In Baghdad, Rice says Iraq ‘making progress.’
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In Baghdad, Rice says Iraq ‘making progress.’
Meanwhile, her trip “began inauspiciously when the military transport plane that brought her to Baghdad was forced to circle the city for about 40 minutes” because the airport was under attack. “On Thursday evening, during her meeting with President Jalal Talabani, the lights went out, forcing Ms. Rice to continue the discussion in the dark. It was a reminder of the city’s erratic — and sometimes nonexistent — electrical service.”
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This is not news. If you recall it has already been noted “Things are Going Swimmingly”
October 6th, 2006 at 1:14 pmWE’RE TURNING THE CORNER! LAST THROES!
October 6th, 2006 at 1:14 pmfighting the terrorists over there so we don’t have to fight them over here—”excuse me sir, you need to dump your bottled water before going through security…”
October 6th, 2006 at 1:15 pmOf course there’s progress, she used to have to circle above for 90 minutes and have decoy planes.
October 6th, 2006 at 1:17 pmThis from the same woman who brought us shopping for Katrina, the Soviet Union is strong and will last indefinitely, “it was a historical document”, and other such demonstrations of the mastery of glaring incompetence and idiocy. And we are supposed to believe her when she says she has a genius intellect????
October 6th, 2006 at 1:19 pmDid anyone else think Condi looked god-awful in that bullet-proof vest? She looked matronly–like a turtle in heat wearing its shell backwards. She looked thick waisted in the front–it did not mothing for her otherwise svelt figure. Since Bush will undoubtedly send to Iraq several more times before the fall elections, they ought to have Vera Wang design something. What the world needs right now is bullet-proof wear that is young hip and fashion-foward. ;-)
October 6th, 2006 at 1:19 pmDid anyone else think Condi looked god-awful in that bullet-proof vest? She looked matronly–like a turtle in heat wearing its shell backwards. She looked thick waisted in the front–it did not mothing for her otherwise svelt figure. Bush will undoubtedly visit Iraq several more times before the fall elections, they ought to have Vera Wang design something. If she’s gonna spin ’til she drops she out to be wearing something that’s young hip and fashion-foward. ;-)
October 6th, 2006 at 1:20 pmTurtle, preferably without the bullet-proofing in her case!
October 6th, 2006 at 1:21 pmYes, things are progressing in Iraq. Unfortunately, the direction is downhill.
October 6th, 2006 at 1:21 pmJust more bull shit from bush’s dead eyed whore……Note she had on a bulett proof vest this time in the photo op getting off the plane….GEEEEEEEs I will be so happy getting this bunch out of the black house….Is it possible to deport them to Israel or Dubi for good…….Blessings all.
October 6th, 2006 at 1:23 pmWith all due respect, you ecxellency, I do not think that word means what you think it means.
October 6th, 2006 at 1:23 pmShe is doing a heck of a job there…
October 6th, 2006 at 1:23 pmIn Baghdad, Rice says Iraq ‘making progress.’
Yes the flack jackets coordinate so well with my outfits these days.
October 6th, 2006 at 1:24 pm#5 spyder,
You left out her testimony before the 9/11 Commission when she said, “We learned on 9/11 that our oceans no longer protected us.” I guess this so-called “expert” on the Soviet Union forgot about those thousands of intercontinental ballistic missiles they had aimed at us.
October 6th, 2006 at 1:25 pmBut BORe is predictable, he will soon, if not already, praise the ‘progress’ of Condis shuffling around the world.
October 6th, 2006 at 1:27 pmCould you believe she still has the nerve to spout these trash/lies??
October 6th, 2006 at 1:28 pmWow, progress like the battle raging for control of the capital 31/2 YEARS after the war started. Another delusional Bush lackey and their observations based firmly in fantasy.
October 6th, 2006 at 1:30 pmholy broken cameras ,, line it up to a wall and shoot the traitor
October 6th, 2006 at 1:33 pmLieing stupid bitch, 21 of our troop’s have been killed and a curfew is now imposed……WTF is wrong with these stupid, evil SOB’S running our country and the world…They have to be removed from power….NOW…..Blessings
October 6th, 2006 at 1:35 pmI think they have been very consistent with their expectations. Has any one ever said that this President has done great things? His mediocre, measly accountability and performance squarely puts him right up there with Gen. George McClellan don’t you think?
