On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 02:04:59 GMT
Larry Fransson wrote:

On 2003-11-28 11:10:53 -0800, "R. Hubbell" said:

Big cojones would have meant announcing to the
world that you were spending Thanksgiving with the troops in Iraq. Flying in
for 2 hours, unannounced, is not an act of bravery. It's really just a
political stunt.

He may or may not care what kind if boost it gives him at home. The boost it gave to the troops in Iraq, though, was likely significant. That's probably even more important.


Now you can't believe that he doesn't care about the political boost?
Improving moral was just a small part. But if I was there it wouldn't have
done much for my moral. Think about it. He comes in secretly, stays for
two-three hours and then he's gone. For me, if I was a soldier there, I
would be reminded of how dangerous a place Bush had made it into.


And regardless of the size of anyone's cojones, announcing the world that he was going to be in Iraq would have been beyond brave. It would have been suicidal, especially had he ventured out in public. Regardless of what you think of the man's politics, you can't believe he's that stupid.


Being there at all put the troops in danger and annoncing it would have been stupid, I'll
agree wiuth all that.


R. Hubbell