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President Bush is eating in my undisclosed location (UPDATE: Undisclosed location is IRAQ!)
Eyes on ^ | 271830(C)NOV03 | ChiefKujo

Posted on 11/27/2003 7:37:26 AM PST by ChiefKujo

President Bush secretly landed an hour ago and is currently eating Thanksgiving dinner at my undisclosed location. Anticipate a press release after he takes off.

ChiefKujo


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To: gswilder
This basicaly shows the contrast of Bush and Clinton. Bush did this because it was the right thing, and of course there will be some political benefit from it. Everything Clinton did was for his political benefit, and they hoped it would look like the right thing to do.

That is so profound! I'm going to have to remember that one.
1,801 posted on 11/28/2003 11:16:24 AM PST by ChocChipCookie (Beware: the Chip is pissed.)
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To: All
Interesting comments from an Iraqi:

You know this was really weird. Just yesterday morning I was reflecting whether Bush would visit Iraq some time in the future and I turned it over in my mind expecting it to be a surprise visit in the same manner of Rumsfeld's. I knew it was going to happen, but I didn't imagine it to be so close, especially after the attacks on the DHL cargo plane leaving Baghdad Airport.


Anyway, I was at the cafe chatting with my cousin in London, and I was checking my blog's comments section at the same time when a reader asked me what I thought about Bush's visit to Iraq. I stared in disbelief at the screen for some time, then I went to Yahoo news and there it was: Bush landed in Baghdad Airport, spent a couple of hours with American troops, met Talabani and Chalabi, and left. He didn't leave the Airport area as far as I know.

I did hear American fighters flying over Baghdad though during the day, and I was wondering what was going on.

After leaving the cafe I asked some people in the neighbourhood what they thought of it. Everyone I talked to stared blankly at me as if I was crazy or something. It seems that nobody thought it was possible for Bush to visit Iraq at this time. I went to buy dinner from a nearby restaurant and IMN was displaying Bush's speech to his troops. Everyone stopped eating and stared at the tv. It was quite a scene, I just wished I had a camera at that time. It was so comical.

I watched it all on Al-Jazeera later, and as usual, they described it as a cheap attempt by Bush & Co. to boost American public opinion in his favour for the upcoming election campaign. You could easily detect the anguish in their anaylsis to the fact that Bush didn't go down to the streets or meet everyday Iraqis, or that Air Force 1 wasn't hit by an anti-aircraft missile fired by Iraqi militants. They were really frustrated. Their news have become so predictable. My father was peculiarly furious with one of these 'analysts', he almost kicked the tv. The guy was saying that this visit would practically achieve nothing, or to be more accurate "would trick nobody". He also said that it would have no effect whatsoever on morals of American troops...etc.

I have mixed feelings myself. The fact that he is the first American president to set foot on Iraqi soil is a huge event in itself, and a three hour visit to Baghdad Airport definitely wouldn't be the same as a tour in the country and most importantly meeting Iraqi citizens, Iraqis who would be grateful for this visit. But I understand the security considerations and this gesture alone would be sufficient to send a message to whoever it may concern that Iraq is safe enough for an American president to visit. To tell the truth I'm still shocked to this moment that he took the risk to come here. I used to like him before, but now I admire the guy.

Healing Iraq blog

1,802 posted on 11/28/2003 11:17:28 AM PST by Pokey78 ("I thought this country was founded on a principle of progressive taxation." Wesley Clark to Russert)
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To: Pokey78
anyone who witnessed our president's entrance and speech yesterday and has a brain, realizes that G.W. Bush, is sincere almost to the point of innocense, he really believes in what he is doing. Unlike w. j. clinton, who's emotion was but another political ploy, G.W. barely controls his emotions because they are truly from the heart and not the concocted shreds of suedo humanity that we saw at the ron brown funeral from w.j. My father used to say, "the truth is always the truth, no matter who says it or what it is, it is the truth. I am truly proud to be an american in these times, but then I would be proud to be an american in any time.
1,803 posted on 11/28/2003 11:41:06 AM PST by temijin
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To: boxerblues
This is Hugh and Series....DU monitoring FR....

"From Du

------------------------------------------------------------------------ peaches2003 (22 posts) Thu Nov-27-03 12:44 PM Response to Reply #1

2. Photo-op

Now we know the real reason he had our kids go to war and die- so he could have a photo-op for his reelection.

Now I need to go take a shower

Those DU'ers are also Sofa Kings

1,804 posted on 11/28/2003 12:08:37 PM PST by spokeshave (Cancel the San Jose Merc and the one way truck to Nevada)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
Thread, remove mrobinson.

