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Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Iraq to visit U.S. troops and meet with Iraqi leaders, including President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
Great job US troops!! Congratulations on a job well done!! Thank you for your service!
Whether everyone agrees on the war or not, it would be nice to hear people support our troops. I have yet to hear anyone say,"Great Job". This is disturbing. Remember when our troops came back from Vietnam. Remember how rude and vile people were towards them?? Please do not let that happen again!! It's not a matter of why we were there right now. It's the fact that they risked their lives for to do what we asked of them.
#2 - Thu Jul 2, 2009 2:12 PM EDTThank you for your good words, MCLV. We do thank our troops for their service to our nation and for the betterment of the world.
MCLV as a vetran of the first Gulf War and Panama I thank you.
MCLV- Very well put!! Let's see if we can stop bashing the troops and bush for at least one weekend!! While we all reflect on our freedom..
I wonder if the scrappy kid from Scraton is going to push for his Biden Gelb plan?I wonder why the above article didn't mention the several american servicemen who have been killed in Iraq in the last few days?
#3 - Thu Jul 2, 2009 2:22 PM EDTWhy would Mr. Obama send that idiot over there? There is a reason we did not vote him as President. Nobody over there will listen to him either. You might just as well have sent that stupid White House dog.
#4 - Thu Jul 2, 2009 2:33 PM EDTIt was either him or Hillary.
Amen!!!!
why send anyone there?.. they just want to be left alone. and for gosh sakes stop sending funds. argg..i cant believe he went there.. just call on a ph or something. what a waste of time and money
Beyond the idiocy the Vice-president spews he is pretty tight on Middle East affairs. Go look up his history and you will see he has the knowledge.
Granted this should be Hilary's job, but the President has made Secretary of State a useless office. Till he appoints a Czar of Secretary of State.
My thoughts exactly; "Dad" let Joe out of the house AGAIN????
I think Biden has the knowledge; it's just the wiring between the brain and mouth that seem a bit shaky...
The real reason for the trip is finally revelaed. He went so he could go visit his son who is serving in Iraq.
from NY Daily News:
The Veep had breakfast in Baghdad with his namesake, Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III, 40
I am sure there are MANY U.S. soldiers over there who would love to have a visit with their families. But of course NONE of them are connected like the dummy Biden. We should kick him out of office for this.
Was that Vice President Joe Biden or Secretary Of State Joe Clinton I mean Hillary Biden. I can't keep their functions straight. What must be going through HC's mind as she's pushed aside for wonder mouth to completely replace her for unquestionably State functions.
#5 - Thu Jul 2, 2009 2:39 PM EDTBiden can easily step into SoS functions; he's one of the best in foreign policy and Obama is aware of this. There is no "pushing aside" of Ms. Clinton, but rather it sounds as if Team Obama works well together. Madame Secretary has a tremendous amount of State Department goings on; VP Biden has the most knowledge and background with Iraq, and key players there know him very well and respect him.
George
guess you didn't have a problem when Cheney went instead of Rice - wonder what was going through Rices head as she was pushed aside??
Biden can easily step into SoS functions; he's one of the best in foreign policy and Obama is aware of this. There is no "pushing aside" of Ms. Clinton, but rather it sounds as if Team Obama works well together. Madame Secretary has a tremendous amount of State Department goings on; VP Biden has the most knowledge and background with Iraq, and key players there know him very well and respect him..
The Vice-President has said some regrettable things bringing him down to Palin level, however dash is correct about his knowledge of the Middle East. I am saddened that Hillary Clinton has been effectually "benched" by this Administration.
Madame Secretary is not helping herself. Even with a broken elbow (and I'm sorry for that, I know that can be painful) she really needed to show up...really. There is too much chatter about with regards to her not being up to the task. I think she is with no problem, and is only going to get fine-tuned.
But she has to show up. The Russia and G8 trips are huge.
(ps....in case anyone stumbles on this, I know it's not active, but I had to say this)
OMG, we are in trouble now, better send our troops back in. Lock that guy up someplace.
