Kerry cheered in Baghdad, decries Bush team's 'blunders' (MISLEADING HEADLINE ALERT)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/01/06/MNG2VALREG1.DTL ^

[hipaatwo]

I read this article twice, and nowhere does it say he was cheered!

Kerry cheered in Baghdad, decries Bush team's 'blunders' Once criticized for war stance, he says force alone won't win - Borzou Daragahi, Chronicle Foreign Service Thursday, January 6, 2005

Baghdad -- Sen. John Kerry, whose seemingly shifting positions on the U.S. war in Iraq plagued him throughout his presidential campaign, came to this war- torn capital Wednesday to see for himself whether the country was moving toward stability or deeper into chaos.

Kerry, who repeatedly charged during the presidential campaign that President Bush had botched the war effort, was greeted warmly by U.S. soldiers in Baghdad.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

[Atlas Sneezed]

[JLO]

"My best friend was (ordered) invited to be in the crowd. There were few cheers, so few they were like the guy who starts the slow poignant clapping at the wring time, and you just look at him like he's an idiot. The low murmers of "traitor" were much more audible but will not be reported anywhere."

===Wow, thanks for telling us that; it certainly seems right-on to me.===

Thank you, trubluolyguy, for your recent military service - welcome home! And welcome to FR.

[mass55th]

"I'll believe "cheering" when I see the video, and not a moment before. "

That's like the booing that supposedly took place when President Bush mentioned on a campaign stop that Clinton had just undergone heart surgery. It was all a figment of the reporter's imagination.

[Prost1]

Please recall that it is the SF Chronicle that has the
Sunday Pink Sheets!

Says everything.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Oh Really- he was cheered huh? Where are the photos- surely the press would have documented a moment like that for the whole world to see.. over and over and over. Baloney.

[Lady In Blue]

Isn't that wonderful?! I guess even in Iraq, our troops have heard of "UNFIT FOR COMMAND." BTW, I wonder how many troops got a chance to read that book and what they think of the Swiftees? Anybody know? Thanks.

[F16Fighter]

"Uhm....yea, this looks like a warm meeting with Kerry."

The body language is interesting, isn't it?

Kerry looking vulnernable, hands in pocket and posed defensively;

The gal's eyes trained on the gent engaging Kerry seem to be conveying what may be a mutual distain, her hand appears to be curling, (indicating a desire to clench fist?);

Gent to the left of gal, hands defiantly on hips.

[F16Fighter]

"My best friend was (ordered) invited to be in the crowd. There were few cheers, so few they were like the guy who starts the slow poignant clapping at the wring time, and you just look at him like he's an idiot. The low murmers of 'traitor' were much more audible but will not be reported anywhere."

Whoa -- Thank your bud for us all, and thanks for making my day with this report!

[F16Fighter]

Wanna laugh?

Read how much John Kerry presense was really "appreciated" by our fighting men and women.

[savedbygrace]

The difference between being greeted warmly and being roasted is only of degree.

[thombo]

Acknowledged the headline was incorrect? You mean someone at the chronical actually listened?

[CDB]

Ditto

[woofie]

Its the old flop flip

[School of Rational Thought]

"Kerry...was greeted warmly by U.S. soldiers in Baghdad"

No one shot him! so the spin is the crowd must love him (sarcasm)

[Graymatter]

Great shot of Kerry doing his Stan Laurel Chump at Oxford impression. "Are you speaking to ME, churl?"

[JudyinCanada]

LOL. Kerry cheered but maybe nobody else did.

That's what I thought. I wonder what he was cheering about.