06.16.2008 2:42 pm
Politicians’ visits to Iraq don’t come with significant results
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama is being criticized, in some circles, for not planning a fact finding trip to Iraq. Many of our “experts” have visited there without significant results. Visitors are shown areas that the military and politicians want them to see , to reinforce preconcieved ideas. The current administration has created its own reality, not affected by facts. Cheney and Bush should go, separately of course, to check up on the predictions they have made. McCain should follow up, wearing his body armour and helmet, to demonstrate how safe the neighborhoods have become and how much the native population loves us and wants us to leave.
Doyle Perry
Florissant
If someone ran around letting the entire state know that Florissant were a terrible place without ever even visiting Florissant, you would call them a kook. Yet you willingly give Obama a pass. Hmmmm.