#6 - Thu Jul 2, 2009 2:51 PM EDTLet's do some Obama quoting from when Bush was President.
"My assessment is that if we put an addition [sic] 30,000 of our outstanding troops in Baghdad it is going to quell some of the violence short term, I don't think there has even been any doubt about that," said Obama, adding "It doesn't change the underlying assessment which is that there is not a military solution to the political dynamic in Iraq."
Further, in response to Bush's August 28 http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/08/20070828-2.html">speech at the National Convention of the American Legion, Obama released a http://www.barackobama.com/2007/08/28/obama_response_to_president_bu.php">statement saying, in part: "Now we are dealing with the consequences of that failure of candor and judgment, and the President is using the politics of fear to continue a wrong-headed policy. It's time to turn the page on the failed Bush-Cheney strategy and conventional Washington thinking, remove our combat troops from Iraq
#7 - Thu Jul 2, 2009 3:11 PM EDTWOOT! Go Joe Biden. Beautiful move. Those in the know understood VP Biden would be a guiding force on the US withdrawal from Iraq and on the diplomatic effort that will be required to keep Iraq stable and united. Great move by President Obama. A lot is going on away from public view for national security reasons, but this we have been anticipating. Biden is brilliant when it comes to foreign affairs and Iraq is a complex region he has the most knowledge of.
Safe travels, Mr. Vice President. I know you're the right person for the job, but please be safe. Love Joe Biden!
#8 - Thu Jul 2, 2009 3:42 PM EDTJoe Biden makes the perfect Secretary of State. He is also doing great as Vice President of the United States. He is very inclined to foreign service because it is obvious that he has a passion for it. He has a smile from the east coast to the west coast and best of all he has at least 20 years of experience talking to foreign leaders, and it may be that they now love Biden more that they love Obama in France. Good man!
#9 - Thu Jul 2, 2009 4:26 PM EDTThis is the guy who said, Along with Obama, that the war in Iraq was a lost cause , no way the surge would work , we should admit defeat and retreat immediately. Thank God Bush had faith in our troops and the war was won. Now it is time to start bringing our Boys home . Job well done guys.
We will still have troops in Iraq for many years to come . they will be there to support the Iraqi government and to be a Thorn in the side of Iran.
Clementine while I agree with Biden right now remember this guy also said "It is your Patriotic Duty to pay taxes" and then the Administration appointed Tim Getihner to Treasury, you know the guy in charge of the IRS who could not do his taxes.
He's a complete ass! If it were up to him, Iraq would be in three pieces now. This guy did not have the vision or confidence to imagine a victorious democracy arising from the conflict. They will see through this dunce in one second.
#10 - Thu Jul 2, 2009 5:08 PM EDTif it is a "victorious democracy" why didn't Bush have all the troops home before he left office?
Dune--we have troops in Germany and Japan, where victorious democracies exist, 60+ years after the fact. Clue in. Iraq is an important base for us in the region and a dagger at the throat of Iran.
so you are saying we should plan on having troops there for 60 years?
wasa that in the original plan?
Dune--As a great world power we must conduct ourselves as such and defend our vital national interests. We may wind up in Afghanistan for quite a while also. I'm sure that would be OK with you because of your blind faith in Obama, your master. Next time you have lunch with Elvis in a flying saucer, give him my regards. Over and out.
The easiest way to establish a democracy (republic) is for us to vacate. Not once in our history have we forced our idealism down a countries throats. Once we vacate Iraq/Afghanistan they can decide (Korea, Vietnam et al) wether they enjoyed the freedom we tried to provide.
JF, America is no longer a world power. We gave that up the second we started letting China buy our treasury bills. We more recently gave up that right when we started umping $100 billion into the IMF.
Essentially we are the worlds pawn shop.
