On Wednesday afternoon, Senator Joe Lieberman (CT for Lieberman-CT) was scheduled to meet some of our troops in Baghdad over a lunch of roast beef and turkey sandwiches. The 'lucky' soldiers picked to dine with the Senator were bombarded with questions from their fellow troops to be asked of Mr. Lieberman. It is doubtful that any of these touched Joe's fragile ears.
From McClatchy:
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Spc. David Williams, 22, of Boston, Mass., had two note cards in his pocket Wednesday afternoon as he waited for Sen. Joseph Lieberman. Williams serves in the 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg, N.C., the first of the five "surge" brigades to arrive in Iraq, and he was chosen to join the Independent from Connecticut for lunch at a U.S. field base in Baghdad.
The night before, 30 other soldiers crowded around him with questions for the senator.
He wrote them all down. At the top of his note card was the question he got from nearly every one of his fellow soldiers:
"When are we going to get out of here?"
The rest was a laundry list. When would they have upgraded Humvees that could withstand the armor-penetrating weapons that U.S. officials claim are from Iran? When could they have body armor that was better in hot weather?
Since Lieberman left that luncheon spouting the same old GOP talking points, it is highly unlikely Joe was asked the tough questions. Even if he did, he wouldn't bother giving the soldiers a second thought. The event was a press event for Joe to use our troops as a backdrop to his support for the war. He wore his flak jacket and helmet around Baghdad while a massive force was called up to defend his high-priority-target ass. Then he got the hell out of there, leaving the men to be shot at while they drive around Baghdad. Those aren't just my words, they are the thoughts of the very soldiers interviewed for the article above.
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