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Iraq
Cheney arrives in Baghdad on an unannounced visit
2007-05-10
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday on an unannounced visit, at a time when pressure from Washington is growing on the Iraqi government to meet benchmarks aimed at healing sectarian strife. Cheney was due to meet senior Iraqi officials and hold talks with the U.S. military commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, a U.S. embassy information officer said. The U.S. vice president, one of the main architects of the invasion of Iraq, is on a tour of the Middle East. The White House had said Cheney's tour in the region was a follow-up to last week's conference on Iraq in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in which Washington held a top-level contact with Syria and signaled a willingness to do so with Iran.
Posted by:Fred

#5  The disgusting thing is that if there were a Dem in the White House, the f*****g Dems would be falling all over themselves to talk about how things were getting better and the money would be flowing like wine. These p***ks care about nothing but their own personal political power.
Posted by: RWV   2007-05-10 20:27  

#4  It's not like Congress ever recessed with important funding and bills bending during the hot Washington month of August, with a war going on. Never happens here. Nope. Nada.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2007-05-10 11:38  

#3   this pack of fools they call a legislative body was preparing to abscond for the next 2 months ?

How odd that they would think of taking the traditional summer vacation in a mostly desert country that historically has not had air conditioning... or a sense of urgency about much of anything.
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-05-10 06:33  

#2  Cheney's paymaster is the US taxpayer.

No manner or amount of conceivable or desirable political action WRT "benchmarks" will "heal" sectarian strife, or any other kind.

The administration is pursuing a hopeless strategy. The "critics" are clueless and despicable, and don't even know what's wrong about the current policies. Good soldiers and civilians are on the front trying to make things work. A very frustrating and depressing situation.
Posted by: Verlaine   2007-05-10 02:24  

#1  On an emergency mission to tighten the thumb screws on Al-Maliki. Unfortunately, this is like trying to push a block of ice uphill with a rope. Next, he has to go to report to his paymaster, King Abdullah, and tell him how well things are going next door in Iraq. This trip may cause his pacemaker to overheat. I hope his surgeon is just one step behind during entire visit. Did anyone notice that this pack of fools they call a legislative body was preparing to abscond for the next 2 months ? What, us worry ?
Posted by: Woozle Elmeter2970   2007-05-10 01:01  

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