But he couldn't wait 2 more weeks to go back, and go to the wedding first? Made more sense to pop over to Iraq for 2 weeks, then pop back to Pennsylvania for the wedding? That sort of schedule might make sense for a bazillionaire jet-setter, but it hardly makes sense for a small time businessman trying to earn a living repairing communications towers.
Leni
I still think he could have been the "Indiana Jones" type but naively associating with types who were up to bad things --- using him for his knowledge in telecommunications, maybe giving him odd jobs to do. Some people prefer adventure to money --- I can see that --- but I think the father meant it about these being his friends. The father seems more angry at Bush than at his friends.