MSNBC Breaking: Bush arriving in Iraq

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13163803/

Bush makes surprise visit to Iraq
U.S. Embassy confirms surprise trip, expected to last five hours
NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE

BREAKING NEWS
NBC News and news services
Updated: 15 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - President Bush made a surprise visit to Iraq on Tuesday to meet newly named Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and discuss the next steps in the troubled, 3-year-old war.

The first report came via Iraqi state television, and the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad confirmed the visit with NBC News.

Bush’s visit is expected to last five hours, during which he will likely meet with American troops.

It was a dramatic move by Bush, traveling to violence-rattled Baghdad less than a week after the death of terror chief Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in a bombing attack. The president was expected to be in Baghdad a little more than five hours.

- edited to provide updated link, story

:wtf:

looks like he was Photoshopped into it.

:wtf:

happens to the kids he sends over there!

http://onegoodmove.org/1gm/1gmarchive/2005/05/fear_and_divers_1.html

:evilgrin:

ANY STREET

His every move is scripted and rehearsed for the SHEEP

not give him the hearts and flowers welcome, maybe?

:dem:

and I share the sentiment

It simply does not matter to most people. this administration has fucked up so royally in so many areas that nothing they do now will make much of a differenct except with the 33% they always had in their pockets.

70K troops out in Baghdad
Zarqawi killed
Bush visits.

Won't change a thing.

now that Al-Zarqawi is dead that Iraq is a much safer place. :eyes: Sure thing, "W".......... :rofl: Sneaking in and out of the country on an unannounced visit in cover of darkness isn't that reassuring. Just another photo-op for bushie, like standing on the heap of rubble at The World Trade Center and pounding a few nails in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. :eyes: Then he'll sneak away and it'll be business as usual afterward. More Americans and Iraqis will die.......nothing has changed. :puke:

It's not Thanksgiving.

Once Tony went it was inevitable that Georgie would have to go.

with his plastic turkey??? No?? Why not??

Coward. And Distractor. Mr. 29% is trying to look all stud-ly; where was he again during Vietnam?? Oh, I remember, sniffing coke and drinking Jack Daniels.

Try driving from the airport to the city of Baghdad, Mr. President, and then maybe I will give you some grudging respect. Until them, you are still in your bubble - it has just been moved to Baghdad.

parachute!

for GOP fundraising photo ops. MKJ

:mad:

I hope he stays there.

:rofl:

... not the last .... :wtf:

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Wait, he's too dumb.

key this time.

It's a two-fer. He gets to check out his digs-in-exile and drool over Zaqawri's body.

Oh, wait. That was a movie.

because he went to Iraq to grandstand? Why is anyone paying attention to this, unless you just love the Booshe?

Sheesh, you'd think the midterm elections were next week, the way they're carrying on. Worried much? :P

They're gonna blow their wad.

Welcome to DU!

:hi:

he'll go.

Real tough guy. HAHA

serve plastic wienie's and hamburgers to the soldiers and have a happy picnic while little Iraqi children throw flowers and toys at the douche bag's feet.

Rove not indicted, Shrub on a PR move. Makes me want to get real drunk at lunch today.

:toast:

Iraq.

Do you think that MSM will mention that? comparing Cheney's last throes bullshit?

Hell will freeze over first.

This has all of the fingerprints of a rovian plan. It does explain why 70,000 troops have been mobilized. It takes that much work to safeguard a 5 hour visit.

the new government?

gwb can land AF1 at the new and beautiful Baghdad International Airport.

Then he should be able to drive down the highway with citizens throwing flowers and cheering, to thank him for their wonderful new freedoms...

Or not, right gwb? MKJ

They sure seem full of themselves all of a sudden.

70,000 IRAQI TROOPS (and coalition forces)

Look at that asshole strut like he did something brave.

And watch the Democrats run and hide from this issue. yellow bellied scared and inept. (the dem leadership in DC)

I wonder how many soldiers will be killed protecting the Chimpster for this newest photo-op. Maybe a few of them will turn their back for just a minute rather than sacrifice themselves for his glory. We can only hope.

so you may be greeted as a liberator.

Because there is no way I would be able to stop from dancing a jig in the middle of main street.

nt

for the clubhouse collection

Get 'em, Bunnypants!

He would fit right into Saddam's shoes.

and piss on Zarqawi's grave.

asshole.

How much does a trip for a 5-hour stop in Baghdad cost us anyhow?

Colbert was right....photo ops!

to Iraq.

you are kidding, aren't you?

turkey anyway?

selected and Zarqawi was finally dead, I KNEW we'd hear of a surprise visit from the Propagandist.


SO FUCKING TRANSPARENT!!!

Rove getting let off the hook.

Don't worry, this gang of dangerous morons will continue to fuck up and keep us down in the quagmire---they're BushCo, Inc. The only way to get rid of them is to convict and impeach, IMO. Otherwise, we've got 2 more years of this.

and where his few remaining (coerced) supporters are...he better watch out for "collateral damage", they might just drop a 500 pound bomb on him.

Watch - Bush with helmet, fatigues and M16. :rofl:

she will always rebound — with the most powerfully staged photo ops in the world."

We will take the new Iraqi Prez and they can keep Bush!!!! All in favor???? Say Aye!

That looks like that might be an IED over there, would you go check it out for us? }(

...wow they really are in full PR mode these days. Until people notice that the casualties aren't ceasing. Then reality will set in again.

If he* was going to actually be in Iraq, meaning downtown Baghdad, he* would be shitting a brick.

He's* in the mile high wall protected green zon

I assume the First Mistress is with the Condomander-in-Chief.

since you edited yours. :)

We're the ones that get screwed on a daily basis.

One for her...

One for you in case hers falls off...

