Schumer Visits Troops in Iraq on New Year’s Eve

NY Times ^ | December 31, 2007 | CARL HULSE

[EDINVA]

“2nd Government paid trip in 27 years...Pretty amazing!!”

That’s because Schumer doesn’t think there’s anything worth seeing West of the Hudson ;)

[MileHi]

He wasn’t taken into custody for sedition?

Damn, our troops ARE the good guys.

[devolve]

.

I’d say that pretty well describes Chucky Scummer and his type

[potlatch]

[slimeball shyster lawyer]

Lol, you forgot ‘sniveling’!!

[SunkenCiv]

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.

No. 3? That makes him one worse than Number Two. Thanks neverdem.

[chiefqc]

The ONLY reason this moron is there is to get his ugly face in print and that is the ONLY reason.

[chiefqc]

You want this jerk to mingle with common people, what are you nuts he’s so much better and so much more important to lower hiself to that level.

[Candor7]

Today: “I wanted to show them we cared, that they had not been forgotten.”

September 5, 2007 on the Senate floor: "And let me be clear: the violence in Anbar has gone down despite the surge, not because of the surge.The lack of protection for these tribes from al Qaeda made it clear to these tribes, “We have to fight al Qaeda ourselves.” It wasn’t that the surge brought peace here. It was that the warlords had to create a temporary peace here on their own. And that is because there was no one else there protecting them. "

http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chuck-schumer-declares-military-surge-a-failure

I am surprised Schumer made it out of theater unscathed by either the troops or the tribes.

[ripley]

ugh!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Lancey Howard]

What the hell was that sick scumbag doing in Iraq??
I wanna throw up.

[hinckley buzzard]

2nd Government paid trip in 27 years...Pretty amazing!!

There's gotta be a reason--probably fear of flying.

[hinckley buzzard]

...the flowers, and the silver thingies that hold syrup and stuff. And it's all so clean.

Maybe the Officers' Club? Just a guess. I don't think Chuckie Schumer really wants to eat beans in a hangar with the EM.

[Quix]

Can’t help but . . .

wonder . . .

if he will be getting any well deserved up close and personal looks at any IEDs.

I bet there’s some dirty GI socks around that would fit his gaping mouth real well even if it took half a dozen of them.

I’m not a fan of his.

Does it show?

[OldEagle]

"Mr. Schumer, who noted he was on only his second government-paid overseas trips during 27 years in Congress..."

Because he is a politician, I would want proof of that.

[MHT]

He's trolling for active soldiers who are there in the thick of it who are willing to say that the surge isn't working so he can "quote" them back on the Senate floor.

BTW, wonder if he got Blackwater protection? Would love to hear how people risked their necks so that he could get his photo ops and sound bites.

[CaptRon]

Try as I might, I can’t think of any way the appearance of Chuck Schumer has a positive effect on morale.

[CaptRon]

Not to mention that he was there on New Year because not even his relatives invited him over for dinner.

[VeniVidiVici]

Yeah, Hillary came and pressed the flesh too. RATs never do anything unless it benefits themselves.

[Bringbackthedraft]

Captive audience of Officers? With no SNCO’s in sight. .......... Only a small area shown, can’t tell who is there other than what is framed. There is an E4 with a Texas(?)ARNG(?) patch in the background next to a Captain.