[colorado tanker]

How to explain this? A commander is usually more effective at his headquarters, where he has the best communications and information. But there are times when he needs to go out in the field for no reason other than being seen by the troops.

[Not A Snowbird]

But there are times when he needs to go out in the field for no reason other than being seen by the troops.

Not right now. It would be like the President strolling into Fallujah while the battle was still going on so he could "be seen".

When the time is right, he'll go. I trust him to know when that time is.