Monday, December 01, 2003

Wag the turkey?

Friday I had prepared a post wondering what time it was when His Slowliness landed in Baghdad and trying to decipher when he left. Something didn't seem right. But I left off thinking that I was miscalculating and not having enough precise information.

Today, I find this Wayne Madsen article at CounterPunch:

Air Force One touched down at Baghdad International Airport, under cover of darkness, at 5:20 AM Baghdad time. Bush was on the ground for two and a half hours, his plane departing Baghdad at around 7:50 AM....I may be a bit naive, and it has been a while since I served on active duty, but I can't recall ever sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner at 6:00 AM.

...When a clearly exhausted Bush strode around a curtain -- after a "What's My Line" mystery guest routine by Iraq proconsul L. Paul Bremer -- 600 American troops were said to be "shocked and awed" by Bush's surprise appearance. I would have thought most of the troops, many of whom are support personnel who work relatively normal working hours, would have been more surprised when they were ordered to get up before sunrise to eat Thanksgiving dinner between 6:00 and 7:30 A.M.
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If I find any corroborating information, I'll post it.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

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