Cheney spends the night in Iraq, eats breakfast, says it's "game time"

[ProSense]

Cheney spends night in Iraq before other Mideast stops

POSTED: 9:41 a.m. EDT, May 10, 2007

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Vice President Dick Cheney visited U.S. troops Thursday in Iraq's Salaheddin province after a sleepover outside Tikrit, making him the highest-ranking U.S. official to spend the night in the country since the war began.

The vice president spent 29 hours in Iraq before boarding Air Force Two for his next destination, the United Arab Emirates.

While in Salaheddin, Cheney slept in the "distinguished visitors quarters" at Camp Speicher, a sprawling desert outpost seven miles from the northern city of Tikrit, said reporters traveling with his delegation.

The camp -- officially named Contingency Operating Base Speicher -- is named after Scott Speicher, the Navy pilot who was shot down on the first day of the Persian Gulf War in 1991. He is presumed dead.

After waking up, Cheney had a breakfast of scrambled eggs as he exchanged chitchat with soldiers Thursday morning. (Watch how Cheney's message is designed to increase pressure on Iraqi leaders )

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A senior Bush administration official said the purpose of Cheney's visit to Baghdad was to tell the Iraqi government, "It's game time."

"We've got to pull together. We've got to get this work done," the official said, summarizing Cheney's message to Iraq's leaders. (Watch what Cheney means when he says it's "game time" )

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Is CNN and Cheney serious with this BS report?

[deutsey]

Yeah, it's all just a game, isn't it? Let's roll...

:eyes:

[Captain Hilts]

1. Some 'game'. nt

[peekaloo]

2. I'm guessing the first 4 years were just "warm ups".

what an asshole.

[whistle]

3. More Dick Cheney bullshit, "it's game time" is no different than Cheney's

....statement two years ago when he told us that, "...the Iraq insurgency is in the last throes" which also was complete bullshit.

Definitions of throes on the Web:

- violent pangs of suffering; "death throes"

[TwilightGardener]

4. All right, then, Shooter, pick up your rifle (or shotgun) and

GET IN THE GAME!!! What are you waiting for? There are insurgents to kill and doors to kick in. GO TEAM!

[waiting for hope]

5. Okay - I have a problem with this:

"After waking up, Cheney had a breakfast of scrambled eggs as he exchanged chitchat with soldiers Thursday morning." I thought Demons ate children for breakfast?

[TwilightGardener]

6. They were chopped up and added to the eggs, like green peppers

or tomatoes--wouldn't want to scare the troops he ate with.

[thecrow]

9. Have some more eggs. Mr. Vice Precedent....

THEY ARE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART

[AndyA]

7. A brief 4 years later, they are finally getting geared up to accomplish their mission.

WOW! Who knew all it would take was Cheney getting the message out there?

What a disgrace!

[JVS]

8. It's "Other Priority" time! Everyone go home and get back to doing better stuff!