NOBODY should visit Iraq while this election is on, NOBODY!

[Raven]

McCain's outrageous challenge to Obama puts all of our troops at risk, takes valuable resources away from protecting them and is nothing but a ploy and a photo-op. Someone wisely suggested on another thread that Obama should respond by saying that the next time he will be in Iraq is to lead the troops home.

Between McCain's shameless exploitation of Iraq and Scotty's new book, we should be able to nail this bastard well before the end of the summer...if we can get our act together, that is.

[butterfly77]

1. Plus the fact I don't trust what they have up their sleeves..

[DJ13]

4. I dont either

Theres too many mercenaries working for GOP friendly corporations there to be sure its safe.

[anonymous171]

2. They're just hoping for a Dukakis-like photo-op.

Or for a "stray" blackwater bullet.

[Muttocracy]

8. they'd criticize him either way - going or not going. nt

[Raven]

3. Whoops! Shows you what a habit I have. I meant to post this in GD

because that's where I'm going from now on.

[Bicoastal]

6. Keep it up. I want to see how many Hillary supporters call Obama a chickenshit.

[Parche]

5. Obama Stay Home And Safe

I dont trust them at all, there would be a fake al-kida bomb or something

i dont want him to be a target over there

The CIA works in mysterious ways.........

:scared: :scared: :hi:

[cottonseed]

7. I honestly don't see what they think they're doing with this.

Doesn't make a lot of sense. I guess for a Republican this year, any issue is better than the real issues.

[PoliticalAmazon]

10. Call me cynical, but I think they want Obama to have an unfortunate...

REAL sniper incident that would take him out of the race, perhaps permanently.

[cottonseed]

12. Yea.. I woudn't doubt some would enjoy that, but I'm thinking...

They'd settle for a photo op which would include a hand picked group of fellas in uniform not exactly fond of Obama (even though he leads in military donations) contrasted with images of Iraqis excited as hell to see the next President of the United States. So photo op would be:

Soldiers Hate Obama / Muslims Love Obama

I think the Bush gang still has enough of his lackey's over there to get that put together.

[PoliticalAmazon]

9. Except, of course, for Dick Cheney... n/t

[backscatter712]

11. Obama's a lot smarter than that.

He knows, as we do, that McCain's visit to Iraq was an obvious dog-and-pony show, and he has far more class than to waste money and put lives at risk just to do his own show.