Letters to the Editor
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sneaky little fu*kers ain't they?
How many "suprise" visits to Iraq does this make for Bush administration officials? A dozen?
I like the way the television media dutifully parrot the White House's choice of words for these visits. They are "suprises."
"I was just in the neighborhood," Bush smirked and paused like Bob Hope, letting the droll one-liner sink in as he greeted some very startled Green Zone troops. Of course then he couldn't resist laughing at his own joke. The nervous troops laughed too. You'd better laugh when your commander in chief tells a joke.
Bush's surprise lasted five hours and you'd better believe that the units of Army and Marines in charge of "palace guard" around the Green Zone were at DefCon 3 and at Pucker Factor 10.
Five hours. Somebody at the Pentagon probably said that's just about all the time that he could have on the ground without some Iraqi spotting him and getting cell phones buzzing all over Baghdad, "Hey Mo, you still got that Four-Deuce mortar tube in the basement?"
Five hours and RUN LIKE HELL! That's Bush's Brave New Iraqi for you. Mission Accomplished!
So he ducks in, ducks out, sleeps all the way home and arrives in the Rose Garden all fresh and full of himself as usual.
This is a six-year nightmare and I just can't wake up.
Gah!