Unlike Clinton, you can see both hands.

Unlike Clinton, you can see both hands.

Yeah, no kidding. President Bush probably views those women in a fatherly way. Clinton would've viewed them as orifices.

Nice...this really made my day. Thanks for posting this Kim, what a great holiday surprise for all Americans.

The surgemeister-in-chief looks like he just stepped smack dab into a pile of steaming camel dung. Pretty interesting body language. I wonder why the great liberator didn't visit the area with the cholera outbreak or any of the other Iraqis displaced by his desperate misguided strategery. I guess someone at the Australian economic conference needed a shoulder rub.

Another great republican shows his support of the troops. ww

"The surgemeister-in-chief looks like he just stepped smack dab into a pile of steaming camel dung."

Gee. That didn't take long.

"I wonder why the great liberator didn't visit the area with the cholera outbreak..."

Iraqis probably never had cholera under the beneficent rule of Saddam.

LOL, groucho doesn't matter, he is obviously not an American, nor very technologically enabled.

Winners:
- the splendid men & women of our military!!
- America
- Bush
- those Iraqis willing to embrace this chance for freedom!

Losers:
- The Democratic Party
- alQueda
- Harry "We've LOST!" Reid
- Dick "They're Nazis" Durbin
- John "They're morons" Kerry
- those Iraqis who don't get with the program!
- Iran (means they don't get their proxy State)

They're more winnners and losers, of course. But not a bad list to start with!!

Losers: - Harry "We've LOST!" Reid - Dick "They're Nazis" Durbin - John "They're morons" Kerry

8. Posted by Justrand

-groucho "camel dung" grouch

We must never give up. Ever.

Everytime I see President Bush in these settings and speaking from his heart my eyes well up with pride.

I voted for Bush in 2000 as the lesser of two evils and I couldn't be more happy for my vote then and in 2004 than I am today.

May God Bless President George W. Bush and the United States of America.

This trip brought out the first big laugh of the day. My first thought was 'da**, now the democrats/moo slimes/MSM will have to out another homosexual republican. They have nothing else going for them. Maybe the cop in Mn has another target picked to set up.

Not to disparage the shot or anything the man had to say, but how does a photo-op in Iraq constitute a defeat for al-Qaeda?

Morale, RB. "Morale is to the physical as three is to one" - Napoleon Bonaparte.

Baggi, I was not a big fan of Bush leading up to the 2000 campaign. But his reaction to 9/11 turned me around on him. And it is clear that he is not really very skilled at dissembling as Clinton was - which makes his reactions to the troops always startle with their genuineness.

"Not to disparage the shot or anything the man had to say, but how does a photo-op in Iraq constitute a defeat for al-Qaeda? "

Ah . . . Because of where the shot is taken.

Anbar province was an al Qaeda stronghold in 2004 and 2005. They OWNED it. The Iraqis that lived there, for the most part, supported al Qaeda.

Today, that has turned around 180 degrees. WE own it. It is a safe enough place that we can take the President there, and have him make speeches to large numbers of troops.

Al Qaeda lacks the ability to disrupt the visit. No suicide bomb attempts, no use of rockets, no use of mortars. Two years ago, they could have. Today they cannot. Not in a province they used to own.

It was like the photo op, in 1945, when Churchill crossed the Rhine River. The significance was not the photograph of him standing there. It was that a photo could be taken of him there.

Bravo, President Bush. Even if Anbar is safer than it was, it is still a city in a war zone and he's standing right there. This is a man who knows the meaning of courage.

I remember when he walked out to throw the pitch at the Yankees game, with the fires still burning in the city sky behind him. He was alone with no bodyguards, no armored car, just him.

The man simply clanks when he walks. Bravo, Mr. President. God Bless you.

thanks for saving me the trouble Mark... It won't matter; it wasn't an honest question but nonetheless it has been answered.

You can tell that the troops LOVE George W.

Which reminds me that even (liberal)Howard Fineman (Newsweek) admitted several years back that the military LOATHED Clinton.

Can you imagine what they'll do if Hillary gets elected?? Talk about an instant morale drop.

RB

This is the type of photo op that causes the enemy to see the walls closing in around them.

http://www.churchill-society-london.org.uk/Big3.JPEG

SPQR's point about morale is spot on particularly in light of the MSM's full scale assault on American opinion about the war.

Want to know what is really unnerving for the enemy? Look at the faces of those soldiers around the CIC.

RB:

Not to disparage the shot or anything the man had to say, but how does a photo-op in Iraq constitute a defeat for al-Qaeda?

Here, let me point you in the right direction: (if possible)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070902-02
September 2, 2007

Leaders of Diyala River Valley recommit to reconciliation Multi-National Division - North PAO

BAQOUBA, Iraq - In an effort to build upon the recent success of the Aug. 19 reconciliation agreement between more than 80 leaders from the
Diyala River Valley, approximately 40 tribal leaders gathered at the Baqouba Government Center, Sept. 1, to continue their discussions about the importance of reconciliation.

The leaders, both Sunni and Shia, represented multiple tribes throughout the Diyala River Valley, with emphasis placed on tribes from
Abu Sayda and Mukiesha - two villages that have not worked together in over a year due to tribal infighting.

