Troops to Lieberman: "When are we going to get out of here?"

[npincus]

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/17300884.htm

Well, well... Joe's strolling in those safe and secure Baghdad markets!

Much more in the article... jist is troops believe the surge is not working, they are just riding around waiting to get blown up or shot, they want to get the hell out, don't feel any progress is being made, and mainly decline to speak their true thoughts out loud.



BAGHDAD, Iraq - Spc. David Williams, 22, of Boston, Mass., had two note cards in his pocket Wednesday afternoon as he waited for Sen. Joseph Lieberman. Williams serves in the 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg, N.C., the first of the five "surge" brigades to arrive in Iraq, and he was chosen to join the Independent from Connecticut for lunch at a U.S. field base in Baghdad.

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?"

[Deep13]

1. "Senator, can I have that armor for my men when you are done?" nt

[CountAllVotes]

2. K&R!!

:dem: :kick:

[BOSSHOG]

3. Hey is that Baghdad or a vegetable stand in Indiana?

I can't hardly tell the difference.

[blueworld]

4. Lieberman to troops: "It would interfere with my ego trip in Congress" n/t

[Supersedeas]

5. He has the ideological earplugs in -- can't hear a word ya say.

[roguevalley]

6. Deputy Dawg does Baghdad. Droopy Dawg.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

7. "We don't feel like we are making any progress."

And he will continue to ignore you in September
too young soldier.

I apologize to our troops for how they have
been commanded.

[martymar64]

8. Note to Juba

Aim for the guy NOT in camos.

Sorry, Holy Joe is a prick and ought to stay in Baghdad. Permanently.