Obama Stops in Iraq on Unannounced Visit

Wall St Journal ^ | 4/7/2009 | JONATHAN WEISMAN

[wk4bush2004]

“The side trip will include a visit with U.S. troops”

WHAT??? You mean, he’s ACTUALLY going to talk to the troops this time??? Who would’ve thought?

[SonOfDarkSkies]

Oops! Did a search but missed previous post!

[y6162]

Gee, his surrender tour is now complete.

[GreenAccord]

Oh, goody. At least we'll get a new round of youtube videos of our troops mildly welcoming the 16th Imam, or whatever Obama calls himself when he's in the middle east.

[ScottinVA]

“Obama Stops in Iraq on Unannounced Visit”

To do what? Surrender?

[lilycicero]

No no no...he’s there to get the girls a camel...decided against the dog.

[Red Boots]

I thought he promised that we’d be out of Iraq in 90 days ? Only 14 days left. Maybe he meant just himself !

[eureka!]

I hope he thanks the troops for their role in the “distraction”. *spit*

[ScottinVA]

“WHAT??? You mean, he’s ACTUALLY going to talk to the troops this time??? Who would’ve thought?”

He’s going to have them stand in formation as a captive audience to watch him shoot 3-pointers.

[ScottinVA]

“whatever Obama calls himself when he’s in the middle east”

Obammed ibn Abu al-Baracki.

[NavyCanDo]

Going to shoot some hoops and have photos taken with some hand-picked “just smile and look at the camera” troops.

[romanesq]

He’s there to sign a political solution with Al Qaeda. The surrender signing takes place in 5, 4, 3, 2....

Never ends with this guy.

[ScottinVA]

“Going to shoot some hoops and have photos taken with some hand-picked “just smile and look at the camera” troops.”

Of a certain persuasion, of course.

[romanesq]

Will the media even allow a video of the the troops not greeting Obama with more enthusiasm than with his global muslim following?

I’m really curious how that’ll go.

[camle]

Bush had a bailout, Obama has to have a bigger bailout.

Bush had a troop surge in Iraq, Obama has to have a troop surge in Afghanistan.

Bush made surprise visits to the troops, Obama has to make surprise visits to our troops.

etc.

do I detect a pattern here?

[Tatze]

He just wanted to spit in their faces in person!

[Southack]

This is a good trip. Kudos to President Obama for acting Presidential.

Perhaps now Obama and the news media can shake up Congress to get our new Ambassador to Iraq confirmed...it’s embarrassing to have gone months now without one...and risks the political progress made there under the Bush Administration to continue with an empty embassy.

[submarinerswife]

I hope he thanks the troops for their role in the “distraction”. *spit*

No, he is there to thank the "Sunni awakening" for the good that is going on and to make sure the troops know that he is their CiC and they better not forget it.

[PLD]

Surprise visit my foot he had this planned from day one,his ratings are down so he needs some publicity..Besides all morning the news media has been saying obama is making a surprise stop it was no surprise to me he was trying to copy President Bush.