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Caption this: Powell & the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra
Reuters | December 9, 2003

Posted on 12/10/2003 10:24:04 AM PST by ejdrapes

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell speaks before a performance at the Kennedy Center, December 9, 2003. The Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra and U.S. National Symphony Orchestra, joined by guest cellist Yo-Yo Ma, performed a concert Tuesday evening as part of a cultural exchange program to help rebuild Iraq's cultural institutions.  REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Tue Dec 9, 8:53 PM ET Reuters

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) speaks before a performance at the Kennedy Center, December 9, 2003. The Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra and U.S. National Symphony Orchestra, joined by guest cellist Yo-Yo Ma (news - web sites), performed a concert Tuesday evening as part of a cultural exchange program to help rebuild Iraq (news - web sites)'s cultural institutions. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: captionthis; iraqisymphony; kennedycenter; orchestra; powell

1 posted on 12/10/2003 10:24:05 AM PST by ejdrapes
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To: ejdrapes
"....and....a..one......and...a....two......."
2 posted on 12/10/2003 10:25:35 AM PST by EggsAckley (..................."Dean's got Tom McClintock Eyes".........................)
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To: ejdrapes
"Yankee Doodle went to town, a-ridin' on a pony..."
3 posted on 12/10/2003 10:26:47 AM PST by LurkedLongEnough (Oh no, I won't leave no stone un-turned...)
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To: EggsAckley
~Everybody was Kung Fu fighting~

~Those cats were fast as lightning~

4 posted on 12/10/2003 10:27:14 AM PST by No Blue States
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To: ejdrapes
Great style. Using both hands, too. Wait for that downbeat. Wait. Wait . . . Go! Ah, let's try that again.
5 posted on 12/10/2003 10:29:23 AM PST by RightWhale (Close your tag lines)
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To: ejdrapes

Powell: This is, indeed, one of the most "upbeat" moments in Iraqi history.

6 posted on 12/10/2003 10:32:39 AM PST by syriacus (Schumer's unhappy federal judges have lifetime positions, so he should work to amend that.)
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To: ejdrapes
Yes, unfortunately, the bubble machine is still broken.

Next question...
7 posted on 12/10/2003 10:42:03 AM PST by elli1
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To: ejdrapes
And, on the downbeat....
8 posted on 12/10/2003 10:52:41 AM PST by onedoug
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To: ejdrapes
"Y...M.C.A..."
9 posted on 12/10/2003 10:53:37 AM PST by Jim Cane
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To: ejdrapes
I think it is a great way of reminding Americans that Iraq is a civilized country and not a third world backwater. Well, it IS a third world backwater, but just because they've been abused by a monster for the last forty years.
10 posted on 12/10/2003 11:49:20 AM PST by johnb838 (Mr Bush, build *us* a wall...)
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To: ejdrapes
If that guy behind me is making faces at me again, I will attack him using the tiger style shown here!
11 posted on 12/10/2003 1:16:30 PM PST by highnoon (Revenge is a dish best served cold.)
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To: ejdrapes
Gimme an "L." Gimme another "L." What's that spell?
12 posted on 12/10/2003 1:18:22 PM PST by TheyConvictedOglethorpe
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