Have any US officials visited Iraq when it WASN'T a surprise visit?

[Poiuyt]

I see that Condi just made a surprise visit. She looks a little scared. From CBS News website:

[hobbit709]

1. Not only that

but every "surprise" comes with a new "evidence of atrocities" by the "insurgents".

[Jacobin]

2. She wanted to go see the chaos she's wrought

I think she gets off on it

[DistressedAmerican]

3. They Will Be Real Soon Now That Security Is So Well Established!

[KarenS]

4. Nope,,,, they slither in there under the cover of darkness and

secrecy.

So much for fearless leaders.

[grytpype]

5. It's so safe over there they only make surprise visits.

They are proving to the insurgency that they can slip in and out of the country without getting their heads cut off. this will eventually destroy the insurgency's morale which will cause them to collapse, and... ... and then......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[journalist3072]

6. Those suprise visits

I think those 'surprise' visits to Iraq speak volumes about the volatile situation over there. US officials are so scared of the security situation over there, they have to arrive there under some secret cover or something!

Which begs another question. The Bushies claim we went into Iraq to liberate the Iraqi people. So how did the people we went to liberate, all of a sudden become our enemy? It's a question that doesn't get asked a lot. We are now afraid of the people we claimed to have wanted to liberate.

[jimshoes]

7. No kidding

She looks scared shitless in this pic. If this needs a caption it would be rice saying "This war wasn't my idea!"

[GoldenOldie]

8. How do we know for sure that these photo-ops were taken in Iraq?

They have lied so often and for so long that I find it possible that this administration have their own little hollywood backlot, chock full of sets and backdrops for any and all occasions. Remember the plastic turkey.

These chickenhawks have difficulty looking at flag-drapped coffins or visiting the wounded or their families. Does anyone honestly think they would place their beautiful minds and bodies in harms way?

[Flying Dream Blues]

9. Reminds me of the old saw

"See you later!"
"Not if I see you first!"

Condi makes me :puke:

[catmandu57]

10. These "people" are sneaks

They slink and skink, and stink. They lurk in the dark corners like cockaroaches, and scurry to their hidey holes when the light is shown on them.
Hence the suprised look in the photo, someone turned the light on and caught the sneak.