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Obama in Baghdad, tells troops Iraq must take over

Cheered wildly by U.S. troops, President Barack Obama flew unannounced into Iraq on Tuesday and promptly declared it was time for Iraqis to "take responsibility for their country" after America's commitment of six years and thousands of lives.

"You have given Iraq the opportunity to stand on its own as a democratic country," the president said as he made a brief inspection of a war he opposed as candidate and now vows to end as commander in chief. "That is an extraordinary achievement."

A total of 4,266 U.S. troops have lost their lives in Iraq since March 2003, and Obama said American forces had "performed brilliantly ... under enormous strain."

"It is time for us to transition to the Iraqis," he said as an estimated 600 troops cheered. "They need to take responsibility for their country."

Obama flew into Iraq shrouded by secrecy and was shielded by heavy security from the moment he stepped off a gleaming white and blue Air Force One.

The plane touched down a few hours after a car bombing in a Shiite neighborhood of the capital city punctuated a recent surge in violence in the war-ravaged country. Many thousands of Iraqis have died in the six years of war in addition to the American losses.

Obama spoke favorably of political progress but also expressed concern that recent gains could deteriorate with the upcoming national elections.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_obama_iraq

danefan wrote:

Now, THAT'S a pat-down search!

dbackjon wrote:"It is time for us to transition to the Iraqis," he said as an estimated 600 troops cheered. "They need to take responsibility for their country."

So, they found 600 troops that would cheer him. Surprise, surprise.

AZGrizFan wrote:

dbackjon wrote:"It is time for us to transition to the Iraqis," he said as an estimated 600 troops cheered. "They need to take responsibility for their country."

So, they found 600 troops that would cheer him. Surprise, surprise.

Notice at least half of them appear to be black, and there was a large number of blacks that voted for him because he looks/is half black just to have a black president.



Bush was cheered loudly too...

AZGrizFan wrote:

dbackjon wrote:"It is time for us to transition to the Iraqis," he said as an estimated 600 troops cheered. "They need to take responsibility for their country."

So, they found 600 troops that would cheer him. Surprise, surprise.

McCain lost. Get over it.

D1B wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:
So, they found 600 troops that would cheer him. Surprise, surprise.

McCain lost. Get over it.

I agree with AZGriz on this one. Who cares?

You could still send Bush over there and find 600 people who love him. The excitement for most of them is also probably because of Obama star power more than anything.

Could you really find 600 who even remember what Bush looks like?

Instant irrelevance would accurately his presidential descent.

dgreco wrote:

D1B wrote:
McCain lost. Get over it.

I agree with AZGriz on this one. Who cares?

You could still send Bush over there and find 600 people who love him. The excitement for most of them is also probably because of Obama star power more than anything.

or they now know they have someone in office with a brain and the balls to end this nonsense - and they now have real hope that they will go home, for good.

Why would U.S. soldiers in Iraq cheer Obama?
- He's their Commander in Chief
- He stated that it is time to transition to the Iraqis

Two pretty good reasons.

UNI88 wrote:Why would U.S. soldiers in Iraq cheer Obama?
- He's their Commander in Chief
- He stated that it is time to transition to the Iraqis

Two pretty good reasons.

Absolutely. Trust me, they would have had to pay asshole to smile if McCain showed up. Deathly old grim reaper white fuck arrogantly telling em they're gonna be there another 100 years... What an asshole. Thank god that conk piece of shit got fvcking wasted by Obama!

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obama is thier boss so they had to cheer him imagine if somebody had booed him they would be in trouble

wildkyle wrote:Obama is their boss so they had to cheer him. Imagine if somebody had booed him, they would be in trouble.

Had to dress that up a bit there wild k, and welcome back from your milk, graham cracker, and nap time.

there is a difference between an icy reception in the military (basically polite golf applause) and what he got.

that said... for the most part the troops always respond well to the CiC

wildkyle wrote:obama is thier boss so they had to cheer him imagine if somebody had booed him they would be in trouble

But they CHEERED WILDLY....

D1B wrote:

UNI88 wrote:Why would U.S. soldiers in Iraq cheer Obama?
- He's their Commander in Chief
- He stated that it is time to transition to the Iraqis

Two pretty good reasons.

Absolutely. Trust me, they would have had to pay asshole to smile if McCain showed up. Deathly old grim reaper white [*]f**k arrogantly telling em they're gonna be there another 100 years... What an asshole. Thank god that conk piece of shit got fvcking wasted by Obama!

Don't completely agree with that. If McCain were POTUS, they would likely haved cheered because:
- He's their Commander in Chief
- He has been in combat

dbackjon wrote:

wildkyle wrote:obama is thier boss so they had to cheer him imagine if somebody had booed him they would be in trouble

But they CHEERED WILDLY....

I've "cheered widlly", to to speak, for bosses I hated with a passion before.

Even dressed up in his "Christmas Story" winter clothing?


Then along came Lieberloser-


There was so much cheering and hugging, couldn't get it all in the picture!

D1B wrote:

dgreco wrote:
I agree with AZGriz on this one. Who cares?

You could still send Bush over there and find 600 people who love him. The excitement for most of them is also probably because of Obama star power more than anything.

or they now know they have someone in office with a brain and the balls to end this nonsense - and they now have real hope that they will go home, for good.

they aren't coming home they are moving to Afghanistan.

dgreco wrote:

D1B wrote:
McCain lost. Get over it.

I agree with AZGriz on this one. Who cares?

You could still send Bush over there and find 600 people who love him. The excitement for most of them is also probably because of Obama star power more than anything.

Wrong. They'd probably throw shoes at him.

The difference here is that it's the enlisted troops cheering for Obama.

clenz wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:
So, they found 600 troops that would cheer him. Surprise, surprise.

Notice at least half of them appear to be black, and there was a large number of blacks that voted for him because he looks/is half black just to have a black president.



Bush was cheered loudly too...

The military in general is almost all black.

mass fan wrote:

clenz wrote: Notice at least half of them appear to be black, and there was a large number of blacks that voted for him because he looks/is half black just to have a black president.



Bush was cheered loudly too...

The military in general is almost all black.

Yes, 14.5% and dropping rapidly is almost all...

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washi ... enlistees/

mass fan wrote:

clenz wrote: Notice at least half of them appear to be black, and there was a large number of blacks that voted for him because he looks/is half black just to have a black president.



Bush was cheered loudly too...

The military in general is almost all black.

dback posted the numbers...but I gotta add that's one of the most uninformed, stupidest posts I've seen in quite some time...

dbackjon wrote:

mass fan wrote: The military in general is almost all black.

Yes, 14.5% and dropping rapidly is almost all...

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washi ... enlistees/

I guess that is why he is "mass fan" and not "MIT fan".


Sorry mass fan, I couldn't resist.