Bush comes to aid of Secret Service agent

AP ^ | 11/20/2004 | AP staff

[wjersey]

President Bush stepped into the middle of a confrontation and pulled his lead Secret Service agent away from Chilean security officials who barred his bodyguards from entering an elegant dinner for 21 world leaders Saturday night.

Several Chilean and American agents got into a pushing and shoving match outside the cultural center where the dinner was held. Bush noticed the fracas after posing for pictures on a red carpet with the summit host, Chilean President Ricardo Lagos and his wife and first lady Laura Bush.

[Barlowmaker]

So what? Chile is not a shithole by the way. You may want to emerge from your bunker and see the world some day.

[A Citizen Reporter]

"It sounds as if the Chilean security guards were looking for a fight - perhaps to embarrass President and Mrs. Bush "

Then it backfired on them, BIG TIME.

[gueroloco]

Chile is most assuredly a shithole. If you were to emerge from your toilet and look down, you would see Chile in all its "grandeur".

[Barlowmaker]

You've been there?

[bd476]

Barlowmaker, the Secret Service are more than "American security apparatus." Their job is protecting the life of the President with their own lives being put in second place.

The Secret Service put themselves into harm's way for the President as necessary and as often as required. That is what they signed up for.

Most Americans and all foreign governments are aware of this. It's been going on for over a hundred years.

[hershey]

Character shows every single day with GW. No nuances, excuses, just do what's right.

[bd476]

Those Chilean security guards should have been immobilized a few seconds after they grabbed the Secret Service agent's jacket.

[hershey]

Is the MSM gnashing their teeth?

[gueroloco]

There and 23 other countries.

[Barlowmaker]

Tell me about Chile. When were you there, in what capacity?

[SeaBiscuit]

Have to love GWB, he shows command in all he does, guts personified. Though, I too felt this could have been a dangerous situation and like Trainfish mentioned it occurs to me that it could be a probe by terrorists.

These are dangerous times, just can't help but worry for the president, but I am sure this event is being thoroughly discussed by the SS.

[hershey]

Wow! Some picture! Gary Cooper in High Noon!

[texasflower]

I wonder if this was just a simple misunderstanding?

Maybe, but I saw a picture earlier with the agents wearing id badges around their necks.

I wouldn't want to be in their shoes either.

[A Citizen Reporter]

"Tell me about Chile. When were you there, in what capacity?"

What is this Barlow, you think you're some kind of Dan Rather?

[UCrepublic]

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041121/D86FV9GO0.html

Same information, yet with a picture. Go Bush!

[gueroloco]

One week, tourist. 1989. Third world shithole. Tell me about what differentiates Chile from other third world shitholes.

[bd476]

photo

Is this the agent you were talking about, Texasflower? If so, there's the tag.

Mogger, it doesn't look look like a misunderstanding.

[hershey]

Exactly!

[texasflower]

Yes, that is the tag. It's a different picture, but yes, it is an ID tag.

The picture that I saw of the lead agent (the one that the President pulled out) had the tag clearly facing forward.

There was no way to miss the tag.