George Gervin's Afro]

Why doesn't whott move to Iraq?

[George Gervin's Afro]

I know we ed up by starting an unecessary war but since we created this quagmire we can't leave now. We are almost winning! Just don't ask me to define what winning in Iraq means.