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Eugene

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Wed May-09-07 01:31 AM
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Cheney urges reconciliation in visit to Baghdad

Source: Associated Press

May 9, 2007, 1:12AM
Cheney urges reconciliation in visit to Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Vice President Dick Cheney sought to encourage
reconciliation among rival Iraqi factions today in an unannounced
visit to Baghdad, emphasizing that the current U.S. military
buildup alone cannot end the conflict.

Cheney made Iraq the first stop of a weeklong trip to the Middle
East aimed at redoubling efforts to end divisive infighting among
Iraq's ethnic factions.

He got a firsthand briefing on conditions from Gen. David Petraeus,
the top U.S. commander in Iraq, and the new U.S. ambassador here,
Ryan Crocker.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4787873.html

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Trajan

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Wed May-09-07 01:33 AM
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1. Cheney urges reconciliation ....

between Cheney and tons of oil money ...

between Halliburton and taxpayer funds ....

He still loves war and killin and stealin and hatin ....

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napi21

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Wed May-09-07 01:33 AM
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2. OH yeah! He's a real great negotiator for sure!

Just who the hell is he talking to in Baghdad that could make something like THAT happen? Sure Unka Dick, I'm sure that's just what you're doin'!

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Ferret Annica

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Wed May-09-07 01:34 AM
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3. Hope the Iraqis provided him with a lawyer and some

fat tamed birds to shoot with his shootgun.

Though as drinking is more taboo there, he would have to do this sober this time.

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NastyRiffraff

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Wed May-09-07 01:59 AM
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4. Yeah, they'll listen to him

I can see it now:

"Wow, we've been hating each other and fighting for thousands of years, but Cheney says to reconcile. Let's all be friends!"

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Kagemusha

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Wed May-09-07 02:02 AM
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5. I hear it's to get the Sunnis to play ball to steamroll the Kurds re: the oil law.

So that's the 'reconciliation' being talked about.

Now, I don't personally know either way... but certainly, he wants that oil law...

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maddezmom

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Wed May-09-07 02:11 AM
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6. no one is listening anymore n/t

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MADem

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Wed May-09-07 05:40 AM
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7. Cheney Arrives in Iraqi Capital

Source: BBC

US Vice-President Dick Cheney has arrived in Iraq's capital Baghdad, amid an ongoing drive by the US military to contain spiralling violence.

After meeting US generals, Mr Cheney is expected to urge Iraqi leaders to work harder to heal political rifts.

His trip follows an announcement that 35,000 more US troops may be sent to Iraq to maintain current levels.

A truck bomb has meanwhile killed at least 19 people in Irbil, a city in Iraq's usually peaceful Kurdish region.

Another 70 people were hurt in the explosion. ....

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6637649.stm

How lovely...Cheney 'greeted with terrestrial fireworks'...where are the flowers and sweets? The fact that the explosion occurred in Irbil is not good. This isn't a step forward for Kurdistan, by any stretch.

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Wed May-09-07 05:40 AM
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8. Cheney has no legitimate purpose in Iraq

This is a political stunt to get some 'good' press for a failing administration paid for by the U.S. taxpayers.
Cheney should move his hiding place to Baghdad and never return.

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MADem

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Wed May-09-07 05:52 AM
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14. I don't think that is why he's there. He's there to order the Iraqi gubmint to get their shit

together. It has to do with all those GOP politicians telling him privately, and just this week, telling all of us publicly, that if the Iraqis don't start "standing up" that the cash is gone by September. They aren't stupid--they're trying to hang on to their seats in Congress by their damned fingernails.

The question is, how good will Dick do at convincing the Iraqis of that? Will they go through the usual "Awwww, he doesn't really mean it" routine, or will they look at the calendar, see that 2008 is looming, and realize that the gravy train will soon grind to a halt?

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Wed May-09-07 05:40 AM
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9. Hand that man a rifle. Send him on patrol. Defend your country, sir!

Chick-Chick-Chickenhawk!

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Lochloosa

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Wed May-09-07 05:40 AM
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10. Is he going to take a "stroll" in downtown Baghdad?

