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Melee in Chile seen as 'big deal'
Washington Times ^ | 11/23/04 | Jerry Seper and Bill Sammon

Posted on 11/22/2004 9:40:22 PM PST by kattracks

White House officials were still shaking their heads in disbelief yesterday that President Bush personally had to rescue a U.S. Secret Service agent from angry Chilean security officials Saturday night.
    "This is a pretty big deal," said a senior White House official, who called the incident a "melee."


    "I mean, the guy who was supposed to be guarded had to rescue the guy who was supposed to be guarding him."
    The official expressed astonishment that Chilean security officials had stopped the No. 2 agent on Mr. Bush's security detail from accompanying the president into a meeting with another world leader, an unprecedented public breach of security arrangements agreed upon in advance.

[snip]

In contrast to Chile, which rejected Secret Service protocols, Colombia ceded control of 15,000 of its troops to the United States when Mr. Bush visited there yesterday. Colombian President Alvaro Uribe also agreed to allow heavily armed U.S. Navy forces to patrol the waters around Cartegena in rubber boats.


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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2004; apec; bringbackpinochet; bush; chile; napalminthemorning; uribe; usss; w; wot
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To: PhotoFixer3
No harm, no foul.

/john

21 posted on 11/22/2004 9:54:46 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (D@mit! I'm just a cook. Don't make me come over there and prove it!)
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To: annyokie

I LOVE OUR TEXAS COWBOY!


22 posted on 11/22/2004 9:57:49 PM PST by MEG33 ( Congratulations President Bush!..Thank you God. Four More Years!)
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To: MEG33

Me, too!


23 posted on 11/22/2004 9:58:54 PM PST by annyokie (If the shoe fits, put 'em both on!)
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To: kattracks
Kills me how they think "Cowboy" is a derogatory term
24 posted on 11/22/2004 10:02:01 PM PST by wildcatf4f3 (out of the sun)
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To: Squantos; Grampa Dave; NormsRevenge; blam; SunkenCiv
La Cuarta, a Santiago newspaper, described Mr. Bush's actions as a "total breach of protocol" and referred to him as "John Wayne ... definitely acting like a cowboy."

An event pl;anned by the leftists media and their friends perhaps.....

25 posted on 11/22/2004 10:02:46 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: kattracks; All
to rescue a U.S. Secret Service agent

There is a mess up here.  It should have been the other 'way around.  The PRESIDENT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN COMPROMISED and put in this situation in the first place.  JMO.  The advance team should have their testicles left to dry in the Sun like Amarone would be in the southern hemisphere.

26 posted on 11/22/2004 10:03:44 PM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: kattracks
 

 

The authorities said the Chilean agents were shocked when they determined that the man pushing over them was Mr. Bush, who, they said, grabbed Mr. Trotta, adjusted his shirt cuffs and then winked at bystanders with the agent at his side.

President Bush is just too cool for these people.

 

27 posted on 11/22/2004 10:04:37 PM PST by HawaiianGecko (Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results is the definition of insanity.)
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To: kattracks
Dubya... F**K YEAH!!!
28 posted on 11/22/2004 10:04:40 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist ©® - Dubya... F**K YEAH!!!)
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To: kattracks
"This is a pretty big deal," said a senior White House official, who called the incident a "melee."

Good grief! Didn't the Chileans and the SS have, er, discussions for hours, maybe days, before this event? The only thing I would add to the discussion is after watching the tape of ~20 other notables entering the building, none of which had security details. IF "W's" SS had problems with the security arrangements, "W" shouldn' have gone. However, if the Chileans agreed to allow at least some security to accompany "W", and that agreement was breached, THAT would be a problem. Big problem. We may never know the answer to that.

FGS

29 posted on 11/22/2004 10:06:25 PM PST by ForGod'sSake (ABCNNBCBS: An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly.)
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To: Howlin; Peach; StarFan; stanz; Exit148; rintense
The authorities said the Chilean agents were shocked when they determined that the man pushing over them was Mr. Bush, who, they said, grabbed Mr. Trotta, adjusted his shirt cuffs and then winked at bystanders with the agent at his side.

La Cuarta, a Santiago newspaper, described Mr. Bush's actions as a "total breach of protocol" and referred to him as "John Wayne ... definitely acting like a cowboy."

To quote MEG33 in #22: I LOVE OUR TEXAS COWBOY! :-)

30 posted on 11/22/2004 10:06:55 PM PST by nutmeg
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To: FairOpinion

ping


31 posted on 11/22/2004 10:08:22 PM PST by vbmoneyspender
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To: kattracks

too bad Gore never swung on Bush back in that debate dust up.

W woulda kicked his butt straight back to Belle Meade.


32 posted on 11/22/2004 10:10:07 PM PST by wardaddy
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To: kattracks

Let's reward these So. American SOBs with a new hemispheric Free Trade Agreement and call it FTAA, shall we?/s Sheesh...


33 posted on 11/22/2004 10:10:38 PM PST by ApesForEvolution (Why did I surf over to FR while I'm on vacation? Happy Holidays everyone!)
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To: kattracks
Big Time Bump.

My heroes have always been .... Vaqueros? ;o) Our Head Honcho... in Head Poncho.

34 posted on 11/22/2004 10:12:57 PM PST by cgk (The Left was beaten by Pres Bush twice & will never have another shot at him... who's dumb?)
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To: wildcatf4f3

Well, when you're a guilty "engine", you sure don't like no "cowboys" treading nearby...no offense to Cowboys nor American Indians.


35 posted on 11/22/2004 10:13:17 PM PST by ApesForEvolution (Why did I surf over to FR while I'm on vacation? Happy Holidays everyone!)
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To: Republican Wildcat

Yes, and we need a post devoted only to those who post about too many duplicate posts. Someone needs to set up a special post.


36 posted on 11/22/2004 10:17:07 PM PST by discipler
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To: quantim

The official expressed astonishment that Chilean security officials had stopped the No. 2 agent on Mr. Bush's security detail from accompanying the president into a meeting with another world leader, an unprecedented public breach of security arrangements agreed upon in advance.

[snip]


37 posted on 11/22/2004 10:18:23 PM PST by MEG33 ( Congratulations President Bush!..Thank you God. Four More Years!)
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To: ForGod'sSake

On the part of the Chilean's, there was little cooperation, and the SS guys could talk until they were blue in the face and nothing ever gets done. That's how it is down there.


38 posted on 11/22/2004 10:21:18 PM PST by discipler
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To: kattracks

If you saw the news conference from Colombia today, you will be really glad some U.S. security got to be in charge - there were all kinds of boats out there on the water, right behind him.


39 posted on 11/22/2004 10:22:12 PM PST by GnuHere
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To: cgk

As they would say in Chile: "Huaso."


40 posted on 11/22/2004 10:25:09 PM PST by Cultural Jihad
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