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Offline Hawkgirl

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Obama Makes a Surprise Visit in Iraq
« on: April 07, 2009, 11:31:54 AM »

See that? It's a fighter jet.



President Obama all but declared victory in Iraq Tuesday, telling U.S. troops during a surprise visit to Camp Victory that they had given the Arab nation an opportunity to stand on its own as a democratic country. That, he said, is an extraordinary achievement.

"Here's a couple things I want to say. Number one, thank you," the president bellowed as he addressed troops at a stopover at the tail end of a marathon overseas trip.

Obama said the next 18 months are critical to the mission. U.S. troops are expected to be out of the country by the end of 2010.

"You've kept your eyes focused on just doing your job and because of that, every mission that's been assigned, from getting rid of Saddam to reducing violence to stabilizing the country to facilitating elections, you have given Iraq the opportunity to stand on its own as a democratic country. That is an extraordinary achievement and for that you have the thanks of the American people," he said.


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/04/07/president-obama-makes-surprise-visit-iraq/

Extraordinary achievement?  I thought the IRaq war was a mistake...?  OOOh..the liberals are gonna be mad.
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Re: Obama Makes a Surprise Visit in Iraq
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2009, 11:33:50 AM »
0Bama: rewriting history one lie at a time. He was against the surge before he was against the surge before he admitted it was a success.  :hammer:
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Re: Obama Makes a Surprise Visit in Iraq
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2009, 11:34:51 AM »
Quote from: thundley4 on April 07, 2009, 11:33:50 AM
0Bama: rewriting history one lie at a time. He was against the surge before he was against the surge before he admitted it was a success.  :hammer:

And is now trying to take credit for it--see, everyone?  All we had to do to win in Iraq was get me into office....

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Re: Obama Makes a Surprise Visit in Iraq
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2009, 12:12:10 PM »
Shouldn't the headline have been:
Hussein Returns to Baghdad

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Re: Obama Makes a Surprise Visit in Iraq
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2009, 12:14:40 PM »
....and the troops were thinking about giving him a big

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Re: Obama Makes a Surprise Visit in Iraq
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2009, 12:50:02 PM »
h5 for the photo caption hawkgirl :-)
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Re: Obama Makes a Surprise Visit in Iraq
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2009, 02:30:11 PM »
I love the photo caption too Hawkgirl :rotf:

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Re: Obama Makes a Surprise Visit in Iraq
« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2009, 03:12:45 PM »
Hi,

I caught a short blurb on the subject this morning as I was busy with something else.  When BO was speaking to the troops I found it interesting to watch their faces.  There was one black guy who was applauding but the rest were stone-faced.

Knowing a few folks in the military, and knowing how the military feels about him, one would surmise they probably were not too happy to see him.  It is a tough situation for those kids in uniform.  Unlike the rest of us who can speak up, they have to bow allegiance or their career is over.

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Re: Obama Makes a Surprise Visit in Iraq
« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2009, 05:27:54 PM »
Suddenly DU loves the troops again.

In one visit Obama was able to rehabilitate hundreds of thousands of mindless, baby-killing Nazi-esque war criminals and make them the pride of liberals everywhere.
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Re: Obama Makes a Surprise Visit in Iraq
« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2009, 05:50:11 PM »
B.O. will claim victory in Iraq and blame Bush for Afghanistan, Pakistan, North Korea, Russia, Sudan........you get the picture. I fear the United States will be a laughing stock by the time B.O. leaves office. I cannot believe anything that this empty suit believes or says. :bird:
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Re: Obama Makes a Surprise Visit in Iraq
« Reply #10 on: April 08, 2009, 06:20:49 AM »
Amazing how a few days ago he was calling Iraq a "mistake" and a "bad war" but as soon as he steps foot in Iraq, he's singing the praises of the troops.

Does he think that 1--we're all this stupid, 2--the media is going to cover that well for him?
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Re: Obama Makes a Surprise Visit in Iraq
« Reply #11 on: April 08, 2009, 07:22:08 AM »
Quote from: NHSparky on April 08, 2009, 06:20:49 AM
Amazing how a few days ago he was calling Iraq a "mistake" and a "bad war" but as soon as he steps foot in Iraq, he's singing the praises of the troops.

Does he think that 1--we're all this stupid, 2--the media is going to cover that well for him?

Yes, and yes.  For the first, his ego allows nothing less. For the second, the media has proven itself.
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Re: Obama Makes a Surprise Visit in Iraq
« Reply #12 on: April 08, 2009, 07:55:32 AM »
Of course, Bunny. 

The photo blurb I saw, showed every beaming black person they could get their hands on, standing behind B.O., all except for one guy who looked kinda Hispanic, giving him a look that I interpreted as sceptical, dubious, and glaring. 

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Re: Obama Makes a Surprise Visit in Iraq
« Reply #13 on: April 08, 2009, 11:23:40 AM »
The media shines his knob every chance they get...and they did so as well this time...Only the usual big crowd was NOT shown...only a select crowd in the front who were snapping pics and waving.
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Re: Obama Makes a Surprise Visit in Iraq
« Reply #14 on: April 08, 2009, 09:03:41 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on April 07, 2009, 11:33:50 AM
0Bama: rewriting history one lie at a time. He was against the surge before he was against the surge before he admitted it was a success.  :hammer:
quite frankly I am surprised he had the balls to get off the plane.......neh....he probobly hid behind Michelle
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Re: Obama Makes a Surprise Visit in Iraq
« Reply #15 on: April 09, 2009, 12:12:49 PM »
Just a reminder of his real feelings:


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Asked whether he would move U.S. troops out of Iraq to better fight terrorism elsewhere, he brought up Afghanistan and said, "We've got to get the job done there and that requires us to have enough troops so that we're not just air-raiding villages and killing civilians, which is causing enormous pressure over there."


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293187,00.html
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Re: Obama Makes a Surprise Visit in Iraq
« Reply #16 on: April 09, 2009, 12:17:51 PM »
Quote from: TxRadioguy on April 09, 2009, 12:12:49 PM
Just a reminder of his real feelings:


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293187,00.html

Don't forget this little nugget:

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Obama also repeated his criticism of lobbyists, calling them the enemy and saying their donations are corrupt.

How many (former) lobbyists work for Barry now?
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Re: Obama Makes a Surprise Visit in Iraq
« Reply #17 on: April 09, 2009, 12:22:59 PM »
Quote from: lug-nut on April 09, 2009, 12:17:51 PM
Don't forget this little nugget:

How many (former) lobbyists work for Barry now?

all of those lobbyists have been given waivers , so they don't count. [/du mode]
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Re: Obama Makes a Surprise Visit in Iraq
« Reply #18 on: April 09, 2009, 12:23:53 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on April 09, 2009, 12:22:59 PM
all of those lobbyists have been given waivers , so they don't count. [/du mode]
I got a different kind of wave for 'em.   :evillaugh:
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