Breaking News CNN Rummy in Iraq

[partylessinOhio]

Surprise trip. What's up?

[TomInTib]

1. It's not what's up, it's what's down...

approval ratings.

[incapsulated]

5. Yup

Lookat me! I know where Iraq is! I'm smart, I can do things! Fuck those Generals, I have all these guys in uniform standing around me not saying anything nasty... to my face.

[niyad]

2. an effort to prove his leadership and abilities??? or, far more likely, a

mission to make sure none of the generals or other high-ranking officers speaks out of turn again?

[wake.up.america]

3. The usual, " I'm in control. 8 Generals say I should go, But what do ...

they know?"

Am I an idiot?

That depends on what you mean by an idiot.

Are we losing a lot of men and women because I am an idiot?

That depends on what you mean by a lot.

Do I care?

Depends on what you mean by caring.

Am I going to lose any sleep over it?

Probably not, I sleep very little anyway.

Next question.

[billbuckhead]

4. Rummy just wants the throttle

:nuke:

[The_Casual_Observer]

6. I hope the motherfucker drives thru Baghdad with the top down.

[LibertyorDeath]

12. LOL! in my dreams

The man is EVIL!!!

Personified!!!

[mitchtv]

7. A tender young Al Queda suspect to torture

:grr:

[CoffeeCat]

8. He's hungry and wanting attention...

...so he's going to stand in the middle of Baghdad--waiting for the showers of Russell Stover chocolates and flowers.

[Erika]

9. Yeah, Idaho just lost another 21 year soldier in Iraq - IED

I'm sure Rummy won't be going out on patrols.

He's doing it for self-serving PR purposes and should, along with the RNC, be billed the cost of the fuel of the trip.

[partylessinOhio]

10. Update on trip:

Apr 25, 2006 10:43 pm US/Central
Rumsfeld Arrives In Iraq Unannounced


(AP) BAGHDAD In a show of support for Iraq's emerging government, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld arrived in the capital unannounced Wednesday for meetings with Prime Minister-designate Jawad al-Maliki and other newly selected leaders. Rumsfeld flew overnight from Washington after a private meeting on Capitol Hill with a group of Republican senators. The defense secretary also was holding talks here with Gen. George Casey, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, and other senior commanders to discuss progress on the military front.

Rumsfeld was expected to not only congratulate the Iraqis on breaking a deadlock over selection of a prime minister and other top political positions, but also to reinforce the Bush administration's message that the Iraqis should not expect U.S. forces to remain indefinitely. ...

Rumsfeld's press secretary, Eric Ruff, told reporters aboard the defense secretary's flight from Washington that Rumsfeld's trip was designed to convey President Bush's encouragement at the latest steps toward putting in place Iraq's first fully constitutional government since the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime three years ago. "The president asked us to go and show support for their new government," Ruff said.

In a break from past practice, Rumsfeld did not speak to reporters traveling with him on the 13-hour flight to Baghdad. Before he left Washington he met behind closed doors with Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and about 15 other Republican members of the Senate to discuss the administration's $72 billion supplementary budget request, Ruff said. ...

http://wcco.com/national/topstories_story_115234618.html

[LibertyorDeath]

11. Well now there's hope.

Don't ask me to elucidate!

[Contrary1]

13. None of the above...

Rummy's there to assert his "leadership", and to warn high-ranking
officers to keep their mouths shut.

[Canuckistanian]

14. That's it, Rummy, show those Generals who's boss

Don't let those wusses tell YOU that you're a failure. YOU tell THEM!

[smoochpooch]

15. Obviously, the insurgency is in its last throes.

Soon, the dead-enders will just throw down their arms, kneel before Rummy and embrace the open-ended occupation of their country. After listening to Rummy's inspirational orations, the henny penny media will no longer exaggerate the violence that is rarely occuring.

[orleans]

16. he's gloating because he can get out when he wants to

all the other americans that are there have to stay there until that freak lets them leave

[saltpoint]

17. Does Rumsfeld stay in a bunker or something in the Green Zone when

he goes on these top secret trips to Baghdad?

If security is so bad that we can't fly people into the airport there, how safe could the city be?