Rummie and Condi both make another 'surprise' visit to Iraq today

[DoYouEverWonder]

Rumsfeld, Rice Visit Iraq for Meetings With Iraqi Military Leaders

Robert Burns
The Associated Press
Wednesday, April 26, 2006; 5:22 AM

BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 26 -- Iraq's selection of top government leaders marked a major step toward creating conditions that could allow a substantial number of U.S. troops to leave in the months ahead, the top American commander in the country said Wednesday.

"I'm still on my general timeline," Army Gen. George Casey told reporters after meeting with Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, who arrived unannounced for a daylong series of meetings with top U.S. commanders and the newly selected Iraqi leaders.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew into Baghdad from Turkey a few hours later to shore up the U.S. show of support for the newly emerging Iraqi government.

Casey did not elaborate on his timeline for reducing U.S. forces, but he has said in the past that a "fairly substantial" reduction could be made this year if the insurgency did not grow worse and if Iraq made continued progress on the political and security training fronts.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/25/AR2006042502493.html?sub=AR


Just proves what a failure this whole Iraq occupation is. They should be able to announce these trips ahead of time and walk down the street like heroes if they were so right. Instead, they have to come and go like thieves in the night. Maybe because they are thieves?

[Skittles]

1. using the troops for PR stunts

disgusting

[Eugene]

2. The Bushies are going all out trying to cobble together some pretense

of a stable government in Iraq.

Weren't we supposed to turn the corner in Iraq with the elections
in January 2005? Or was it when we broke the back of the insurgency
in Falloujah? It gets so confusing! :eyes: