Comments on: Breaking: President Obama in Baghdad.

By: icbm

icbm — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:02:15 +0000

when it comes to propaganda, the media has a lot to learn. they’re usually so transparent.

By: icbm

icbm — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:50:26 +0000

but the video shows no evidence at all of wild cheering – or any cheering. There are some smiles and handshakes.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/04/07/obama_makes_surprise_visit_to_iraq.html

By: JustLeaveMeAlone

JustLeaveMeAlone — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:09:18 +0000

What can I say? He’s a generous guy.

I’m betting he spent longer threatening, er, um, strongly encouraging Iraq’s prez to do his bidding.

By: Doc Holliday

Doc Holliday — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:42:04 +0000

animosity with a few well placed “yes we can’s” btw, how do you translate Si Se Puede from Austrian to Iraqi?

By: bk

bk — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:44:20 +0000

Ref: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090407/pl_nm/us_iraq_obama

U.S. President Barack Obama made an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Tuesday, marking a new chapter in his strategy to wind down the unpopular war in Iraq and shift the United States' military focus to Afghanistan.

Even if you accept the dubious claim that he has a "strategy", calling this photo-op session a "new chapter" in it seems a tad overdone to me.

By: djemi

djemi — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:37:54 +0000

I just want to see how the troops received BO