PHOTO ESSAY: HILLARY! Subjecting the Troops to Her Presence

AP/Reuters

[Cinnamon Girl]

That's right! The photos are HERE!

Hillary, taking an unusual fashion turn into the t-shirt-under the dress shirt-under the black pant suit-look to greet troops in Kuiwait City.

Hillary! presenting a bag of crap she picked up at the 99 Cent Store to U.S. Army 1st Lt. Michael Tiso at Camp Wolverine in Kuiwait City on Saturday.

Hillary! surrounded by throngs of supporters, as she sips a cup of warm apple juice presented to her by Lt. Col. Brian Mennes while touring the base of the 2nd battalion, 2nd Airborne Division in Baghdad.

Lt. Col. Brian Mennes giving directions to the bedouin camp the troops proposed Mrs. Clnton stay at during her visit.

Senator Hillary! meeting with prominent Iraqi women to explain how small and ill-equipped the U.S. military is, and how desperately the U.N. is needed to help out.

Hillary! enjoying several bottles of spring water while waiting for the shipment of Krispy Kremes she special ordered for herself from New York.

Mrs. Clinton greeting troops in Baghdad wearing the same suit she wore in Kuiwait.

No soldiers agreed to be identified for this AP photo with Senator Clinton.

An Iraqi woman and her son walk by anti-US graffiti spray painted by Senator Hillary! Clinton in Baghdad's Azamiyah neighborhood.

U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (news - web sites) poses with a Iraqi civilian working for army in the base of the 2nd battalion 2nd Airborne Division in Baghdad, November 28, 2003. Mrs. Clinton spent several hours with this woman trying to convince her that the U.S. military was failing and that President Bush was the devil.

Fashion icon Hillary! Clinton startles followers with what appears to be a heavy dog collar during her visit to Kabul.

Unidentified soldier enjoys a laugh after informing Mrs. Clinton that she is eating camel crap.

Senator Hillary! Clinton cursing out the photographer.

U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (news - web sites) talks to U.S. soldiers during a Thanksgiving dinner at the military base in Bagram, Afghanistan. One soldier tried to block the camera's view of Mrs. Clinton with a small American flag in order to demonstrate that Clinton's request that all American flags be removed from the premises would be ignored.

[Cinnamon Girl]

Please share your captions.

[ChiMark]

This is priceless. Having a great laugh!

[armymarinemom]

My only caption is: Thank God she didn't get close to the Pakistan border in order to meet my youngest son and I pray that his older brother didn't run into her in Baghdad. Swallowing dessert sand is bad enough without having to look at her while your doing it.

[Rose in RoseBear]

Pingpingping!

[nicmarlo]

Hah! You're captions are already the best....this is great. Thanks for posting.

[SkyPilot]

"Lay down your arms and return to your families. Don't you miss your homes? Don't you miss your children? The American people are NOT behind you. You cause is not just, and no one in America supports this illegal occupation."

[Kirkwood]

Lt. Col. Brian Mennes giving directions to the bedouin camp the troops proposed Mrs. Clnton stay at during her visit.

"Senator Clinton, you can take your urine sample over to that clinic and the doc will fix you right up with something for that itch."

[DonQ]

I, for one (and in this crowd I really am only one), am glad to see a prominent US Senator visiting our troops in Afghanistan on Thanksgiving Day. The White House hasn't mentioned our Afghan troops much lately, considering that Bush's stated objective of getting Osama hasn't seem to work out yet.

[Ruth A.]

I just noticed that she favors wearing UN blue while visiting out troops.

[Kirkwood]

Looking again at that last pic with the flag, is that some of Hillary's staff "seig heil-ing" her in the background? Or is it some of our soldiers giving her "moose antlers" for the photographer?

[Blue Scourge]

just one question...who is the creepy guy standing next to her in half the pics...?

[McGavin999]

OMG, are these the best pictures they could come up with? Notice the one with all the soldiers, they're looking everywhere but at Hillary! That is soooooo funny!

[Prince Caspian]

That Rhode Island senator, Jack Reed, is a real ball of fire, isn't he? In all the pictures I've seen, he never seems to be looking anyone in the eye, and he never has anything resembling an intelligent look on his face. The only thing missing is his dog collar.

[Freedom4US]

lol.. shame on you! I can just hear her saying that.. oh that's funny.

[Texas Eagle]

" Ha haaaaaaaaa! I told her they were Swedish meatballs but they're actually camel testicles!"

[Kirkwood]

The White House certainly has talked about the work being done in Afghanistan by our troops. The press doesn't give this much notice because they are far more interested in the evolving Iraq theater of operations. I don't see how you can blame that on the White House.

[arasina]

ROFL! Thanks for posting these, CG.

[JoJo Gunn]

A shame McDermott and Baghdad Bonior didn't go, huh?

But I quibble....

[ikka]

IN the pictures with President Bush, the soldiers are all crowding around him and being very friendly; they are also all smiling, the way you would when a good buddy of yours drops in.

In the pictures will Hillary, there is a polite distance kept at all times and everyone is there to do their duty. That is it.

[Cinnamon Girl]

I was thinking the warm apple juice was someone else's urine sample. ;)