Sen. Clinton to spend Thanksgiving with troops in Afghanistan, visit Iraq

Newsday.com ^ | 11/25/2003 | Devlin Barrett

[PeteFromMontana]

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will spend Thanksgiving in Afghanistan before traveling to Iraq with a former Army paratrooper turned senator to meet with soldiers and ask questions about the United States' ongoing nation-building efforts.

The former first lady and Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., have both been critical of the administration's handling of post-combat problems in the war on terrorism, particularly after major military operations ended in Iraq.

Clinton and Reed said Tuesday they were concerned about the current efforts to win the "hearts and minds" of Iraqis.

[longtermmemmory]

The opium/heroin fields are blooming at the time. She will have a diplomatic pouch stuffed with drug money. oops gifts. Will drug dogs sniff her baggage?

[Republican Wildcat]

I'm sure they will be delighted to have this lovely lady along with them. They had such respect for her husband. < / sarcasm >

[TrueBeliever9]

Terrorists always recognize and honor other terrorists! She will not be in any danger. Dear LORD open the eyes and ears of our military in these zones to understanding! And keep our TRUE patriots safe!

[stumpy]

I remember coming off bunker watch in Viet Nam and being ordered to let the "red cross girls" entertain me playing silly board games when all I wanted to do was get some sleep after about 30+ hours without.

I guess the troops will be ordered to be around the *@#*& for her photo op.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

She'll fit right in.

[P.O.E.]

Photo ops for her presidential campaign. That's all.

[Dolphy]

"I do know a little about winning the hearts and minds of people and developing a political strategy that gets people on your side, and I've been amazed and disappointed at how poorly our government has carried that out."

She is the most polarizing national political figure in this country, what does she know about winning the hearts and minds of people. Heck, one of the leading woman in Afghanistan told her to mind her own business not so long ago.

"This administration is run by people who have been obsessed with Saddam Hussein for more than a decade,"

Ah yes, let's go back to the good old days when all efforts were made to separate terrorists from the states that sponsored them. That winning strategy, effectively pulling the wool over the eyes of the nation, led us to September 11.

[Uncle George]

HEY DOUG, write us a song about this TURKEY IN THE STRAW or some good ditty to fit the occasion, HUH?

[Southack]

Sounds like a little stealth campaigning photo op, to me!

[desertcry]

Let her boyfriend osama have the bitch. This would be a fitting revenge for 9.11.01, in many ways. I wonder who would suffer most, osama or hillary in this deal. I'm sure the bent one would be a benificiary.

[metalboy]

She`s going to Iraq, and then you know what this bonafide sociopath is going to do? No matter what she sees, she is still going to come back here and hit every talk show, every little piece of media attention and say "I went to Iraq and saw first hand the absolute and utter chaos that reigns in that country! It is simply outrageous that this administration has chosen to send our troops into a virtual meat grinder without first planning ahead! It is complete chaos over there!"

[2Hot4You]

There is no where on earth to go to escape the Clintons.

Maybe she can find Usama while she's there. Or, maybe he'll find her first...

[Wheee The People]

What did our troops do to deserve this punishment?

[Momaw Nadon]

[AngryJawa]

Hoefully she drew latrine duty

Maybe they'll set her up in a VIP tent immediately downwind of the latrine's solid waste burn barrels...

[Momaw Nadon]

Frag?

I don't get it. Please explain.

[mombonn]

Can't read the entire piece. It disgusts me to the uttermost that sinator hillary! is visiting the troops.

That's a new low, even for her.

[PISANO]

Sen. Clinton implies that we shouldn't be there.

Sen. Reed implies that we shouldn't leave too soon.

In the LOOKING GLASS world of the Socialist/Marxists among us this makes perfect sense. Their constituents can came then BLAME and CASTIGATE GW no matter what he did or what he does.