by chiggerbit » Mon Dec 19, 2005 4:45 pm
Heeheehee, caught this in a report on Cheney's visit to Iraq, and am still giggling:<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/12/18/international/i121811S43.DTL&feed=rss.news">www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ar...d=rss.news</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>....Cheney had an hourlong briefing on the election from Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, top U.S. commander Gen. George Casey and Gen. John Abizaid, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq. He emerged saying he was encouraged by preliminary results showing high turnout about Sunni Muslims, who make up the backbone of the insurgency.<br><br><br>His next visit was to Taji Air Base, where he saw tanks that Iraqis had rebuilt and watched while they practiced a vehicle sweep at a security checkpoint.<br><br><br>U.S. forces guarded Cheney with weapons at the ready while Iraqi soldiers, who had no weapons, <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>held their arms out as if they were carrying imaginary guns.....</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--> <p></p><i></i>