Thursday, May 31, 2007

From the nimrod Lieberman: ‘I see progress.’



From the mouth of the new GOP koolaid recruit.

From Thinkprogress:

Wearing a pair of sunglasses newly purchased from an Iraqi market, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) said yesterday: “Overall, I would say what I see here today is progress, significant progress from the last time I was here in December. And if you can see progress in war that means you’re headed in the right direction.”

And now this from Crooks and Liars:

The night before, 30 other soldiers crowded around him with questions for the senator. He wrote them all down. At the top of his note card was the question he got from nearly every one of his fellow soldiers: "When are we going to get out of here?"

The rest was a laundry list. When would they have upgraded Humvees that could withstand the armor-penetrating weapons that U.S. officials claim are from Iran? When could they have body armor that was better in hot weather?—

Then Lieberman 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.
It was unclear if they ever asked their questions. "It's like everything else in this war," Adams said, referring to Baghdad. "It hasn't changed." …
read on (h/t Id)

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