October 6th, 2006 at 1:36 pmHenny Penny!!
F*cking bitch.
October 6th, 2006 at 1:40 pmthis so-called “expert†on the Soviet Union
She might have also remembered that the USSR lost big in Afghanistan. But judging from her performance as of late, “memory” is not a strong suit.
October 6th, 2006 at 1:41 pmCondi could sit in front of a TV camera with a huge turd on her face and when asked by a TV commentator what she was doing with a turd on her face she would, in a very straightforward manner, argue that there was no turd on her face. This “iraq is making progress” pipe dream is another facial turd for Condi and her dangerous incisors. I some times wonder if Condi gets her weekend exercise by gnawing down trees with the local beaver population.
October 6th, 2006 at 1:42 pmIf by “making progress”, Condi means “Iraq is descending into chaos” then yes, Irag is making progress.
October 6th, 2006 at 1:42 pmI some times wonder if Condi gets her weekend exercise by gnawing down trees with the local beaver population.
Comment by Curlew
Maybe she spends time gnawing down beavers among the local tree population…?
October 6th, 2006 at 1:44 pmcondi…..stop lying. Progress is when we all send you packing.
October 6th, 2006 at 1:45 pmWe have all heard the definition of insanity - right?
Well Condi is providing us with that behavior again.
October 6th, 2006 at 1:45 pmWhy is this surprising? What else is she going to say? That the Iraq war was a mistake and things are going horribly because the administration screwed up? Of course she’s going to defend Bush and his policies because:
1. She lacks courage
October 6th, 2006 at 1:48 pm2. She is loyal to a fault
3. She probably fears retribution from the administration
4. Admitting that she did anything wrong would mean incompetence
#25
I’ll scope out the tidal basin this weekend and see if there are any dead beavers laying around with what outwardly could be confused as self-inflicted incisor attacks. I’ll report back on my findings.
October 6th, 2006 at 1:48 pm“dead-eyed whore,” “bitch,” “Asian catalogue bride” (referring to Michelle Malkin)…..There sure is a lot of misogyny around here.
October 6th, 2006 at 1:50 pmI’ll report back on my findings.
Comment by Curlew
In triplicate, as per usual, with one certified copy, please. Pictures are a plus. Thank you for your service…
October 6th, 2006 at 1:56 pmWhen this madness is finelly over and we remove all these miserable people out of our administration, dead eyed rice will have to be surgicly removed from bush’s ass by Frit’s. She’s not realy a woman of color ya know, just had her head up the reich wing ass long enough to make her black. No woman of true color would do what she’s doing to her country and people…..Blessings
October 6th, 2006 at 1:56 pmI thought we (American taxpayers) had paid our Iraq light bill…
…do you think Halliburton might’ve misplaced the check…
…in Bushiva and L’il Dick’s back pockets?
…If Americans don’t UNDERSTAND that we’re being CONNED…
…taken to the proverbial CLEANERS (cuz somebody is going to have to pay the bill when these criminal sons of bi*ches leave office)…
…then America is going to continue with this gaping HOLE in our collective psyches…
…until JUSTICE is carried out…
October 6th, 2006 at 1:57 pmNone of you get it.
They have to say there is progress in Iraq so they can spend the $20 million they have earmarked for Iraq celebration, by giving no bid contracts to their cronies for the catering, decorations, etc.
That $20 million by the way just got attached to the 2007 defense spending bill and has been carried forward since the Iraq war began.
October 6th, 2006 at 1:57 pmSo condi goes to bagdad and holds discussions in the dark. While Rummy went to bagdad and held discussions about supplying weapons to Saddam in the warm comforts of a guilded palace. It may be time for her to reassess what she and lover boy might be doing wrong.
October 6th, 2006 at 1:59 pmBring the troops home, now!
It is obvious from the name calling in the comments that Condi is getting the brunt of anger at Bush. But name calling is easily dismissed by the true believers so I will just state a fact. Condi wouldn’t be there if she wasn’t a sycophant licking Bush’s b_ _ _ _! ………………………(What were you thinking? I meant boots of course.)
