3+ Years after "Mission Accomplished" Condi wears vest at Baghdad Airport

[RobertSeattle]

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/2006/73646.htm
Secretary Rice arrived in Baghdad for meetings with Iraqi political leaders. She was greeted by US Ambassador Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad. Secretary Rice traveled to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Israel, the Palestinian Territories, and Iraq, October 1-5, 2006. State Department photo by Josie Duckett

[Burried News]

1. And you can bet she didn't drive from the Airport to the Green Zone nt

[sabra]

2. she couldn't land for over 1/2 hour because of 'indirect fire'

[Parche]

3. rice-a-roni

That is her full body diaper, cause she pee'd herself landing in Baghdad

(That is a nice Air Force plane in the background, but where is her broomstick)

[chelsea0011]

4. Every picture tells a story, don't it?

[RobertSeattle]

6. Someone at State is going to be in trouble for releasing this photo!

:evilgrin:

[Botany]

5. Because Baghdad is on the verge of being lost.

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-21...

Senators: Iraq situation bleak

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee offered bleak assessments Thursday of the situation in Iraq and of chances of any near-term withdrawal of U.S. forces.

Sen. John Warner, R-Va., the armed services committee chairman, said Iraq “is imply drifting sideways” because the new government has been unable to exercise the reins of power or find a way to disarm the secular militias that are endangering lives.

Warner flatly declared that the U.S. is “losing the Baghdad campaign” as the number of casualties rises.

“War grinds on and we taking distressing tolls of life and limb every day,” he said.

Warner said something big needs to happen to jump start the government so it regains some hope after last year’s elections. He suggested another vote on a referendum for the Iraqi people about whether and how long they want U.S. troops to remain.

[warrens]

7. It's a rule on flights in to Baghdad, but who CARES???

If things are going so good, she should have said, not for me, bitch. What, a Repuke starts following the rules now? I wonder how long before they throw her to the wolves.

[BrotherBuzz]

13. Think her handlers might have suggested she remove it before debarking?

Methinks her handlers are going to take some heat.

[MrCoffee]

8. Didn't she get the memo? It was printed on a big ass banner...

[tocqueville]

9. it was a quiet trip....

US military helicopter shooting flares flies over the restive city of Baquba. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Iraqi leaders to live up to their promises to halt the brutal wave of violence engulfing their country, on a surprise visit to Baghdad.(AFP/POOL/Samir Mizban)

[bobbolink]

10. No protective gear on her head..?

Hmmmm....

:evilgrin:

[Skidmore]

11. But did her shoes match?

[Rex]

12. Well of course she does, Iraq is a no man's land a real Fallout

scenario. Those two smiling while Iraqis and US troops die everyday. Fuckers. She should be charged with war crimes, like her boss.

[lpbk2713]

14. Ah, but did she wear matching shoes?

That's what is important.

[RobertSeattle]

15. Here's her shoes