The Bird Was Perfect But Not For Dinner In Iraq Picture, Bush Is Holding the Centerpiece

The Washington Compost ^ | Thursday, December 4, 2003 | By Mike Allen

[Kaslin]

President Bush's Baghdad turkey was for looking, not for eating.

In the most widely published image from his Thanksgiving day trip to Baghdad, the beaming president is wearing an Army workout jacket and surrounded by soldiers as he cradles a huge platter laden with a golden-brown turkey.

[nutmeg]

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[Kaslin]

Heck, that's normal for most messhalls ... ah, dining facilities. They usually make up one as a centerpiece, to go along with the ice sculpture and the bins of nuts on the center table.That is forsure and I always enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner at the messhalls with my husband

[Mo1]

Aides to the Democrats said they concluded that the less said about the trip, the better. In the view of these aides, the trip produced reassuring images of a situation that has badly deteriorated, and Democrats just wanted the moment to pass so they could go back to criticizing Bush's postwar policy.

These people are unbelievable