If'n Ah kinda crick mah neck this ways and stand on mah tippy toes....
“Though Mr. Bush never left the confines of the air base on his six-hour visit, he declared: ‘I have come here today to see with our own eyes the remarkable changes that are taking place in Anbar Province.’”
But:
“In truth, the progress in Anbar was initiated by the Iraqis themselves, a point Gates himself made, saying the Sunni tribes decided to fight and retake control from al-Qaida many months before Bush decided to send an extra 4,000 Marines to Anbar as part of his troop buildup.”
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Not to mention the cost to taxpayers for yet another Operation Photo-op
What is money when you are king?
And notice the weird phrasing: I have come here today to see with OUR own eyes...
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