Comments on: McCain In Iraq: "Signs Are Encouraging"

From Baghdad, GOP Presidential Hopeful Says Americans Not Getting Full Picture Of Progress

[forthepeaple]

like i have been saying here for a very long time, anyone voteing for anyone that is running right now , we will be in the same mess as we are in right now..

we need a new person to lead us americans back to america. right now there is no america. so what is everyone going to do

[actornaught]

He certainly does look scared and tired if you watch the video. He looks like somebody got to him, to say stuff he doesn't believe.

[iceman_1960]

McCain looks a little scared in that photo.

There appears to be a large intimidating "enforcer" standing right behind him.

[iceman_1960]

"We are doing now what we should have done three years ago." - McCain

When you get back from your stroll through Baghdad, Senator, attend a military funeral back in the States and tell everyone that.

"Don't worry, it's ok now, we've got it right after three years and over 3,000 dead American servicemen..."

I used to respect this guy. Now I'm beginning to wonder how much Karl Rove is paying him.

[imprisonbush]

Keep drinkin' the Kool-Aid McCain. It gets better. Trust me. No really. I mean it. NO, uh, would I lie to you? This is me talking. It would really hurt me if you didn't believe me this time. Sure, I've been wrong once or twice before, but this time, by golly, I just know I'm right. You believe me, don't you? So drink it already. Thank you. signed GW Bush.

[iceman_1960]

"I am not saying 'mission accomplished,' 'last throes,' 'dead enders,' any of that." - Senator McCain

No, you're saying it's safe to walk the streets over there.

Why don't you step outside that "heavily guarded Green Zone," John, and try it.

[rochest]

following posts cannot be said often enough and it's beginning to sound like the Republicans campaign of 2004 where in order to get into campaign events for the Republican candidate for president ordinary citizens were not allowed, no protest was allowed, only shrub lovers and softball questions were allowed.

The day that an American can hop a taxi at the airport and be taken downtown to a hotel in the central business district without bodyguards or armour/helmets, etc. is the day he is justified as saying that security is secure in Bagdad or even improved.... Before the actual visit, US military (not Iraq) cleared the entire area where he was expected to be; every Iraq that he saw or came into contact with was screened by US forces - no ordinary citizens were allowed; McCain and his party had US bodyguards between themselves and the Iraq citizens that were screened. In my view, security still sucks. Posted by ramos937 at 03:08 PM : Apr 01, 2007

I think John, George, ***, Karl, Alberto and Condi should all go for nice afternoon stroll outside the green zone by themselves and demonstrate that they are telling the truth about how safe it is in Iraq for Americans. Of course this would also give the ordinary Iraqis an opportunity to demonstrate how happy they are to have been lucky enough to have their country bombed into the stone-age and family members tortured and/or killed by BushCo. ...I am feeling the love already. Posted by fixitj at 02:56 PM : Apr 01, 2007

[iceman_1960]

If this is an encouraging picture, I'd hate to see a depressing one, Senator McCain.

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) [April 1, 2007] -- Car bombs and gunfire killed more than two dozen civilians and wounded more than 60 in attacks throughout Iraq on Saturday, officials said.

The attacks came as the Interior Ministry said that more than 1,800 Iraqi civilians died in sectarian and insurgent violence in Iraq in March. There were 226 more civilian deaths in March than in February, the data show.

[vincenza87]

omega39 is right on target. Future generations should not have to carry the load of our mistakes. I say our mistakes, because many of us were all for getting our pound of flesh at first.

[iceman_1960]

Ex-Aide Says He%u2019s Lost Faith in Bush

In speaking out, Matthew Dowd became the first member of Mr. Bush%u2019s inner circle to break so publicly with him.

Looking back, Mr. Dowd now says his faith in Mr. Bush was misplaced.

In a wide-ranging interview here, Dowd called for a withdrawal from Iraq and expressed his disappointment in Mr. Bush%u2019s leadership.

Dowd, a crucial part of a team that cast Senator John Kerry as a flip-flopper who could not be trusted with national security during wartime, said he had even written but never submitted an op-ed article titled %u201CKerry Was Right,%u201D arguing that Mr. Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat and 2004 presidential candidate, was correct in calling last year for a withdrawal from Iraq.

%u201CI%u2019m a big believer that in part what we%u2019re called to do %u2014 to me, by God; other people call it karma %u2014 is to restore balance when things didn%u2019t turn out the way they should have,%u201D Mr. Dowd said. %u201CJust being quiet is not an option when I was so publicly advocating an election.%u201D

(New York Times article)