Bush and Blair (Brtis confirm Bush* going to Iraq for Christmas)

[Patriot_Spear]

Wonder if he'll wear a red suit as a disguise for the next midnight raid?


"Presidential advisers in Washington wanted Mr Bush to be the sole leader to make a Christmas visit to troops in Baghdad and urged Downing Street to postpone any visit."

http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/news/content_objectid=13746358_method=full_siteid=106694_headline=-BUSH-AND-BLAIR--THE-BIG-FALL-OUT-name_page.html

[oneighty]

1. The link

gave me a BIG sales pitch!

Darn.

180

[BiggJawn]

2. I got a BETTER idea!

Bring all the troops home, then he can throw them a big Bar-B-Q at the Pig Farm...

So...is Dim Son going to be calling on the other "coalition" troops, too? All 300 of them?

[pinto]

3. maybe Blair finally read the fine print in B*shco's "partnership"...n/t

[SpiralHawk]

4. "Criminals always return to the scene of the crime."

- Dick Tracy, or somebody cool like that.

[The White Rose]

5. I think they're referring to the "Turkey Shoot".

Since the UK doesn't have Thanksgiving they're lumping it in with the Christmas holiday period IMO. Could be wrong, of course, but I doubt that Dubya has the balls to go again, even for a couple of hours. I'm betting that he soiled himself when Cheney told him about the last one...

[Patriot_Spear]

6. I took the context as indication a future visit.

They didn't refer to it in the past tense and the date listed for the article is today.

This may be Downing Streets' revenge for Bush* whining about Blairs' Saddam capture announcement.

[shawn703]

7. Well there goes Britain as an ally

But shame on Blair for thinking he could work with this administration and not get stabbed in the back.

[ConcernedCanuk]

8. a Washington ban ? ? ? - - - 0n visiting one's troops ? ? - sheesh !!

. . From the Article:

"The two leaders have fallen out over plans for the reconstruction of the country and the heavy-handed action of American troops against the civilian population.

And the rift has been deepened by a Washington ban on a proposed morale-boosting visit by the PM to British troops in Iraq during the Christmas holiday."


/snip/

a Washington ban ? ? ? - so Tony is not allowed to visit his OWN troops ??

I'd be saying to Junior

- "ok - fine

- I'll just bring them all home !!"

. . Back to the Article:

"President Bush was incensed that Mr Blair stole Washington's thunder by being the first Western leader to confirm that the former dictator had been arrested by US troops."

/snip/

Dammm - - Georgie-Boy actin' like a spoilt kid !

Spoilt kid with guns, vewwwy vewy dangerous !

[Gman]

9. No good, showboating

bastard!

[qanda]

10. So is Bush* going to Iraq for Christmas?

I mean won't people stop caring if every holiday he makes a "surprise" trip to visit the troops?

[Cannikin]

12. Who does GWB think he is?

Banning another world leader and his biggest supporter...the arrogance is amazing!
Yeah, we're really winning the war on 'terra' (is this some sort of ban on 'Gone with the Wind'?) Orange alert on Christmas,
soldiers continuing to die, Russians deploying updated nuclear missles, making enemies of multiple nuclear states.....

We really should have taken the hint when we noticed GWB couldnt pronounce any of the names of people or countries in the mid-east!

I dont think SNL realized how close Wil Farrel was to the REAL pres!

[donsu]

11. something is going on

feel the world's gears changing

[ninkasi]

13. It would sure be nice

to have a president with a mental and emotional age of more than two. Let's make sure the next one is a Democrat, and an adult.

[bspence]

14. Well, if it worked once, it'll work again.... n/t

[zbdent]

15. I'm all in favor of Bush going to Iraq for Christmas

In fact, send him over numerous times!

Maybe one time the SS will forget him over there.

Now that the terrorists know what to look for (after hearing three different versions of the reply to the mysterious "English pilot"!)

Unfortunately, the end result of that would probably be like the Lincoln/Kennedy legacy, where W would (unrightfully) be elevated to God status, just above the beloved saint Ronnie.

[54anickel]

27. He has no business going anywhere while this country is "Orange"

[Judi Lynn]

16. Evidently the pResident wants to improve on his previous image

after everyone learned the turkey was bogus, and the actual people there ate slimey canned turkey, or something similarly unpleasant, and that many of them missed their special dinner altogether because of his trip.

News:

Polish president makes unannounced visit to troops in Iraq


(Warsaw, Poland-AP) -- It's definitely a trend. Poland's president has made a surprise visit to Iraq, becoming the third coalition leader in the past month to do so.