:shrug:

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MADem

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Wed May-09-07 05:47 AM
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12. All the king's horses, and all the king's men, couldn't keep him secure, I think.

He's on a kick-ass mission, to insist that the Iraqis "stand up" so we can "stand down."

Guess that squawking by the GOP this past week got to them....this is an important sign that "The Penguin" understands that BushCo has LOST the GOP contingent in Congress...they've told him "We're not going down on this Titanic with you, asshole!!!"

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bdamomma

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Wed May-09-07 07:36 AM
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19. they should keep his ass there.

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Junkdrawer

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Wed May-09-07 05:40 AM
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11. "Pass the law that gives us all the oil, and we'll help you stop the civil war."

THAT'S what he's telling them....THAT'S why he's there.

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stellanoir

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Wed May-09-07 05:51 AM
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13. Sorry but I woke up this morning. . .with tin foil on my cranium

but why am I thinking that there is an Iraqi-esc studio somewhere around Bethesda, brought to us by the wonderous efforts of Halliburton, where Mr. 9% approval rating is REALLY having his purposeless photo op. . .?

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DrDan

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Wed May-09-07 06:19 AM
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15. Condi screwed up big-time

Cheney has to go over to smooth over something . . . .

God help us with this bunch in control . . . . ("in control" - what a joke)

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Maeve

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Wed May-09-07 06:22 AM
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16. Maybe he wants to be the war czar

He deserves much of the blame for this mess.

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Massachusetts

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Wed May-09-07 07:12 AM
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17. "Cheney made Iraq the first stop of a weeklong trip to the Middle East"

No tears shed here if he came back in a coffin.

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bdamomma

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Wed May-09-07 07:37 AM
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20. traveling with that clot???? dick

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EnviroBat

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Wed May-09-07 02:39 PM
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37. I'd actually be throwing one hell of a party with my friends...

Edited on Wed May-09-07 02:39 PM by EnviroBat

Never before did I ever think I would actually celebrate the death of a person.
Some people in this world are just no fuckin good...

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maddezmom

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Wed May-09-07 07:14 AM
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18. Cheney discourages the Parliament vacation

Cheney also was likely to renew a U.S. request that the Iraqi parliament not take a scheduled two-month break during these troubling times, according to Crocker.

"For the Iraqi parliament to take a two-month vacation in the middle of summer is impossible to understand," said Crocker, who traveled with Cheney from Washington. He has only been on the job since March.

Cheney's message with Iraqi leaders, according to a senior administration official who briefed reporters, was to be: "We've all got challenges together. We've got to pull together. We've got to get this work done. It's game time."

The official spoke on condition of anonymity since Cheney had yet to meet with the Iraqi leaders.

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Eugene

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Wed May-09-07 12:49 PM
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34. "It's game time." Cheney, Viceroy of Iraq has spoken.

Edited on Wed May-09-07 12:59 PM by Eugene

How dare these sovereign Iraqis set their own agenda!

I am ashamed that Cheney represents this country. :banghead:

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Heidi

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Wed May-09-07 12:38 PM
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21. Kick.

:kick:

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Barrett808

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Wed May-09-07 12:38 PM
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22. Cheney: 'Game time' in Iraq

Source: Chicago Tribune

Cheney: 'Game time' in Iraq
by Mark Silva

"It's game time'' in Iraq – where Americans are attempting to convince Iraqi leaders to forgo a summer vacation.

Vice President Dick Cheney dropped in on American military commanders in Baghdad this morning. Air Force Two landed at Baghdad International Airport at 8:56 a.m., local time, and Cheney flew by helicopter to the Green Zone, where he proceeded to the U.S. embassy.

His trip to Iraq at the start of a tour of several other Middle Eastern nations had been unannounced, just as he had traveled to Pakistan and Afghanistan in February. The vice president was planning to meet with U.S. and Iraqi leaders as well as leaders of various factions in a nation besieged by sectarian violence, according to a senior administration official who spoke with reporters en route.

The vice president's message boils down to this, according to the official speaking on condition of anonymity: "We’ve all got challenges together. We’ve got to pull together. We’ve got to get this work done. It’s game time.”

