Contrast Panettas attitude toward the military and Bushs welcome in Baghdad at Thanksgiving....
Wonder if the troops welcomed Panetta like this:
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/179325-1
Bush enters at around 1:20
Did the “Welcome Secretary” banner roll up by itself when he arrived just before he said “pardon me while I whip this out”?
Great video.
It wasn’t a preplanned, handpicked audience all snapping pics of the One using the same kind of “loaner” camera...as is usually the case with a Hussein visit.
Note: The people around Bush are relaxed and smiling.
With dear leader,not so much.
What a wonderful, yet bittersweet memory, back when America had a real President, and our troops had a Commander in Chief who actually cared about them...