So you thought it was a joke too ?

Yeah...me too thought it was some DU prankster at first.......Kudos Dubya...game set and match

1,805 posted on 11/28/2003 12:27:50 PM PST by spokeshave (Cancel the San Jose Merc and the one way truck to Nevada)
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To: Paleo Conservative
And you still miss the point... Once he had landed in Baghdad, someone knew.
1,806 posted on 11/28/2003 12:29:59 PM PST by ican'tbelieveit
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To: EggsAckley
And they all have a hangover today.
1,807 posted on 11/28/2003 12:31:01 PM PST by ican'tbelieveit
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To: deport
The end...........

Image
President Bush leaves Air Force One early Friday morning, Nov. 28, 2003, after arriving at TSTC airfield after his visit to Iraq to spend Thanksgiving dinner with the troops. Bush boarded Marine One to his ranch near Crawford Texas. (AP Photo/Rod Aydelotte)

1,808 posted on 11/28/2003 12:32:35 PM PST by deport
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To: temijin

1,809 posted on 11/28/2003 12:32:58 PM PST by ChadGore (Kakkate Koi!)
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To: WVNan
Thank you kindly. :)
1,810 posted on 11/28/2003 12:33:42 PM PST by CovenBuster (Infuriating liberal covens from coast to coast!)
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To: tscislaw
"Why child, back in MY day, we had to walk 5 miles in the snow barefoot just to Freep. You young whippersnappers have it too easy these days. :-)

1,031 posted on 11/27/2003 1:33 PM PST by tscislaw (Never Forget: www.september-11-video

Correction...up hill through the snow for 5 miles and all the way back home uphill for 7 miles....

1,811 posted on 11/28/2003 1:15:30 PM PST by spokeshave (Cancel the San Jose Merc and the one way truck to Nevada)
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To: EggsAckley
Okay. You actually expect me to read 1000+ posts looking for your mea culpa? BTW, I am sorry that I didn't see your latter posts. Forgive me?
1,812 posted on 11/28/2003 1:33:48 PM PST by madison10
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To: madison10
Nothing to forgive. The post that I originally commented on did not have the title it did when YOU found it. The original was very vague and brief. Didn't make a lot of sense. AFTER the title was changed was when you and other saw my skeptical post. Believe me, had you posted to the original title, YOU would have doubted the veracity of the entry, too.
1,813 posted on 11/28/2003 1:45:28 PM PST by EggsAckley (..................."Dean's got Tom McClintock Eyes".........................)
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To: Bella
Our President does not do ANYTHING based on what Hillary does or does not do. He is not petty like she is!
1,814 posted on 11/28/2003 2:22:19 PM PST by CyberAnt (America .. the LIGHT of the World)
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To: ican'tbelieveit
Once he had landed in Baghdad, someone knew.

Outside the Baghdad International Airport? Who? Air Force One landed at night with its lights off. I doubt anyone recogized it coming in. There had been C-5s landing there previously and they are about the same size as a 747.

1,815 posted on 11/28/2003 2:30:23 PM PST by Paleo Conservative (Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
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To: EggsAckley
Nothing to forgive. The post that I originally commented on did not have the title it did when YOU found it.

Anyone checking ChiefKujo's previous posts prior to the official press announcments could have deduced that ChiefKujo was located in Baghdad. Anyway just how many places in the world is it likely that President Bush would have traveled to on a holiday that it was very important to not disclose the location?

1,816 posted on 11/28/2003 2:38:45 PM PST by Paleo Conservative (Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
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To: Paul Atreides
She hasn't smiled since George Bush got elected President. I loved the way she perked up and began smiling as soon as she mentioned that Hillary was with the troops too.

Every time I see Eleanor, I just end up ROTFLOL!!
1,817 posted on 11/28/2003 3:38:29 PM PST by CyberAnt (America .. the LIGHT of the World)
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To: ChiefKujo
I hope all the naysayers on this thread apologized to you for doubting you.
1,818 posted on 11/28/2003 3:45:17 PM PST by NYCVirago
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To: longtermmemmory
Actually, x42 couldn't be secretive about anything except his corruption stuff, because it was more important TO HIM to have the photo op - whereas Bush doesn't care about that.
1,819 posted on 11/28/2003 3:47:57 PM PST by CyberAnt (America .. the LIGHT of the World)
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To: StriperSniper
Yeah, I noticed that too. She only smiles when she talks about Hillary. I've always wondered about that ...??
1,820 posted on 11/28/2003 3:58:26 PM PST by CyberAnt (America .. the LIGHT of the World)
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