JK in Baghdad today.

[MH1]

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/12/16/kerry_in_baghdad_during_mideast_tour/

Fervent prayers.

[MBS]

1. I'm adding mine, too n/t

[YvonneCa]

2. Mine, too. n/t

[fedupinBushcountry]

3. Pics of JK in Basrah

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events/pl/021103kerry&curPhoto=1

I am not able to post them, so if anyone can, please do.

[Democrafty]

4. Here they are:

[cadmium]

5. Thanks. These pictures are great n/t

[karynnj]

7. What a contrast to the poorly dressed McCain!

[MH1]

8. Heh, JK would look a whole lot better than McCain

even if he wore exactly the same thing.

(which he wouldn't, however)

[karynnj]

9. That's true - he would look better and he wouldn't dress that way

Kerry looks like he is dressed the way he would be on an informal day in Boston. Is that how McCain dresses?

[mloutre]

11. oh, yeah. those troops really hate him. you can tell.

*fnord*


Safe home, Senator. We'll leave the light on for ya.

[globalvillage]

6. Yes, MH.

Godspeed, Senator.

The photos are great. Good to see him interacting with the troops.

[beachmom]

10. Thanks for the pictures.

I'll be curious to see how his meeting with Maliki goes, presumeably tomorrow. Obviously, Bush's meeting with him went very badly. However, Kerry's been VERY critical of the Iraqi government, so I'm not sure how thrilled Maliki will be with Kerry either (to be fair, Kerry never named Maliki specifically, merely "squabbling politicians"). My opinion is that Maliki is just about less than worthless, but he's all we've got. But I think Maliki did like the regional conference idea, so they'll have some common ground there. I'll be interested in the reports on that meeting. I think it's just about morning there (is it 8 hours ahead?).

[whometense]

12. with al-Maliki

U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-Mass), right, shakes hands with the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006. Kerry, along with U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd (D-Conn), is on a visit to Iraq where he met the country's officials and visited U.S. and British troops. (AP Photo/Ali Haider, Pool)




US Democratic senator and former presidential candidate John Kerry, 2nd left, chats with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, right, as US delegate Christopher Dodd, 3rd left, looks on during their meeting in the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006. Man at left is US Ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad. (AP Photo / Ali Haider, Pool)

[fedupinBushcountry]

13. Thanks

I was just about to post the link, for some reason it won't let me copy. Look who is doing the talking in the second pic.

Oh by the way here is a link to rate the pictures.

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events/pl/021103kerry/im:/061217/481/425167bdc89540a5a5a065e79f191144

[whometense]

15. Yahoo does some weird thing

to their photos so you can't just copy them. I have to save them to my computer and then stick them in photobucket in order to post them.

Rated them up - so far, they're all 5-star! :-)

[ProSense]

14. Excellent photos! Thanks! n/t

[whometense]

16. And just so everyone knows I'm not

totally JK-centric, it made me happy to him there with Chris Dodd, who I think is a good man and a 100% grownup, like Kerry. There are few enough of those in government these days - though I'm thinking that Sestak makes the cut as well. ;-)

[beachmom]

17. Agreed. That's why I included Dodd in a diary a couple of days ago

Dems doing good things should get recognition. Dodd and Kerry are #2 and #3 on the SFRC, respectively, so it's great that they're on the same page here.

[whometense]

18. One more

U.S. Senator and former presidential candidate John Kerry (D-Ma) (C) arrives for his meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad December 17, 2006. REUTERS/Ali Haider/Pool