Cheney takes Hillary's advice and visits Iraq

Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) offered Vice President Dick Cheney a little unsolicited advice yesterday: go take a firsthand look at what's going on in Iraq, the New York Post reported Saturday. [...] Cheney, who has not been there since before the war, looked at Clinton but didn't respond to her remark, the source said.

Her spokesman, Philippe Reines, later declined to comment on any "private conversation."

Hours later, Cheney announced a trip next week to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Oman, Egypt and Saudi Arabia — opening the door for a stealth visit to Iraq.

looks to me like there might have indeed been a "private conversation" and that hillary was doing a little grandstanding cuz we now learn this from the bbc...

Cheney makes surprise Iraq trip

US Vice-President Dick Cheney visits Iraq in what is thought to be his first post-war trip to the country.

(more from the ap...)

The daylong tour was so shrouded in secrecy that even Iraq's prime minister said he was surprised when he showed up for what he thought was a meeting with the U.S. ambassador only to see Cheney waiting to greet him.

Cheney's tour of the country came on the same day that
President Bush was giving a prime-time Oval Office address to the nation on Iraq.

Cheney's aides said the timing was a coincidence, but regardless, the two events combined in a public relations blitz aimed at capitalizing on the Iraqi elections to rebuild U.S. support for the unpopular war.

unpopular war...? nah... everybody LOVES the war in iraq...! right...? right...??? i can't HEAR you...!

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