Posted on 03/03/2006 11:43:32 AM PST by JZelle
Every president knows the feeling. Troubles, migraines and vexations pile up at home, and it's impossible to resist the temptation to pack up and beat it out of Dodge. This trip was planned before anyone could imagine that recriminations over Katrina, spying on terrorists and outrage over turning U.S. ports over to unsavory foreign managers would converge in misery for the president. But with a fortnight like the one he's had, George W. Bush might well find Afghanistan, Pakistan and even Baghdad more congenial than Washington. He feels particular affinity for Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the president of Pakistan who foiled not one, not two, not even three, but four assassination attempts. "Terrorists and killers are not going to prevent me from going to Pakistan," Mr. Bush said yesterday on the eve of his flight to Islamabad. "After all, he has had a direct stake in this fight. Four times the terrorists have tried to kill him."
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