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May 31, 2007 | Huffington Post has the headline, [as of 2:30 EST 5/31/07 and as always, subject to change], "Troops Confront Lieberman On Iraq Visit: "When Are We Going To Get Out Of Here?", yet the linked news article states, "The soldiers smiled and greeted him, stood with him for pictures and sat down to a lunch of roast beef and turkey sandwiches. It was unclear if they ever asked their questions." The McClatchy article appears, at the time of this writing, to be exclusive coverage of an opportunity for selected troops to ask Lieberman questions. It is unclear the questions were asked. Where is mainstream media?
It may be that mainstream media has been taking too much heat of late for bashing the situation in Iraq. Most of the comments from the troops supposedly selected to ask Lieberman questions were not indicative of men in support of their mission in Iraq. The article does indicate that Lieberman is still in support of the war while the troops would openly like to leave and it is doubtful that had the troops actually expressed their concerns, Lieberman would have listened. Leiberman, who the fine folks in Connecticut saw fit to re-elect to the U.S. Senate, appears in the article to have "...walked in, wearing a pair of sunglasses newly purchased from an Iraqi market that the military had taken him to in southeast Baghdad. He'd been equipped with a helmet and flak vest when he toured the market, which he described as bustling". Wonkette has dubbed Lieberman "King of Iraq" wearing "the traditional royal garments of the finest body armor not provided to our troops, along with the ancient Kevlar-composite Army helmet of Saladin. Lieberman will, of course, never ever leave the heavily fortified Green Zone." On top of all that, Bush now envisions, according to Tony Snow, the goal in Iraq to mirror our "support" of South Korea with thousands of troops present as a "force of stability" for many decades. A "force of stability"? There was more stability when Saddam headed his secular, albeit repressive, regime we felt needed changing through the coalition of the well paid and willing. Besides, when has support of oppressive leaders deterred the United States government in the past? Lieberman and Bush, continually clueless to reality, yet still in office. The Wonkette Article. The Bush "force of stability" Article. ___________________________________ 5.31.2007 |