Is Bush going to be in danger when he goes to Baghdad next week?

[GreenPartyVoter]

[DoYouEverWonder]

1. He'll be fine

it's the Iraqi civilians and US troops who are in more danger because of W, even when he's not there.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

16. Yep. Champagne Guard Unit silver spoon AWOL frathead

never had to worry about a thing. June 30 will be no different than the previous 30 thousand days of his vile existence.

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Sorry, I edited to add the cancellation option.

[deepcover]

3. not yet

* won't have a problem until after the election and he is booted. the world court will then declares him a war criminal and foreign travel will be dicey on chance of arrest.

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. Welcome to DU :^)

[SheilaT]

4. Who cares?

I'm not going to wish ill things on the man. He is, after all, our only President, as Molly Ivins would say.

[Snow]

5. Okay, super tin-foil hat...

the man's become a liability to the ruling oligarchs. If he's killed in Baghdad, his death helps the republicans get back into office, both because they've unloaded the liability & because they can pretend he's a war hero. How's that one, conspiracy buffs?

[mitchum]

11. I never wear ANY type of hat...

but I find your theory VERY credible

[smirkymonkey]

25. Sounds reasonable to me

:tinfoilhat:

I'm serious, you know. The timing couldn't be better.

[IronLionZion]

7. no regular Iraqis will be anywhere near him

He will be fine.

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. No regular GIs either. They might wanna frag him.

[mistertrickster]

9. Techumsah's curse--every president elected in a year ending in

zero has died or been assassinated, starting with Lincoln.

1860, 1864 Lincoln (shot and killed)
1880, James Garfield (shot and killed)
1896, 1900 William McKinley (shot and killed)
1920, Warren G. Harding (died in office)
1940, FDR (died in office)
1960, JFK (shot and killed)
1980, 1984 Reagan (shot at, almost killed)

Reagan, elected in 1980, apparently beat the curse--however, it was obvious that toward the end the Alzheimer's was catching up with him.
So he lived, but his brain died, if you can call that "living."

Still, perhaps the curse only lasted 100 years . . .

[GreenPartyVoter]

17. That's one weird series of coincidences

[Hubert Flottz]

10. He might get pricked buy a thorn off of all those roses they toss!

Ever wonder, where they get all those damned roses in a bombed out, burned out desert?

A photo op like that, will cost the taxpayers more than the "Clinton Investigation" cost us! It could very well get a bunch of US soldiers killed too, if things get crazy! Besides, the troops have plenty of rubber turkey from last year! Shrub going to Baghdad in broad daylight and telling the guys he's coming, could lead to a needless blood bath, to match his needless takeover of that country! If Dumbya really supports the troops, why would he take a chance like that?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

12. Maybe he can be president of Iraq after this year. n/t

[Hubert Flottz]

14. That would work!

But that would mean Iraq would never be a democracy!

[kentuck]

13. He'll just fly in at nights with the lights off......with a plastic turkey

And you won't know about it until he's already left....

[Hubert Flottz]

15. He's been flying with his lights off all his life!

In other words, he don't have both oars in the water!

I'll answer my own question, that I asked above:

Q. "Why would Bush take a chance like that?"

A. Because he "PLAYS POLITICS" 24/7 and he could care less who it hurts or what it costs, as long as it don't hurt him!

[kentuck]

20. He won't go into Baghdad...

He'll go into the "safe" areas in the North or into the Basra area, from Kuwait, perhaps. I will be surprised if he goes into Baghdad because, in his heart, he is really a big chicken shit.

[elf]

18. He will not go there

After Turkey and all that security problems he will send somebody else!

If he goes, I would think differently about him.
Then he really might be the scapegoat for somebody else like Cheney and his cunta.

He just can't go there, it will be not manageable for his SS>

But I might be wrong.

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. Do you think Cheney would actually go?

I bet he'd send Powell in a heartbeat.

[quaker bill]

21. I think Bush going to Baghdad is simply insane.

Not that I have great love for the guy, but isn't this taking the "Bring it on" message over the top?

Bush notwithstanding, I just don't think any US President should be in Iraq right now or at any time in the near future.

[oneighty]

22. The fact Bush*

is making an advertised visit to Iraq proves (to me) he knows for certain that there ARE NO WMDs there.

One a them there nukes he so fears is not there.

IMHO...180

[ShaneGR]

23. Since when is Bush going to Baghdad next week???

Sorry, got a link?

[GreenPartyVoter]

24. I think the idea was first floated around last year by the admin

"What kind of Iraq will George Bush see when he comes here next week to celebrate the handover of sovereignty to the country's new interim government? It will certainly not be the scene that Karl Rove, the White House political adviser, must have hoped for when he hatched the idea last autumn of bringing his boss into the heart of downtown Baghdad for the ceremony."

snip

"The Bush visit has not been announced, and may yet be cancelled for security reasons, leaving Colin Powell, the secretary of state, or perhaps not even him, to come in the president's place. But like clues in a treasure hunt, telltale hints of the Bush/Rove plan are there for the finding."

full story: http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0625-06.htm