The meeting, hosted by Ra'ad Hameed Al-Mula Jowad Al-Tamimi, Diyala's governor, allowed the tribes an opportunity to voice their grievances and discuss solutions for the way ahead.

"We must forget about the past and remain focused on the future," said Ra'ad as he addressed the group of tribal leaders. "We
have a long way to go; but today, you have taken the first step."

Circled around the Quran with their right hands raised, Ra'ad led the leaders as they swore over the Islamic holy book to uphold a
provincial-wide reconciliation agreement. While a few leaders stated their commitment for the first time, the majority of the tribes attended the previous meeting and swore on the Quran as a sign of continued commitment.

The sheiks agreed and restated their commitment to eight conditions to include ending violent acts between tribes; providing
intelligence to the Iraqi Security Forces; fighting al-Qaida and other enemy organizations; helping the security forces discover improvised explosive devices; upholding the law; solving issues between tribes in a civil manner and returning the displaced families to their homes.

Staff Maj. Gen. Nouri, deputy commanding officer of Iraqi Security Forces in Diyala province; Staff Maj. Gen. Ghanem Abass Ibraham
al-Qureshy, the Provincial Director of Police; and Col. David W.Sutherland, commander of Coalition Forces in Diyala, were also in
attendance to witness the event and discuss any security concernsthroughout the region.

"The future of Diyala is in your hands," Ghanem said. "We need to stand together and start building for the people.

"Whatever is done is done," he continued. "We are not going to return to that. The only choice you have is to look to the future of
Iraq."

"Your province is at a tipping point right now," Sutherland said during his comments. "The people have faith in the leaders in this room;
and those who choose not to participate will be left behind."

"We are brothers," said Sheik Sa'ad, a paramount sheik in the Abu Sayda area. "We need to stop the bloodshed because innocent people
and the future will die.

"I ask you, from your hearts, to work together to stop the fighting," Sa'ad said.

"These reconciliation agreements are not just words on paper - they represent the future for your people," Sutherland continued. "As
you continue to unite, your strength as a unified tribe will show the terrorists that they hold no place or position in Diyala."

RB

Or do you remember this photo op?

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2001/516/iraq3.jpg

Don't worry, the MSM has forgotten it also....

Fair answer, Mark. But that still doesn't explain why the visit itself was a defeat for al-Qaeda. And the shot of Churchill across the Rhine is an apt analogy, because it was for the consumption of the people back home. It wasn't a defeat for the Nazis, although the fact that the Allies had crossed the Rhine certainly was. It was a nice little symbolic shot to bolster morale.

Now Churchill didn't have party politics to contend with, and Bush does, so it's probable that bolstering his approval ratings has something to do with it too. Time will tell if that works, but I don't think it makes much difference to al-Qaeda. Their defeat happened when the US troops secured the area.

Now Churchill didn't have party politics to contend with, and Bush does, so it's probable that bolstering his approval ratings has something to do with it too.

And England almost immediately pulled up anchor and set course into the welfare State. Hopefully we're made of stronger stuff.

They tossed Churchill out of office immediately after the war--"thanks for nothing." Much like is happening to Bush.

Now Churchill didn't have party politics to contend with....that is absolutely hilarious.

If we're splitting hairs, Labour didn't withdraw from the coalition until after VE Day, and the left wing didn't toss Churchill out - the voters did.

But yes, Churchill did have party politics to contend with in 1945 - just not when the Rhine shot was taken.

Kevin
Is ANYONE checking troll ID"s at the door? Age? ABC's? "What country are you in?"....

RB
Nice try...but no cigar.

RB must not have read much English history.

Time will tell if that works, but I don't think it makes much difference to al-Qaeda.

I beg to differ. If nothing else, I earnestly with the liberals (those few left that are not illiberal leftists) would realize that Islamists - from Al Qaeda to Hamas to Hezbollah to Islamic Jihad to CAIR - are very skilled at PR and the internet. They are very attuned to Western news and they know, know how to play to the Reids, Kucinichs and Deans

...with more bodies ...

Any time a "high value target" like Bush, Cheney or Rice can come and go in Iraq with relative ease, it affects their own standing in the region.

Great point Darleen...I ignored it and went for the money quote...you hit the real subject!

Here's the Freeper Daily Dose . Lots of pics of Dubya in Iraq.

Look at the last picture in the first post and see how unhappy those Marines are to have their picture taken with Dana Perino.

Well at least he wasn't dressed to try and show off his "package." We can all be grateful for that. But then again, I suspect his package has had quite a bit of shrinkage since the famous declaration on the carrier.

As for the "show" in Anbar province, it was at a secure air base. Which, of course, goes to show that we have secured and made safe all the air bases in Iraq. What's next?

The surgemeister-in-chief looks like he just stepped smack dab into a pile of steaming camel dung.

Yeah. Your post(s).

Well at least he wasn't dressed to try and show off his "package." We can all be grateful for that. But then again, I suspect his package has had quite a bit of shrinkage since the famous declaration on the carrier.

Envy is such a petty emotion, JFO.

I hear there are operations that will help you with your little problem.