Guess What - Condi Says Iraq "Making Progress"

Unfreakingbelievable! Who the hell do these people think they're kidding?!

"Wearing a helmet and a flak jacket and flanked by machine-gun-toting bodyguards to defend against insurgents, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice came here Thursday, insisting that there were new signs of progress in Iraq and that the Bush administration had never sugarcoated its news about the American occupation."

Things are so good that the Secreatry of State has to wear a flak-jacket?

"It began inauspiciously when the military transport plane that brought her to Baghdad was forced to circle the city for about 40 minutes because of what a State Department spokesman later said was either mortar fire or rockets at the airport."

So the airport, probably the second (and only other) safe area in the country besides the Green Zone, was too dangerous to even land a plane. Oh yeah, we're making progress.

"On Thursday evening, during her meeting with President Jalal Talabani, the lights went out, forcing Ms. Rice to continue the discussion in the dark. It was a reminder of the city’s erratic — and sometimes nonexistent — electrical service."

So, to summarize, the Secretary of State travels to Baghdad, on a trip that has to remain secret for precautionary reasons. Her arrival is delayed because the airport is taking fire. When she gets there she has to wear a flak jacket because things are so dangerous. And then, when she's meeting with the President of Iraq, the freaking lights go out. Condi, what do you think you're doing when you're telling us that progress is being made there? You're sugarcoating your news!