Bush flew to Iraq. It’s a smart political move. But it does invite mockery.
Although Bush has touted the substantial political and security progress made in Anbar province, he was not scheduled to leave the security of the base to see those changes first hand.
“He is on a tight timeline,” said Gen. Doug Lute, a deputy national security adviser, who oversees the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. “We didn’t really approach it like he is going to leave the base.”
That’s fine. Stay on the remote air base with the 13 mile perimeter and 10,000 soldiers and marines. Alexander the Great, he is not.