[Mo1]

There is a global war on terror, where the terrorists want and will attempt to murder world leaders and these morons are more worried about offending people??

HELLO

[SeaBiscuit]

PC gone bananas, it's just insane.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Summit meetings are a ripe target for just about any rogue character. Essentially one would have just about every world leader all congregated into one place at the same time. President Bush may be the biggest target there, but all those assembled there should be worried about their lives.

The behavior of the Chilean government is absolutely repugnant.

[ThanhPhero]

I don't think POTUS should be going overseas any more "for the duration." I hope we have a couple of warships standing offshore and some aircraft fueled and standing on the appropriate runways. If there is an attepmt on him in Chile then they should know ahead of time down there that there will be an unacceptable amount of damage done immediately and a lot more in a little while. If anything happens, these incidents indicate that the government is at least complicit.
If there is no evil afoot then these folks are playing a dangerous game just being rude like that. It can and should be construed as possible enemy action.

[nfldgirl]

There is a global war on terror, where the terrorists want and will attempt to murder world leaders and these morons are more worried about offending people??

I just can't help but think about Anwar Sadat some 25+ years ago. I'm sure he felt safe at the time where he was on the day he was assasinated. Those meaning to carry out such diabolical deeds have no regard for anyone else who would be in harm's way, whether it be the First Lady, leader of Chile and his wife, or anyone else for that matter...so long as they succeed in taking out their intended target. The President and his USSS detail cannot ever be "TOO" safe...not in this day-and-age.

I must confess that what the President did yesterday concerned me greatly because it put him at an unncessary, great risk in that crowd, and his agent(s) would not have been able to protect him because they were being held back...and that one picture of that Chilean guard with the exposed gun just feet away from GWB was enough to really cause me great concern.

Is all of this just a lot of coincidence...or is there something sinister/evil lurking, undetectedly so--in the crowd down there. I'm like most on this forum...."GET HOME GEORGE! and NOW!!!!"