Pelosi, Murtha go to Iraq

[Tuesday_Morning]

This makes so much sense.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/01/26/MNGVLNPHIH1.DTL

Pelosi to meet with al-Maliki in quick visit to Iraq
Chronicle Washington Bureau
Friday, January 26, 2007

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has traveled to Iraq for a quick fact-finding visit that will include a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

The congressional delegation traveling with the Democratic speaker from San Francisco includes Rep. Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., who more than a year ago urged President Bush to withdraw American forces from Iraq and is chairman of the appropriations subcommittee that oversees the military budget.

The delegation is scheduled to return to Washington on Monday.

[theoldman]

1. Maliki can listen to them but he cannot follow their advice.

Bush is in control as long as he has the money.

[Tuesday_Morning]

2. I think it's more a matter

of the Dems finding out what Maliki needs and wants. They're looking for a way through this fiasco and if they find things they agree on, it strengthens their argument against escalation.

[theoldman]

3. While I agree with you, I wonder if Maliki is believable.

[madokie]

4. I think moreso than lil' boots

and if you see it from the eyes of the Iraqi he sure is