Teh Chileans were trying to "stick it to us", putting our President in danger, for power play.
Yeah, but the Secret Service saw it coming. Didn't they? So, who is to blame here?
Look, my opinion is that it was no big deal. Bush was certainly not flustered by the silliness. He was grinning and jauntily shook some diplomat's hand with his roughed up pal in tow.
Colin Powell probably had the Chilean ambassador in his office five minutes later.