When is Bush*t suppose to meet the leader of Iraq

[brettdale]

Is it this week and is the meeting in Iraq?

[Aviation Pro]

1. Are you kidding.....

...any excuse will do when it comes to the cowardly little simian and why he won't go to Iraq.

[brettdale]

but is there a meeting planned?

but is there a meeting planned?

[Monkeyman]

2. Jordan

[brettdale]

5. So its Jordan he's meeting him

and Cheney is going to Saudi Arabia.

[Kagemusha]

12. Cheney's apparently already returning from Saudi Arabia

The spin is that everything was set up perfectly in the preceding two months and they see 100% eye to eye.

Truth? Lies? Who knows. Who cares, even.

[scarletwoman]

3. It's next week, and the meeting is in Jordan. Baghdad is too unsafe.

And Muqtada Al Sadr has said that he will pull his party out of the Iraqi government if Maliki meets with bush. This should be interesting...

sw

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. He'll be there all by himself the way things are falling apart.

[cal04]

4. Wednesday and Thursday in Jordan

Al-Maliki is facing opposition from both sides as he works to halt his nation's slide into an all-out civil war, but the White House said Saturday that despite threats from Shiite and Sunni Arab leaders, he is not expected to cancel his trip to Amman, Jordan, to meet Bush on Wednesday and Thursday.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-6239304,00.html

[scarletwoman]

6. Wonder if he'll end up like the premier of Thailand?

A coup while he's out of country and no way home...

sw

[pinto]

7. The desperation one, two is as follows: Cheney goes to the Saud (done)

and Bush goes to Jordan on Wednesday (iirc) to tell the Iraqi PM what Cheney tells Bush after the Saudi visit. (As well as Baker's Iraq Study Group decision.)

Bush will be the official messenger, imo, nothing more.

[cal04]

9. Bush and Condi

In what is shaping up to be a crisis summit, President George W. Bush will meet Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Jordan on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss the security situation in Iraq.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will be with Bush for the Maliki meeting, and go on to attend an annual Middle East democracy conference at the Dead Sea where key Arab players may meet in the sidelines to discuss Arab-Israeli issues.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L25737102.htm

[scarletwoman]

10. "annual Middle East democracy conference at the Dead Sea" - perfect metaphor, don't you think?

DEAD Sea, that is.

Gads, what a fucking mess over there...

sw

[Imagevision]

11. Rice is meeting with Malaki, Bush is going for the photo-op