Caught Fox News breaking in to drop their flash Thursday, and I was really surprised and thrilled to see Dubya had done it. I didn't know about Hillary in Afghanistan, so I was unaware of any political competitive dimension to the President's visit.
Too bad, really, that Hillary is up there. People from Congress ought to look in on the troops every now and then, but when she does it, well, as someone pointed out upthread, it just makes it all political. Because now, if the President just wanted to run over there to tell you guys "Happy Thanksgiving" in person and pass some turkey around, the fact that other pols were up in Afghanistan stunting for the home folks makes it look like Arbusto was doing it too.
Frankly, I'd thought to myself earlier in the week that it would be really cool if the President could drop in on his people pulling all that theater duty on the holiday, and damn if he didn't do it! And that after that DHL freighter had to return to base after being tagged by an SA-14. Talk about stone cojones! He's showing the old fighter jock in him -- kick the tire and light the fire, we're going to Baghdad! That is just totally cool -- thanks for the flash traffic, I appreciate it along with all the rest of the guys and girls on FR.
Interesting thought, though........regarding that DHL freighter, how was it that that SA-14's IR seeker wound up burying itself in a wingtip, rather than finding an engine? Are these guys doing something we're not hearing about?
Jus' wondering.....don't get in trouble on our account!
No, it is a very smart move on her part...you see, she is planning to run in 2008 and will probably win (no I don't like that idea, but I suspect she will win)..
She knows by 2008, that the war will be recognized as just and necessary by the majority of the american people, and she will be able to point out that she supported our troops and even supported the war, although she opposed some of Bush's policies like "not going to the UN" (as if he didn't, but that will be her line)
Watch how she distances herself from the Deans and other lefties in 2004. Indeed, Wesley Clark is running because the Clintons recognize that a McGovern losing by a landslide is NOT the best way for a Democrat to win in 2008, and that if Dean turns off many mainstream Democrats, they may end up voting for Condi Rice instead of Hillary in 2008...