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Originally posted by wolf
With respect to your item #2, Syc ... as UT said, it was for the troops.
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True, but I figure if you're gonna do a surprise visit, you might as well go all out. Also, see below.
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Also, he's our President, not the Iraquis, and any such photo op could have become political fodder to those who want to show that the US has imperialist designs on the Middle East.
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Yes, it is possible that that angle could have been played...but that angle is played a lot already. It's old news.
And Bush IS the Iraqi leader (for all practical purposes) right now. As crazy as things are/may be over there, Bush could have been portrayed as being down with the peeps--"I care about my troops, but I care about you too." He could have talked about how he wants to give Iraq back to the Iraqis as quickly as possible, talked about upcoming elections, etc. That sounds like a 1-2 PR punch to me. "Look at him! He went all the way to Iraq to eat with the troops and to talk to Iraqis personally! What a stand up guy!"
Carville and Matalin better be looking over their shoulders.
