Posted on 01/01/2008 12:55:45 AM PST by neverdem
Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, spent New Years Eve in Baghdad as he made his first visit to the war zone to meet with troops from his home state as well as military commanders.
Mr. Schumer, who noted he was on only his second government-paid overseas trips during 27 years in Congress, said the trip enabled him to assess conditions in Iraq for himself as well as reassure members of the military that Americans were thinking about them over the holidays.
The holidays can be a particularly lonely time, particularly for the older soldiers who are away from their husbands and wives and children, Mr. Schumer said in a Monday afternoon conference call with reporters. I wanted to show them we cared, that they had had not been forgotten.
Mr. Schumer said he was impressed by the dedication and the morale of the members of the military whom he met. It was a moving experience, it really was, he said.
Typically confident in expressing his opinions, the senator said he did not want to discuss in detail his view of conditions in Iraq or the military situation until he had completed his trip and received his full schedule of briefings.
I dont want to get into policy issues here, he said as midnight approached in Baghdad. I want to sit and think it through before I say anything that might be hasty in any way.
Mr. Schumer is the No. 3 Democrat in the Senate, where the war has been a major source of partisan division, and a judgment from him could influence the war debate when Congress returns in a few weeks.
It is unusual for a lawmaker of Mr. Schumers seniority to take so few official overseas trips. He said he previously traveled to China...
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“Looks like early panic mode for the dumRATS and it is only going to get a lot worse for them...”
Nahh.. I got a copy of the RAT playbook. On page 325 it says that when the tide turns against you, take credit for it and use that for your agenda.
Bush said 30k troops will be coming home this summer because of the way the surge has worked. The RATS are going to take credit for it, the MSM will flood the airwaves with it and it is going to start the day Hillary wins the nomination.
And Hillary will kick her movement to the center strategy into high gear.
I can’t speak to what is going on in areas of Iraq, but having a son in Camp A Price (forward op base in Southern Afghanistan) I can say with certainty it would remind you of some of the places you saw in Vietnam, only colder.
They cooked a goat and sheep for Thanksgiving. He didn’t mention if they had flowers on the table and they never see people like Schumer.
That photo is not from the Embassy DFAC or Deli unless they recently got new chairs.
Yours was the only “let’s wait for what he says and see” statement while everyone else here is in the usual take a prisoner mode.
On the surface at least he showed up. By the way, she looks like she is at least giving him attention to what he is doing/saying.
How many of your governmental “leaders” have done the same by showing up in Iraq?
And no, I am as far from a Dem supporter as can be.
I have followed Schumer’s career from its inception. He is a soulless grasper, a conniving climber, a truly shallow soul. There is nothing he can say, given what he has said and done in the past, that can alter the enormous damage he’s intentionally inflicted on our country. The only thing I can say in his favor is that he is not as profoundly evil as his junior colleague.
Schumer Visits Troops in Iraq on New Years Eve...
guess he is fact finding to support reid/piglosi/murtha...about how the surge is failing and the war is lost!!!!
We'll see what he says when he gets home. He probably suspects we're going to win and wants this trip as an excuse to come up with a new position. His Senate seat is not in any danger. Perhaps he's looking for Harry Reid's job. He can, rightfully, claim that Reid is unfit to lead because he declared the war lost on the eve of victory. Schumer fancies himself an expert on everything so to him it's only natural he should be the Democrat leader on Capitol Hill.
Schumer is a snake in the grass. He’ll get his marching orders from Reid upon his return. He’ll never give Bush or Petraeus a good word.
Expletive deleted!!
And anyone who doesn’t believe in and work for a REPUBLICAN victory next year is as bad, or worse than, Chuckie in my estimation.
Did you learn that the Surge is WORKING?
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Head on! Apply directly to their heads. LOL
Somehow I don’t find Schumer to be a good choice for New Year’s Eve celebrating, lol!!
Schumer is a moron, I can only wonder how his speeches will go when he gets back.
You should add you blog link on Schumer.
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Schumer is a stereotypical crooked NY slimeball shyster lawyer
I agree with your assessment. It’s been about spending priorities all along. The Democrats could care less about our armed forces, and only slightly more about national security.
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