House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Leads Congressional Fact-Finding Mission to Baghdad
abc news
While President Bush met with military leaders in the Oval Office Friday, she and anti-war Rep. Jack Murtha turned up in Baghdad.
The timing of the trip, from the Bush administration’s point of view, couldn’t have been worse. It came just days after the president asked Congress in his State of the Union address to give his revised Iraq strategy a chance to work.
On her surprise arrival to the Iraqi capital, the newly-appointed Pelosi met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki and discussed with him the latest political developments in Iraq together with the preparations underway for the implementation of the new security plan in Iraq.
The Pelosi delegation visited the heavily fortified Green Zone, site of the American Embassy, and met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
“We come out of the meeting with a greater understanding of the others’ point of view,” Pelosi, D-Calif., said, in brief remarks after the meeting.
“We stressed our belief that it is well past time for the Iraqis to take primary responsibility for the security of their nation,” Pelosi said in a statement after she and the other six members of her delegation met with the Iraqi prime minister and top U.S. officials in Baghdad.
The Congressional delegation includes: — Rep. Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
— Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee
— Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., an outspoken critic of the war and the Bush administration
Wild Thing’s comment……
Our troops are fighting a war the last thing they need is to have to play nice with the homegrown enemy as well.
So now the “bad mouthers” want to travel there, get a photo op with soldiers whose mission they bad mouth, who will have to drop everything they do so they can tap dance for Pelosi and her entourage of stooges in Baghdad. Then the soldier loving liberals (who always have an up to date count of dead Americans in their pocket for a quick argument of why Bush is bad) will come back and distort what they saw, talk only of those things that fit their agenda.
This sort of thing is just grandstanding at the expense of a unified U.S. stance on wartime matters. I think it is ridiculous to see these politicians flitting back and forth between here and Iraq or here and Afghanistan as though they can’t find anything out except by being there, or as though the U.S. can’t function without their say-so.
Democrats cannot allow a victory now, after their staunch opposition for so long.
From the Korean war to present the troops have taken the short end of the stick for heroic deeds in the winning equation. I haven’t forgotten how much LBJ loved the troops nor the way he abandoned them in battle, times have changed but not the party line from the better red than dead crowd. Neither have I forgotten how they treated the very soldiers they sent into battle then blamed them for losing a war they abandoned when it was close to being won. Veterans are a reminder of their failures that they’d rather had not survived to remind them. Fact finding for them means how can we best cut and run, negotiation means appeasement. I wonder what the slackjawed sons of bitches will blame an Iranian Nuke strike on….a misunderstanding!!!
I’m sure al-Maliki was absolutely thrilled to have to entertain them. It’s not like he’s not busy or anything. Nevermind the fact that these are the very people who have said they have no confidence in him doing his job. Yeah, real welcome guests, there.
And geez, don’t our troops have enough to contend with? “I support the troops” my A$$!
(I wonder if she’s still blinking a mile a minute…)
We can all be sure that when they return from Iraq that they will be the absolute expert in what the fight is about and how it should be done. No one will know more that they! Hopefully they will meet some soldier that, with politeness and no disrepsect will tell them they don’t know their ass from a hole in the ground, but I doubt the Military will let that happen.
They are from the party that does not care or want to win against Radaical Islam. Surrender or appease is all they know how to do. Has been for some time.
Their public self-importance lead them on this “fact finding mission”. Now they will spin and lie about what they don’t see.
And why didn’t Murtha go to Okinawa so he could find out where it is!
Wonder if the delegation had their mealtime table all to themselves a la Kerry??
One other thing; “Islam” does not mean “peace”. “Islam” means “submission”.
Jack my guess is that any future attacks on us here at home the left will blame Bush. Any attacks on Iran they will continue on how we should have sat down and talked to Iran like they want us to do with the insurgents.
Yankeemom, hahaha good one! I wish someone would have been able to count on many times Pelosi blinked. It was distracting to say the least.
John…..” Surrender or appease is all they know how to do”….you are so right.
Tom….And why didn’t Murtha go to Okinawa so he could find out where it is!”….that is great, hahahahha I wish he had and he can swim back for all I care.
Rick your so right and their goal is to make sure we submit or else.
Rick I was wondering that too. If any of the troops actually sat or had to sit with them. I hope not. That is just too horrible for anyone to have to do that.
I want to go to Iraq and see what all this fuss is about.
George Bush has been in control since 03 and by now there should be more progress !!
Why haven’t they banned gay marriage yet??
Or late-term abortions ???
What would we do if the Iraqis started to develop the ability to conduct stem cell research ???
Oh the humanity !!!!