President Aleksander Kwasniewski (kvahsh-NYEV'-skee) arrived for his unannounced visit today. He and Poland's defense minister have spent time meeting with Polish peacekeepers at their Iraqi headquarters. Polish state radio reports Kwasniewski planned to stay for two or three hours. (snip)

(snip) President Bush surprised the world with his unannounced Thanksgiving visit with American troops in Baghdad. Later, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar (AHS'-nahr) had lunch with soldiers from his country. He was in Iraq for about four hours.
(snip/)

http://www.fox23news.com/news/world/story.aspx?content_id=A211F52B-1192-444A-A25E-E6A885C04ECA

[kskiska]

17. Didn't Blair already travel to Iraq?

Long before the Chimp? I distinctly remember stories of his visiting his troops. Maybe it was Afghanistan?

[leetrisck]

18. The entire bush regime should go to Iraq

& stay there - he can be their new dictator (king). He's destroyed our country - let him go destroy that one and bring our troops on home.

[skypilot]

19. What could Washington actually do...

...to Blair if he should visit his own troops? He should just thumb his nose at Bush and go.

[Dover]

20. He'll probably be reading the troops goat stories while the U.S.

is attacked by "terrorists".

[Shadder]

21. Now I know what to ask Santa for....

n/t

[bushisanidiot]

22. No Way In Hell Is President P*ssy Going To Iraq For X-mas

it will be a staged publicity stunt filmed somewhere in TX, count on it. He's too much of a chickenhawk chickensh*t to put his puny ass in "harms way".

What a f*cking liar!

hey, is this post 1000?

Peace and joy! ;)

[Cooley Hurd]

25. No chance he'll go - he'll talk it up like he really wants to go...

...only to be shot down by the "overly-cautious" Secret Service, even though they approved the last jaunt.:eyes:

He knows if he shows up in Iraq "announced," he'll become "fragging target #1."

[PaDUer]

26. Maybe he wants

to sit on Santa's lap..Ya right..he's just trying to get away from pickles so he can have a fling for the holidays..after all, jebthro and his other brother have the chics lined up at the door, don't forget, he didn't know anything about it.

[Lorien]

28. My thoughts exactly

the junior chickenhawk will pay a visit to a hollywood soundstage with a nice bluescreen-thats more his speed.

[MattNC]

31. leaving the country

during a heightened terror alert seems irresponsible to me but whatever..

[wildwww2]

38. Irresponsible,neglectful: Two words that best describe Bu$h\Cheater Inc.

Not only leaving the country but going to a mad hornets nest and take a chance at not getting stung. If the secret service allows this. I am convinced our country is doomed. Because eventually irresponsible actions come back and bite you in the ass. Even the freepers should know that is true. Hell they are all aware that Bu$h has the brain power of a sandstone. The scary part is not enough Americans seem to care. Sad.
Peace
Wildman
Al Gore is My President

[koopie57]

23. This really scared me when I read it

cuz it came after the orange alert was posted. Had it come before I would have accepted it, but this way, he doesn't need to go if something does happen. After how scared he was last time, I don't think he can actually do it again. It all feels sort of worrisome. I don't think they wanted Saddam taken alive, but once the Kurds had them, they are in a big mess I think. They really have to keep him alive to testify or the world might really revolt then. Well, just MHO. But I haven't been scared until I read this and the hair on my arms stood on end.

[drb]

24. You think maybe he's planning to be in Iraq because...

...that's when the next terra-ist event will happen here?

"Nah! Georgie couldn't a had nuthin' to do with it! Hell, he was way over there in Eye-rack!"

If Dick Cheney is back in his spider hole, and Tom "Cockroach" Delay is in Texas, I wouldn't want to be in Washington.

[MattNC]

32. before actually

according to the article, bush was planning to visit iraq during christmas before the hussein capture, which infuriated blair and led him to making the capture announcement ahead of bush.

[0007]

29. Ariel Sharon is booked in the Baghdad Hotel for next Easter,

and then Yasser Arafat is booked for a fund-raiser during Passover.

May Day will bring Vladimir Putin to Iraq for three days.

China and North Korea will follow during eary summer.

[WatchWhatISay]

30. Bring him on!

How I wish.

[dflprincess]

33. They've raised the terra alert to orange

and they've let it out that Bush* is going to Iraq for Christmas?

Now we know why the terror alert was raised.

So, this will work out one of two ways.

1. The Secrect Service and Defense Department will insist the trip be canceled over Shrub's strong objections because it's "too dangerous".

2. Or, despite the "high alert" Shrub will heroically make the trip anyway.

And half the country will fall for it, no matter what he does.

[goforit]

34. Hey Bush just got Lybia as their alli who the hell needs Britian?

Unbelievable!!!!

These two need to grow up and learn to share their "TOYS"!!!!

[tritsofme]

35. Keep in mind that this is coming from a tabloid.

Hardly breaking news.

[Matilda]

36. What will Bush do in Baghdad this time around?

Dress up as Santa and hand out empty boxes wrapped up to look like
presents?

[Ferretherder]

37. Yes! He WILL hand out empty boxes wrapped up to look like presents!

How did you know, Matilda? Problem is, the empty boxes won't be EMPTY very long, because they're COFFINS....much in demand in Iraq, these days!