JF
well, at least you are letting us start to know the real reasons to go to Iraq - it obviously had nothng to do with WMD's but rather....the Wolfowicz plan - find any excuse to set up a permanent base in the MId East to as you say,..Protect our National Interest....thanks for the enlightenment.
I guess that would explain the New Embassy there, the biggest in the World, ten times bigger then any other Embassy we have, 800 million to build, wtih operating costs added in over a Billion.
Did seem odd we would build this if we were never going to stay there....
thanks for the intelligent reply though........over and out!
as always Ken - just a brilliant post.....
The World doesn't need a Biden or Obama - what it needs is someone like you who so well versed in military strategies, police strategies and security.....why not send your cell # to the WH, Defense Department so they can tap into your vast experience?
#12 - Thu Jul 2, 2009 6:20 PM EDTBiden needs to stay in the White House going around,, straightening pictures,, dusting, and such.
He has no business even being the vice-president of the Mickey Mouse Club.
#13 - Thu Jul 2, 2009 6:37 PM EDTVP Biden's going on a diplomatic mission to Iraq? This must be a set up for his next appearance on Letterman. First of all until he does something about that comb over, nobody is going to take him seriously. Unless of course they mistake him for Donald Trump. I hope he's planning on doing a lot of listening which, unfortunately, is not his strong suit. Because unless Joe's got an Arabic speaking ventriloquist stashed in his suitcase, the Iraqis will quickly know him for the fool that he is. But, maybe the Iraqi leadership is taking his visit as comic relief. G-d knows they're gonna need it.
#14 - Thu Jul 2, 2009 8:52 PM EDTWhat is truly amazing to me is that we, oops the US Government bureaucrats find a need to tell/dictate to any country as to how their government/country should be run. For crying out loud these elected, anointed, appointed are unable to run our own government with any success. Most all should be put in jail for incompetency and dereliction of duty.. What a total embarrassment these idiots are.
#15 - Thu Jul 2, 2009 11:37 PM EDThere we go again..sticking our nose in again where it does not belong..bah!
#16 - Fri Jul 3, 2009 1:42 AM EDTWatching and listening to Biden is better than Saturday Night Live.
#17 - Fri Jul 3, 2009 11:04 AM EDTI'm gonna fall over laughing when Iran invades Iraq in another 2 -3 years. Talk about being handed a country on a silver platter. Bush cooked the meal and Obama is the frigging waiter..
#18 - Fri Jul 3, 2009 2:30 PM EDTAfter reading all of these comments pro and con on our "crazy uncle Joe", the one we keep locked in his room, I just had to share this. I don't know how many of you saw it, but in the first film clip and announcement of Biden's "secret" trip, it showed him doing the normal meet and greet handshakes in the unloading area. If you look beyond Uncle Joe, you saw a military vehicle which I naturally thought was transportation for the debarking dignitaries. Then I saw the stenciled words about 3-4" high, LAVATORY WASTE, a military cra*per pumper. After LMAO for a bit, my first (and only) thought was that some snuffy (officers are supposed to be above this) probably felt that he was going to show his freedom of expression in a way that only enlisted can do. What are the powers that be going to do to him, send him to Iraq. It is nice to know that the military pumps it out now, instead of burning it with diesel fuel, or in the case of some idiot or despised officers, gasoline.
#19 - Sat Jul 4, 2009 10:19 AM EDTI hope everyone remembers this trip in 2012. When Joe retells the story of when he went to Iraq, there were a hail of bullets and he had to be swept away by Green Berets as incoming mortars were peppering the landing strip.
#20 - Sun Jul 5, 2009 1:44 AM EDTWell its about timewe packed up our sh!t and hit the road. I think its a shame that even one person had to die over there, and for what? There was no weapons of mass distruction. There wasnt any biological weapons. Heussane didnt have even any military force behind him. We should not have been in Iraq to begin with. When we got Kuwait out of their mess ,we should have washed our hands of the whole mess. BUT theres one thing about it, when its all said and done, Bush and Chaney and all people of OPEC are going to have to answer for all the blood on their hands!
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