As I said a few replies earlier to someone else here, you are terribly naive if you think that whole charade wasn't a carefully scripted appearance that was intended to serve as a future campaign ad.
I'm not even criticizing the President for it . . . that's what Presidents do. I'm criticizing him for relying on the advice of a bunch of morons in the Defense Department who clearly had no idea what the hell they were doing.
561 posted on 06/30/2004 6:11:10 AM PDT by Alberta's Child
("Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium . . . sed ego sum homo indomitus")