October 6th, 2006 at 2:00 pmIn Baghdad, Rice says Iraq ‘making progress.’
Yeah, she can also say that in seven different languages, but it’s still crap.
October 6th, 2006 at 2:00 pm.
Yes exley, sometimes us ladies get upset when someone like Rice makes us all look bad. I know that’s irrational (power corrupts they say) but…
October 6th, 2006 at 2:01 pmMichelle says this near the end (witch I agree with): ‘Are you proud of sinking to the level of the liberal witch hunters? Shall we all shrug our shoulders now and accept the inevitability of turning into our own worst enemies?’
October 6th, 2006 at 2:04 pmOh ya! Iraq is indeed making progress. It’s making progress toward getting the US thrown out of the country and a religious government installed.
What is in the water that NeoCons and BushCo are drinking?
October 6th, 2006 at 2:08 pmVincennes (#28) is right of course:
1. She lacks courage
2. She is loyal to a fault
3. She probably fears retribution from the administration
4. Admitting that she did anything wrong would mean incompetence
Thanks for the laugh Curlew (#23)! The image of Condi with a “huge turd on her face” reminded me of Futurama last night with the alien blobs on the heads of their human hosts! Coincidentally, the humans had become mere mouthpieces for the aliens…
October 6th, 2006 at 2:09 pm#38….Yeah, but such intemperate language….Are anti-Semitic and racist slurs going to be considered acceptable on ThinkProgress?
October 6th, 2006 at 2:15 pm“dead-eyed whore,†“bitch,†“Asian catalogue bride†(referring to Michelle Malkin)…..There sure is a lot of misogyny around here.
Comment by Exley
That would be true if they were comments that were about women in general, but since it was specific to Malkin it isn’t misogyny, 0-6.
October 6th, 2006 at 2:17 pmexley - I doubt it. After an entire week of these people’s lies and twisted antics even good-hearted people start to lose it.
Lies + Hypocrisy = Pissed Off Posters!
October 6th, 2006 at 2:20 pmCondi-David Letterman wants his teeth back…..
October 6th, 2006 at 2:21 pmI love how over the last week the republicans have tried to make people think that they never attack anybody, but nobody is believing it.
The republicans have made their bed, now they have to sleep in it.
October 6th, 2006 at 2:27 pmAnd here’s Exley doing its “best” to change the subject and/or deflect everyone’s attention.
In a way, I guess it’s totally appropriate because it is just a variation on the theme of blatant deception that rice employs.
Exley, you may feel it okay to be consistently lied to and deceived by this country’s public servants about a situation that is causing the needless and horrific DEATH of our young soldiers and INNOCENT Iraqis, but sane and beings with conscience are appalled and do not accept such.
Exley can crawl back under the rock from which it came, that is if it can get Foley, DeLay, Cunningham, Ney, Abramoff, Libby, Blunt, Hastert, Rice, Wolfowitz, and Satan himself to scoot over and make room.
October 6th, 2006 at 2:30 pmExley, you crack me up!
Or have I got my words turned around?
October 6th, 2006 at 2:39 pmThat would be true if they were comments that were about women in general, but since it was specific to Malkin it isn’t misogyny, 0-6.
Comment by barfly
I don’t know about anyone else’s comments, but my “F*cking bitch” was specific to Condi Rice.
I just wanted the opportunity to write that again…
October 6th, 2006 at 2:39 pmStating the Obvious! How are ya, sport?
You may think the use of misogynistic and racist slurs are acceptable. I happen to disagree. But you are entitled to your opinion…Okay, champ? Good for you!
October 6th, 2006 at 2:42 pmRice would have described “Sisyphus” as “making progress” too.
October 6th, 2006 at 2:42 pmMr. President,
October 6th, 2006 at 2:46 pmUs two had a talk last night while you were hitting that bottle of Jack Black.
We’ve always supported you; you know that. We still do, but we want you to seriously consider pulling out of Iraq.
Surely, Karl can devise a way to make you look good doing this. Maybe we can call it ‘Mission Accomplished’ or something.
