Heres Joe Lieberman, showing off the latest Baghdad fashions

[LSK]

Isnt he styling in that large helmet and flack jacket ensemble??

[KG]

1. such a manly man.

just because he looks like he's ready to crap his pants doesn't mean everything isn't just peachy keen in baghdad.

[unpossibles]

2. that looks safer than the streets of Detroit!

</sarcasm>

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

3. That Merchant Will Be Dead By Tomorrow. nt

[Ian David]

6. Sadly, he probably WILL be targeted and killed. n/t

[LSK]

7. I thought of that too, unfortunately n/t

[Johonny]

12. I was thinking

Americans in body armor, helmet with a posse of armed guards. Merchant no body armor, no helmet no posse. Oh I'm sure he's GLAD to see the Americans stop by.

[BurtWorm]

4. "Give me the right change or I'll fling this grenade at you."

[wakeme2008]

5. LOL the real high up get Dragon Skin flack jackets

:rofl: He wearing the cheap version (which are troops have to wear).

[Buzz Clik]

8. "Okay. I'd like $5 worth of your worthless shit, and then I'm gettin' the hell outta here!"

[BurtWorm]

9. "What do you have in flak jackets and Storm Trooper helmets?"

"I might need some more gear when I go 'support our troops' this afternoon."

[Totally Committed]

10. Bet he's wearing Depends...

that's all I gotta say.

TC

[blondeatlast]

11. If you like this, don't miss this thread...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1008502&mesg_id=1008502

[madinmaryland]

13. Given the hostilities between Muslims and Jews, is it really

a wise move to have Lieberman visiting a Muslim country that is full of Al-Queda?

:wtf:

Joe, go HOME!

[Guitarman]

14. I would feel like such a pussy if I were JL.

Standing there in body armor in front of that Iraqi looking as if I was ready to piss myself. Is that the best we can do?

[dogday]

15. I thought McCain said it was safe to go shopping

and the other Senator said it was like a flea market in Indiana.... I don't know about anyone else, but this looks less than safe and I have never had a flea market experience like this...

[BurtWorm]

16. If you wear a helmet and flak jacket and are surrounded by armed guards

It's almost TOTALLY safe. Except for the car bombs.

[blondeatlast]

18. See the photo in post 17, below. All is not as it seems. nt

[blondeatlast]

17. I dunno, take a look at this photo and see if you see what DUer Aviation Pro

saw and I finally did after he pointed it out--can you say big time photo-op?



Hint: it concerns the headgear, but not Burt the Turtle's...

[BurtWorm]

20. Why would Lieberman wear that helmet if he or someone weren't afraid

his forehead made a tempting target out in Baghdad? They had to have known he looked ridiculous, especially after McCain caught hell for pulling the same stunt--WITHOUT a helmet!--and decided better safe than sorry. Nothing ruins a good photo op like brains oozing through a head wound.

[blondeatlast]

28. Ah, but note that one person in the pic is head-nekkid... nt

[BurtWorm]

30. Maybe because he's stupid?

Or gutsy? :shrug:

McCain and Graham didn't wear helmets either. I think someone talked Bert the Turtle into believing his brain was a bullet magnet outside of its shell. But what do I know?

[blondeatlast]

33. My thoughts: nekkid man is media or in the Senator's entourage,

the rest are truly grunts and were ordered to wear the gear so as not to embarrass Burt the Turtle...

Sometimes I'm so suspicious I'm ashamed of myself... :shrug:

[BurtWorm]

34. Wouldn't that mean Baghdad is really not as dangerous as we all think it is?

And if so, why would they humor Lieberman by pretending it was less safe. Wouldn't they want the world to see how safe it was?

I know this idea didn't originate with you, but I'm just saying it doesn't make any sense to me. I believe Lieberman was in danger. Why the other guy wasn't in a helmet, I don't know, except that McCain and Graham went helmetless when they also foolishly tried to show they weren't as full of shit about the security in Baghdad as Lieberman clearly is.

[blondeatlast]

35. My skepticism is about where, exactly, he is in Baghdad.

While I'm sure he's in Baghdad somewhere in the photo, we don't know how "accessible" it might be to the locals--or whether it might be protected by Blackwater, et al.

In a nutshell:

I think he's truly in Baghdad, that those with headgear really are soldiers (possibly Blackwater), ordered to wear headgear, but the sunglass guy seems a bit too relaxed to be in much of harm's way.

[RedStateShame]

24. Ah, are you referring to not the headgear, but the lack thereof?

[blondeatlast]

29. Exactly! nt

[TahitiNut]

19. Bert the Turtle in Baghdad ... now a part of the DU Glossary (look and see)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_oet&address=358x190#b

It's perfect. (imho, of course)

[zbdent]

21. and how many millions of $$$s were wasted

so that Holy Joe could buy some cheap sunglasses which would make ZZ Top's look like Ray-Bans ?

[MiniMe]

22. I wish that they had the brown stains that were in his underwear because he was so freaking scared

I'm pretty sure that he was shittin his pants when he was in the marketplace.

[Balbus]

23. How embarrassed must that salesman be in the picture...

Having to pose with someone who looks like an absolute moron.

[Jack Rabbit]

25. And look at those other shoppers

Dressed like armed security personnel as they take a leisurely stroll through a safe public market in Baghdad.

[Virginia Dare]

26. What a senseless charade...

who does he think he's kidding?

[blondeatlast]

27. edit--delete. misplaced reply. nt

[EnviroBat]

31. Way to go ASSHOLE!

McCain tried this crap just a few weeks back. We didn't buy the bullshit then, and we ain't buying it now.

[blues90]

32. What an ass .

What's he buying , sun glasses to go with the helmet , if he folded his arms back he would look just like a garden snail in heat .