And one at the door to spare your friend from seeing it should s/he happen to walk in on you.

One by the door in case anyone walks in.
:rofl:

Doesn't impress me at all. I still think he is the worst President ever. The only thing saving his reputation are the dirty tricks of Karl Rove and media manipulation.

Yes, this must be the new strategy the neocons came up with at their recent big conference at Camp David.

k&r

after reporting the story. She looked a bit mad. She had been reporting him at Camp David earlier.

Right under the Bush story is a headline about profiteering contractors! The Bush story itself isn't too flattering. He shows up to greet the President of Iraq who is only given "5 minutes notice that someone important is arriving"?!?! Does that mean that Bush doesn't even trust the Iraqi President to maintain security?

The whole thing about this 'government' and the war is a sham.

Who? Did I miss something? I only read the part about turkeyass showing up.

was my first thought about this when I heard the Iraqi pres didn't know.

That is a really bad show of etiquette and if I were the Iraqi pres, I'd be thinking, "The bastard doesn't trust me."

The Associated Press covers the exploits of our Illustrious Emperor... /sarcasm

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Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5883453,00.html

Of course, this is just a photo op for President Flightsuit to cash in on al Zarqawi's death.
He has even less credibility in Iraq than the government. His presence won't help al Maliki.

inadequate body armor. How dare the media whores use terms like "bold" and "dramatic" to describe the stealth visit of a chickenshit who'd be dead within a minute if his visit was announced beforehand. You'd think by now the public would have caught on to this inane propaganda machine and demand honest journalism. Pathetic.

minute-by-minute details of this latest photo op.
The only thing I want to hear about is 500-lb bombs being dropped on the World's #1 Terrorist. Any chance that could happen today?

Oops, sorry, I forgot. Too dangerous to leave the Green Zone.

and they lost to a couple of old Czechoslovakian players 3-0....i wonder what`s going to happen today?

My theory is that this is a distraction from Alberto in the Gulf. Alberto reminds people of Katrina and the incompetence and racism of the Bush Administration.

Also, the last time he did this stunt, it was to distract attention from Hilary Clinton's trip to Iraq later that same day.

There is a photo of Bush on Yahoo news meeting with Mr. Al-Maliki. He's just gushing, shakes his hand lovingly. About 3 weeks ago, Rumsfailed and Rice went over there, proclaiming "a new beginning" and "warm relations" with the New and Improved Iraq.

Here's the truth: Mr. Al-Maliki is not a US puppet. He is an ally of Mr. Jaafari who was ousted by the US and the UK. He was chosen by Muqtada Al Sadr, George Bush's enemy #1.

Mr. Maliki has been criticizing the US, about Haditha and other atrocities.

This is nothing more than a PR Photo Op, designed for domestic consumption. Nothing but pure desperation.

"Operation Boost the Polls" is in full swing.

That's all.

Gets me through the day. Knowing that so many other thoughtful, witty people have the same reactions I do.

:loveya:

I doubt he will get out of the airfield. If he does, it won't be farther than the Green Zone.

He has to get that real visceral connection between Zarqawi's death and his presence, to try to re-connect with the rubes and convince them that he's a warrior.

...just adds to the disgust I feel for their murderous manipulation and criminal activities. I pray it backfires.

Anyone seen Osama? Our money? Our democracy? Good name? I can't seem to find them...

Too bad -- it would be a good place for him to stay for a couple of years or so. Hey, maybe when he gets back, he'll be told that he's going to be redeployed to Baghdad again next week. ;-)

Iraqi PM Maliki didn't know * was coming. I thought he was head of a sovereign Iraqi state. Isn't it proper protocol for a visiting head of state to ask permission before entering the territory of another sovereign state? I mean Tony Blair wouldn't just pop by unannounced.

Does this mean that the Iraqi gov't is not sovereign? Is this proof that they are just a puppet gov't? Just asking.

But it doesn't hurt to point out the obvious, sometimes. The rubes usually try to avoid acknowledging the obvious.

does not trust him

Notice how Bush holds his arm across Maliki's back. It's a patronizing gesture, like "don't worry I'll protect you". He did the same thing with Mahmoud Abbas in Palestine. It's an obvious power ploy.


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IMO, it looks like * is pushing Maliki along as if, "Let's get inside this fortress fast."

Security concerns meant Mr Bush's journey was top secret.

Only Vice President Dick Cheney, Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice were aware he had slipped away on Monday night from a meeting on Iraq lasting several days at his Camp David retreat near Washington.

Aides said he was in the cockpit of Air Force One when it landed in the Iraqi capital with a sharp bank and quick landing. He took an 8-minute helicopter ride in searing heat to the "Green Zone" for talks with the Iraqi cabinet and U.S. commander in Iraq General George Casey at the U.S. embassy.

Mr Bush left after night fell to return to Washington. The plane left at a steep angle with its lights out and the shades drawn. Mr Bush said a main objective in Iraq was to create a sense of order so that people there could feel more comfortable going about their daily lives. But he said eliminating all violence was an "impossible standard."

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19467552-1702,00.html

for talks with the Iraqi cabinet and U.S. commander in Iraq General George Casey at the U.S. embassy." snip

OMG, what a fucking hero, Bush took an 8 min. chopper ride in the searing heat. :sarcasm: How about our young soldiers taking 3 tours of duty in the searing heat with a large, angry Arab population shooting, bombing, maiming and killing them? :nuke:

Good try, BushCo execs, trying to make * look heroic. Put the codpiece picture back up as a backdrop and let's see how far you dimwits get. :argh:

* addressing troops and the Iraqui "government"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1422340&mesg_id=1422340

as chimp tries to make his poll numbers go up to help the repuklicans as we head toward November elections. x(

Useless scumbag