50 troops pissed AWOL's departure put them in danger-read this

[RamboLiberal]

But other soldiers grew angry that their departure from the airport was delayed for an hour, while they waited for Air Force One to depart. Finding the door barred, about 50 troops got into a shouting match with the soldier blocking their exit. The streets of Baghdad were too dangerous to delay their departure any longer, they shouted.

"Do you have any idea how many IEDs are on this road?" one soldier shouted, referring to improvised explosive devices or roadside bombs. "I have to get back to my base. I don't want to lose a soldier because the president wants us to sit here."

http://highmarkfunds.stockpoint.com/highmarkfunds/newspaper.asp?Mode=aws&Story=20031127/331w6995.xml

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[MoonRiver]

7. WHO is kinda cute?

I didn't see any pictures in the link. If you're referring to His Lowness, I think you must have taken a left turn when you meant to go right! :evilgrin:

[Military Brat]

13. "Go Stalin"? Murderer of millions by starvation?

You are so typical radical right. Go back to your TV and your "I (heart) George" beer-stained T-shirt.

And for God's sake, stop beating your kids!

[liberalmuse]

16. Not the chimp?

He is butt ugly and goofy looking to boot, and believe me, I'd admit it if I thought he were attractive. I think Paul Bremer is an attractive man, but I intensely dislike this stooge.

Now Clinton is attractive, and it's not his physical appearance per say--it's the energy around him, and his smile.

[Pale_Rider]

2. Kinda puts Clinton's haircut in perspective ...

... doesn't it?

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[karlschneider]

5. Back under your rock, asshole.

[shamanstar]

11. alert

he will be gone shortly

[number6]

14. are you mentally retarded ???

:: :smoke:

[Fridays Child]

18. My thoughts, exactly!

Even if the haircut episode was as bad as it was portrayed to have been (and I read a very credible debunking of it, within the last year), at least our last duly elected president didn't endanger American soldiers by blocking runway traffic.

[havocmom]

21. ding ding ding

we have a winner!
spot on, white_rider

[Robin Hood]

24. Of course the so called liberal media won't say nothing about this.

But screeched bloody murder about Clintons SF airport haircut. Show me this liberal media.

[karlschneider]

4. "...a tear dropped to the resident's cheek"........Bull. Fucking. Shit.

:grr:

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[Screaming Lord Byron]

9. You're going to have to explain that one, I'm afraid.

[Pale_Rider]

23. Come on, let's hit the ...

... ignore button on ragwaggostalin together. Nothing more that a Thanksgiving disrupter.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

26. Awww, but it's so much more fun trying to get them to justify their shit.

[Cat Atomic]

10. Ass

You're an ass.

I recognize your posting style, by the way. You're the guy with that lame-ass right wing site, if I'm not mistaken. It had a poll about "can Democrats tell the truth", or something like that.

[sistersofmercy]

19. Hey we don't go to your...

chat places and disrupt, so please leave! bush* isn't capable of being compassionate but can do a good Texas two step and pretend to be.

[pippin]

8. so his visit endangered the lives

of the soldiers. Pathetic.

[Cocoa]

15. his visit to England cost 50 lives in Turkey

and I wonder if Bush brought the troops some protective equipment for their helicopters? I bet his plane had pretty good protective equipment.

[radfringe]

12. they'd be even more pissed when they find out

the reason for the delay was because wanted to fly Air Force One and land it on a "ship of the desert"

[morningglory]

17. His tears remind me of Jim and Tammy Fay's glory days.....

before the arrest.

[havocmom]

22. yeee-ooow!

it's Thanksgiving and the evil DUers are cooking!

High five, morninggory!

[lumpy]

20. The Bush people had been working on this surprise visit

for months, just a part of the campaign trail strategy. A visit from the "most powerful man" in the world. What a travesty to consider this man as being powerful. He would be the most powerful man claening the latrines if it weren't for the cabal bolstering him up for all the world to see.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

29. "Months"? How about since they knew Hillary was going to Afghanistan?

[PaDUer]

31. You can bet he's sucking up

the "juice" when he gets back in Texas..What a pitiful puke! You can bet Pickles and the twins were happy that he was gone so they had possibly a bit of normalcy unless POPS was there w/ dragonlady!

[Fridays Child]

25. HOLD IT! Bremer said they'd been working on this surprise for MONTHS?

"The surprise was terrific," Bremer said, beaming. "Operational security was great. It was quite an operation. We've been working on it for months."

But, according to Reuters, the idea for this trip didn't even come up until Asia trip, in October. From Wired News/Reuters:

Aides said Bush made the decision to go five or six weeks ago on a trip to Asia and only informed Vice President Dick Cheney , White House chief of staff Andrew Card and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice in a video conference call on Wednesday.

http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=801990&tw=wn_wire_story

And Condi was with him?

Bush served mashed potatoes in the chow line for 10 minutes and then said he had to leave. He ducked into a meeting with National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice, Bremer, Sanchez and four members of the Iraqi Governing Council. Then he was off.

The Wired News article, linked above, states that Condi didn't find out about the trip until she received a video conference call yesterday. They must have stopped in DC to pick her up, huh?

Look! Here they are arriving in Baghdad!

[no_arbusto]

28. What is that? The Walmart Afterhours Collection?

Seriously, who dresses these people? I think someone in this administration has stock in Acme Burlap Company.

[PaDUer]

32. Do they have

a thing going on? I've read several places that have questioned their relationship..Once a liar, always a liar..Put nothing past this pig..Look, his brothers screw anything that wiggles, need I say anymore?

[Skip Intro]

34. They look like game show hosts. And they CAN'T stop lying.

They lie when there's little or no reason to lie.

I hope this sleazy stunt bites them in thier collective a$$e$

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

27. Which begs the question. If any troops are lost due to their delay

will all the facts be reported tomorrow?

[oasis]

30. Some surprise. Do troops usually bring cameras to the mess hall?

[PaDUer]

33. Cameras?

Guess that tells you how interested I was when it first broke this AM..what a pice of slime!