And, if Cheney was consulting with leaders in private, he wasn't taking any time for reporters' questions. After lunch came a series of "photo sprays'' and Cheney was putting his foot down about allowing questions. At one he emphasized: "This is just a photo spray.” At another, a reporter could hear him saying as they filed into a conference room that Cheney was using all day: “…Then we kick the press out.”

Read more: http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2007/05/cheney_game_tim.html

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William769

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Wed May-09-07 12:38 PM
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23. It's game time alright!

But not the game the U.S. is wanting to play.

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MaineYooper

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Wed May-09-07 12:38 PM
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24. Game time?!?!?!

Edited on Wed May-09-07 10:38 AM by MaineYooper

Apart from the monumental inappropriateness of a game metaphor for what is happening in Iraq, I would still hope that if even in this stupid representation, Cheney et al would realize that it's now been game time for at least four years.

As is so often the case, words fail me in describing my disgust and disdain for Crashcart.

(edited for grammar)

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Magleetis

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Wed May-09-07 12:38 PM
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25. Cheney

is in his last throes.

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Wickerman

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Wed May-09-07 12:38 PM
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26. “…Then we kick the press out.”

Uh, yeah, about that Dick, the press left the building just shortly after Elvis. But you knew that, didn't you? nudge, nudge, wink.

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Lobster Martini

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Wed May-09-07 12:38 PM
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27. Well, at least he didn't say "bring it on..."

It's hard to find something nice to say about Crashcart. That was the best I could do.

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Zorra

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Wed May-09-07 12:38 PM
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28. And the last thing he said to me, "Rock," he said

"sometime when the team is up against it and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to go out there with all they've got and win just one for the Gipper."

Maybe Cheney wants to be a "war hero" at everyone else's expense.

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sinkingfeeling

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Wed May-09-07 12:38 PM
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29. "Game time" translates to give us the OIL!!

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/09/iraq.main/index.html?section=cnn_latest

The senior administration official summarized Cheney's message: "We've got to pull together. We've got to get this work done. It's game time."

An important topic on Cheney's agenda is to persuade the Iraqi Parliament to forgo its planned two-month recess. The Bush administration is pushing for members to keep working on legislation, such as a measure on oil revenues.

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global1

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Wed May-09-07 12:38 PM
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30. That's All This Is To Cheney - A Big Game.......

Edited on Wed May-09-07 10:59 AM by global1

bottom line - the Repugs are talking about pulling the plug in September of this year unless *Co can show that progress is being made in Iraq with the surge.

If the Iraq parliment goes on vacation for 2 months - there is no way in hell that *Co is going to be able to say anything of substance in July or September.

Cheney is out in Iraq - grovelling - to prevent the Iraqi's from going on vacation.

Interesting that this all started with * being on vacation pre-911 and it might end on the note that the Iraqi's went on vacation.

Karma!!!

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Aviation Pro

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Wed May-09-07 12:38 PM
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31. This from the scrub benchwarmer who had "other priorities"...

...during Vietnam. Hey, how did those deferments work out for you, you fucking, fat pussy? Apparently, pretty well, cocksucker.

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hatrack

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Wed May-09-07 12:38 PM
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32. Oh, so the last four years have just been the pregame show?

And we didn't even get to use Hank Williams Jr. for the soundtrack!

:puke:

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Miss Chybil

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Wed May-09-07 12:38 PM
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33. Just kick the press out. He has no obligation to the American people to let them

know what he's doing on our dime and in our name. He's Vice-King, afterall.

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KansDem

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Wed May-09-07 02:14 PM
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35. Before...or after "the blast?"

Oh, wait...

The blast in Baghdad struck about 6:25 p.m. local time, just half an hour before Cheney's wrap-up news conference. It appeared to strike in the vicinity of the heavily fortified Green Zone, which contains the U.S. and British embassies and many Iraqi government buildings.

..."after."

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Wed May-09-07 02:14 PM
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36. self delete

Edited on Wed May-09-07 02:15 PM by KansDem

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