posted January 12, 2007 10:27 AM
So, Hillary is going to Iraq....where she will meet some people...some of them the enemy..in disguise as Iraqi citizens, so called insurgents..in disguise as Iraqi citizens, probably a few al-Qaeda and other assorted murderers and enemies of civilization..in disguise as Iraqi citizens. Hint Hillary, just get a list of sources the AP, Reuters, NY Times and other publications use for their terrorist propaganda campaign against America. Hillary's fact finding tour.While Hillary is there, she'll review the military plan to clear and hold Baghdad and cities in the Anwar province. Hillary's fact finding tour.
While Hillary is there, she'll meet with a carefully selected group of US military personnel...carefully selected because most of the rest wouldn't consent to be in the same room with Hillary...or her husband, Commander Corruption. Hillary's fact finding tour.
When Hillary gets back to the US...Oh God, what did we ever do to deserve this?...Hillary will sum up her "fact finding tour" this way.
The Iraqi people hate the US and Americans and want us out of Iraq immediately. Hillary the truth teller.
The military plan can't work, won't work, will only run up the bill for the war and will get more military personnel killed. Hillary the military strategist.
Our own military personnel say it won't work and that we should withdraw from Iraq immediately. Hillary the sympathetic mom speaking for our terrified military personnel whom Bush placed in harm's way to steal Iraq's oil, revenge his father, spread American imperialism and make himself world dictator.
You know...all the good reasons for Hillary to NOW be against the war...FOR withdrawal of US military forces. Hillary has seen the light Bush hid under his basket of lies....to mislead America into war...oh and won't that warm the little hearts of the far left Marxists which are the core of the demoscat party who have been deserting Hillary in her bid for president. Yep, Hillary the fact-finding truth-teller.
Friday, Jan. 12, 2007 9:29 a.m. EST
Hillary Clinton Goes to Iraq
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is headed to Iraq this weekend with two other lawmakers, as the rest of Congress engages in a fierce debate over President Bush's plan to send 21,500 additional troops to salvage the U.S. effort there.
Clinton, a Democrat from New York who is considering running for president, is traveling with Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., who had also eyed the 2008 race but opted out, and Rep. John McHugh, a Republican congressman from upstate New York.
The three, who are all members of armed services committees, are to meet with top Iraqi officials, U.S. military commanders, and also travel to Afghanistan.
"This was the first opportunity we had to be able to go because of the long weekend, and it turns out that the timing is propitious because of the president's plans," Clinton told The Associated Press.
During the trip, Clinton and McHugh will spend time with troops from the Army's 10th Mountain Division, which is based in New York and deployed in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines said the trip was originally planned to allow them to attend a Senate Armed Services hearing with Defense Secretary Robert Gates, but they will now miss that hearing because it was changed to Friday, and officials were unable to reschedule the trip.
Bayh stressed he wants to meet with top Iraqi officials and judge for himself how serious they are about using their own troops and government to stabilize the country.
"The essential truth in Iraq is that we can't do this for them," said Bayh. "We need to take away their security blanket."
Clinton last traveled to Iraq in February 2006 with Sen. John McCain, a Republican presidential contender. This week's journey marks the third visit to Iraq for both Clinton and Bayh, and McHugh's seventh.
McHugh has not been as critical of the Bush administration's handling of the Iraq war as the two senators, but like many Republicans in Congress he sounds increasingly exasperated with conditions there.
Before embarking on this trip, McHugh said he wanted to face Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and warn him of the dwindling patience in Washington.
"I'm very anxious to speak with the prime minister and others to let them know that there are few other opportunities that lie in the days ahead," said McHugh. "This is, for me at least, a final opportunity for them to capture and secure their own future."
McHugh added that stabilizing Baghdad is the only way to secure the country.
"It's folly to think that you can stabilize 80 percent of a country while one of the most important sites in the Middle East, Baghdad, is in total chaos. You can't just shove that under the rug," he said.
Clinton said she is frustrated with the assurances from top Iraq officials.
"It's just been one excuse after another, so first and foremost we're going at an opportune time, it turns out, to assess what the attitudes and actions of this Iraqi government will be going forward," she said.
Both Clinton and Bayh voted to authorize the invasion of Iraq, but both have sharply criticized the execution of the war. Clinton has called for a phased withdrawal of U.S. forces without a specific timetable, which many anti-war Democrats say would not do enough to end the conflict quickly.
Clinton opposes the president's move to send more U.S. troops to Iraq, but said she does want to see more troops in Afghanistan, where she said, "we seem to be on autopilot."
"I wish we were discussing additional troops for Afghanistan. We are hearing increasingly troubling reports out of Afghanistan and we will be searching for accurate information about the true state of affairs both militarily and politically," she said.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/1/12/93226.shtml?s=ic
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