President George W. Bush on Sunday made a farewell visit to Iraq, a place that defines his presidency, just 37 days before he hands the war off to a successor who has pledged to end it.
Air Force One landed at Baghdad International Airport in the afternoon local time, after a secretive Saturday night departure from Washington and an 11-hour flight.
Aiming to celebrate a new security pact between Washington and Baghdad, the president planned meetings with top U.S. officials stationed in Iraq as well as with Iraqi leaders.
It was Bush’s fourth visit to the war zone as president and his last before President-elect Barack Obama takes office Jan. 20. Bush’s most recent Iraq stop was over 15 months ago, in September 2007.
Bush’s trip was conducted under heavy security and a strict cloak of secrecy. People traveling with the president agreed to tell almost no one about the plans. The White House tried to avoid raising suspicion about the president’s whereabouts by putting out false schedules detailing activities planned for Bush in Washington on Sunday. Though the security situation in Iraq has improved dramatically, a trip to that war zone is still considered dangerous.
(Source: Fox News)
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“Kol SheRuach HaBrios Noche Heimeinu, Ruach HaMakom Noche Heimenu.”
Obviously, the Ribono Shel Olam is not pleased with the Bush-McCain group. Although their rhetoric is pro-Israel:
(a) Bush Sr. — who is a major influence on his son — continues to earn large consulting “fees” from our worst enemies.
(b) The State Department continues to classify Yad L’Achim — the Ehrlicha Yidden who rescue our brethren from missionaries — as a terrorist organization.
(c) There is continuing pressure on Israel to release terrorists and reward them with parts of our homeland.