Posted on 08/21/2004 6:29:55 PM PDT by areafiftyone
Agreed. I don't see the gain from this even if the secret had been kept. This isn't like Bush going to see the troops at Thanksgiving (and holding up a REAL turkey, by the way).
Maybe this was a ruse to get Kerry to "Me Too" and haul-ass to Athens ahead of him.
If Bush goes, Kerry is sure to follow.
http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com/ says that Iraqis are eating up Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11.
Maybe, maybe not.
The American team members have been greeted warmly.
Greeks love America!
it's a red herring to get JF Larry, I mean Carry, oh shoot let me try again...Sen John F Fairy, no that's not it...is it Kurry?.....wait I got it - it's John Forbes Kerry to leave the country....
Or maybe Kerry's minions planted this story so when Bush does not go Kerry can go and will be seen cheered by the international community.
It was SI who said it. They quoted two Fallujahites and the coach.
I wonder what the other players had to say.
Members of the Iraqi soccer team fear reprisals to their families or to themselves when they get back home so they must be silent or anti-Bush.
I question the timing of this...
He'd leave Lurch in the dust in ANY competition.
Well of course they are. These people were brought up and raised on Propaganda from when Saddam ruled. That is all they know. To them that is normal.
Well, it would certainly be gutsy on the part of our President. It sounds like something he'd do. And, he has every right to be there.
If he does this I'm going to be worrying 24/7 for his safety, though. I'm not sure announcing to the terrorists this far in advance he could be in attendance is a good thing. Obviously it can't be on the same scale of security as the Thanksgiving trip, but no reason it had to be leaked this far out.
PRESIDENT BUSH PLANS TRIP TO OLYMPICS, SOURCES TELL DRUDGE. MAY ATTEND IRAQI SOCCER GAME. 'TRIP BEING PLANNED IN SECRET'... SECURITY CONCERNS AND 'DISRUPTION' OF GAMES AT ISSUE... 'THE PRESIDENT WILL NOT GO, IF IT BECOMES TOO MUCH OF A DISTRACTION,' TOP SOURCE REVEALED LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON... TOP BUSH SOURCE CAUTIONS PLANNING FOR TRIP IS BEING RESEARCHED AND IS IN PRELIMINARY STAGE. TRIP WOULD BE FOR FINALS AUG 28 [SATURDAY]... DEVELOPING...
2 days before the RNC? I don't think so.
Looks like August 28th Folks!
Why not. He can be there and back in no time.
If Iraq doesn't make it to the finals it kinda makes this a moot issue doesn't it?
Yeah God!!!!
I guess that is why he is waiting until August 28th to decide to do it.
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