President Bush is eating in my undisclosed location (UPDATE: Undisclosed location is IRAQ!)

Eyes on ^ | 271830(C)NOV03 | ChiefKujo

[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

[Coleus]

Way to GO!!

The Democraps are going to love this!!

I can't wait to see their reaction.

[Not A Snowbird]

Well than what the h#ll was hillary doing if not doing it for votes

As we all know, hillary doesn't take a poop unless there are votes involved.

[boxerblues]

Thank you GWB for making Thanksgiving for the troops a little nicer.

[dep]

holy smokes! how unrelentingly cool!

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Why pull it? There was no sensitive info presented. If the AMs see fit they can delete specific replies without pulling the entire thread.

[ican'tbelieveit]

Wendell Goler has commented that Fox News knew, and had to keep it secret.

[Mo1]

You forgot it's just a photo op

[boxerblues]

thats great maybe your hubby got to see him...thats so kewl

[janette]

That is so special, he surprises me!!! smart decision!!! (H. Clinton in Afghanistan)

[dighton]

HA HA!

[AGreatPer]

"just wait and watch the news in a few hours..."

ChiefKujo, your stock just went up. Nice job and thanks for keeping the location quiet.

[Dane]

Chief looks like a lot of freepers are going to have to eat some crow for being turkeys today.

[Inspectorette]

OMG - This is WONDERFUL!!!!!! We want pictures!!!!

[maica]

He is the Tiger Woods of politics.

%%%

How can one NOT love our President!!!

The Dems are now melting into little piles of butter - as in an old child's tale about tigers.

[cibco]

Bump to you for remaining "kool" with the trigger finger...

[Cinnamon Girl]

That is awesome, ChiefKujo! President Bush is the BEST! Happy Thanksgiving!

[mylife]

I guess GW wasnt about to let that BEEEoch Hillary upstage him!

[mystery-ak]

I just love this man...Thank-you Mr. President....

[chilepepper]

Folks: notice that the news of Hillary being in Afghanistan has basically disappeared from the face of the Earth!

She ends up looking like she is pandering for media attention, so her allies in the media are doing her a favor and burying the story of her visit...

I suspect the Bush visit is a last minute thing (or kept VERY secret), but it is a brilliant move.

Who cares if ole crusty is eating stuffed camel in afghanistan? baghdad is DANGEROUS and where the action really is...

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Bush Makes Surprise Visit to Iraq

4 minutes ago

By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent

BAGHDAD, Iraq - President Bush (news - web sites) made a surprise Thanksgiving visit to American troops in Baghdad Thursday, flying secretly to violence-scarred Iraq (news - web sites) to thank U.S. forces for serving there. It was the first trip ever by an American president to Iraq — a mission tense with concern about his safety.

"You are defending the American people from danger and we are grateful," Bush told some 600 soldiers who were stunned and delighted by his appearance.

The president's plane — its lights darkened and windows closed to minimzie chances of making it a target — landed under a crescent moon at Bagdad International Airport.

Bush flew in on the plane he most often uses, and White House officials went to extraordinary lengths to keep the trip a secret, fearing its disclosure would prompt terrorist attempts to kill him.

The news of Bush's trip was not released until he was in the air on the way back to the United States. "If this breaks while we're in the air we're turning around," White House communications director Dan Bartlett told reporters on the flight to Baghdad.

Security fears were heightened by an attack last Saturday in which a missile struck a DHL cargo plane, forcing it to make an emergency landing at the airport with its wing aflame.

Bush spent only about two hours on the ground, limiting his visit to the airport dinner with U.S. forces. The troops had been told that the VIP guests would be L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator in Iraq, and Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, commander of coalition forces in Iraq.

In a ruse staged in the name of security, the White House had put out word that Bush would be spending Thanksgiving at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, with his wife, Laura, his parents and other family members. Even the dinner menu was announced.

Instead, Bush slipped away from his home without notice Wednesday evening and flew to Washington to pick up aides and a handful of reporters sworn to secrecy. Plans called for the trip to be abandoned if word had leaked out in advance.

Within the White House only a handful of senior aides knew about the trip, officials said.

Security fears were underscored by regular attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq. More than five dozen U.S. troops were killed by hostile fire in November, more than any other month since the end of major combat in Iraq on May 1. Early this week, a U.S. military official, Col. William Darley, said attacks peaked at more than 40 per day about two weeks ago and have since dropped to about 30 per day.

The violence persisted Thursday as the president was en route here. [snip]