Anyway, when you have some extra time, could you stop by ‘our side’ of the house and talk with us?
Thanks, Georgie, I knew we could count on you.
If the goal is losing, we’re winning!!
October 6th, 2006 at 2:48 pmIf the goal is regressing, we’re making progress!
See how easy that is?
Seriously. All of their speeches sound like they were written by a 12-year old trying to win the “Why I love Freedom” essay contest.
October 6th, 2006 at 2:55 pm“What the American people see on their television screens is the struggle,†Rice said.
What a load of crap!! They see Jon Benet stories and Paris Hilton and Brittney……
October 6th, 2006 at 2:59 pmShe sure does spew a lot of crap, that’s for sure!
I find it painful to even listen to her! I don’t know if it’s because the lies don’t come as easily to her lips as they do for the others in this incredibly awful administration or what but her manner of speaking is halting and extremely awkward.
She sounds as though it pains her almost as much as it does me when she speaks publicly!
October 6th, 2006 at 3:07 pmYour perception of the world is your reality. This is the same woman who was shopping for shoes while people were swimming in shit in New Orlenas. The entire Bush administration have been blowing sunshine out of their asses about this war since it started and I am not surprised by anything thing that comes out of their mouths. It is ultimately up the people of America to take a stand about the state of their country.
October 6th, 2006 at 3:13 pmWhy isn’t she parading down main street in Baghdad in an open top convertible limo?
October 6th, 2006 at 3:44 pmWe invade their country, kill their people, destroy their infrastructure, ruin their economy, leave them a civil war with militias killing one another and we send the airhead in chief, Rice, to tell them to clean up their mess. How in the wide world of enlightened diplomacy did we end up with this impostor posing as a diplomat? Oh, I know she was appointed by the impostor in the White House.
October 6th, 2006 at 3:48 pmNPR reported the plane had “mechanical Issues.” Too funny.
October 6th, 2006 at 3:53 pmYes, she was delayed leaving Baghdad (to attend a UN Security Council - in London - about Iran sanctions) because supposedly after she got off the plane, and it was taxiing, “something was sucked into an engine”.
Very odd.
October 6th, 2006 at 4:04 pmBy “making progressâ€, Condi must mean increasing the ratio of Christians to Muslims on the Earth. Hell-of-a way to accomplish it Condi.
October 6th, 2006 at 4:15 pm#61 - Would that it would have sucked on an RPG rocket.
October 6th, 2006 at 4:38 pmAre Republicans just people who are complete denial to avoid any responsiblity? I’m afraid that plan won’t turn out so well!
October 6th, 2006 at 5:10 pm“We invade their country, kill their people, destroy their infrastructure, ruin their economy, leave them a civil war with militias killing one another and we send the airhead in chief, Rice, to tell them to clean up their mess.”
Why do they hate us?
October 6th, 2006 at 7:08 pmThere is a touching article in time.com. Marine’s letter lays out life in Iraq. Can be seen on CNN.Com. Very moving and truthful.
October 6th, 2006 at 7:38 pm“something was sucked into an engineâ€.
Very odd.
Comment by Margaret
Wait!! Has anyone actually seen Mark Foley lately…?
October 6th, 2006 at 9:18 pmLast night I saw Michael Ware reporting from Baghdad on CNN and he was highly critical of Rice and her visit to Iraq - she “doesn’t have a clue” on the reality. This morning a different reporter was on CNN — was that simply a coincidence and Ware was taking a needed break for some sleep - or is CNN dropping that last report from him?
October 6th, 2006 at 11:58 pmI don’t want to hear them say “making progress” because they say it every day and it means nothing.
The conditions in Iraq are worse than ever - I heard tonight that they will accept the Democrat plan AFTER the election, and call it their own.
The United States WILL reap what it sows! Be afraid, be very afraid!!! It’s what we do best!!!!!
October 7th, 2006 at 2:51 pm#30 But you say nothing about the point of the article? How about focusing a little?
October 7th, 2006 at 10:45 pm#30 I never did see you make a comment about Hendler’s misogyny. Why is that?
October 7th, 2006 at 10:46 pm