#119835 - 11/27/0303:57 PMRe: Thanksgiving in Baghdad! ...
[Re: iraszl]
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Ivan, this was an unprecedented and extremely risky move. Of course his advisors were part of this. These things are not just spontaneously tossed on the table and acted on by one lone cowboy. And of course there is a fair amount of PR value in it. But Bush did not have to agree to go. And this was an enormous boost to the moral of the troops over there.<br><br>As others have said, he's not my ideal president, but this was a courageous and very empathetic thing for him to do. For once, put your knee down and take something at it's face value.<br><br>
#119836 - 11/27/0303:59 PMRe: For f-ck's sake!
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...and to think I was started to really like it "here"<br>Now I know, I can not speak freely. I'll take the piss then<br>goodbye<br><br>At what point were you prevented from speaking freely? Unless, of course, you mean "speak freely without others disagreeing with me", which might be an ureasonable expectation ...<br><br>It would be too bad if you decided to leave just because we don't agree on something ...<br><br>Oh well, I hope you stay anyways =)<br><br>***matt<br><br>Turn up the signal, wipe out the noise ...
yes, I also give him credit for this.<br><br>even the Iraqis did as far as CNN concerned <br><br>[color:green]One man's compost is another man's potpourri.</font color=green>
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#119839 - 11/27/0304:03 PMRe: Thanksgiving in Baghdad! ...
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What? I think even dubya knows damn well that visiting the troops won't necessarily get him re-elected. Maybe bringing them home real soon might (and even that's a stretch). No, I think showing his troops some support up close and personal was topmost on his agenda.<br><br>
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#119843 - 11/27/0304:27 PMRe: Thanksgiving in Baghdad! ...
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I think showing his troops some support up close and personal was topmost on his agenda<br><br>Bush should have done that long ago - if to really drive home that point.<br><br>Maybe during Halloween to really scare the troops.<br>The PR machine and the Campaign for the next election - dictated something to be done.<br><br>Thanksgiving was the best time - for the show.<br><br>Still I give him Kudos for going to Iraq.<br>He did not chicken out and go to a base in Kansas, like a democrat would.<br><br>
#119844 - 11/27/0304:38 PMRe: Thanksgiving in Baghdad! ...
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He did not chicken out and go to a base in Kansas, like a democrat would.<br><br>I guess you missed this about Hilary Clinton spending Thanksgiving in Afghanistan ...<br><br>Their next stop is Iraq, IIRC ... looks like war zones are all the rage this holiday, regardless of political persuasion =)<br><br>***matt<br><br>Turn up the signal, wipe out the noise ...
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I think even dubya knows damn well that visiting the troops won't necessarily get him re-elected. Maybe bringing them home real soon might (and even that's a stretch). No, I think showing his troops some support up close and personal was topmost on his agenda.<br><br>
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