Powerline, Rocketman I think, wrote on this last week. He advanced the assasination theory. It's a good story, but if I were to plan this, I'd have attacked the President as he made his way back into the crowd to get Trotta. Looking at the sequence pix he was very very vuknerable at that time.
Cuba's First Vice President and Defense Minister Raul Castro (R) poses alongside Chinese President Hu Jintao, upon his arrival at Havana's Jose Marti International airport in Havana, November 22, 2004. Jintao is in Cuba for a state visit after having attended the APEC summit in Chile. REUTERS/Claudia Daut
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Powerline, Rocketman I think, wrote on this last week. He advanced the assasination theory. It's a good story, but if I were to plan this, I'd have attacked the President as he made his way back into the crowd to get Trotta. Looking at the sequence pix he was very very vulnerable at that time.
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No one attacked our President when he came to the rescue of Trotta for the simple reason that no one EXPECTED the POTUS to take such direct action.
In viewing the multiple photos, it was interesting to me that the other participants in the incident seemed oblivous to our President's being a part of it. It doesn't appear that anyone saw him -- with the exception of the men who where holding Trotta, and of course Trotta himself. They knew who they were dealing with -- but the rest of the crowd didn't notice.
And my favorite photo of all (which is missing from the sequence) is after the incident, when President Bush is returning to join the other dignitaries, he had a confident stride, as he straightened his cuff, with a pleased expression on his face. It was glorious! Will someone please post that photo?
As cool-looking as it was, he should have never plunged into the crowd to grab his Secret Service agent. He left himself very open to attack.