Did someone say publicity stunt?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp...nguage=printer
President Bush holds a platter at Baghdad airport on
Thanksgiving. The turkey had been primped to adorn
the buffet line, while the 600 soldiers were served
from steam trays. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais -- AP)
The Bird Was Perfect But Not For Dinner
In Iraq Picture, Bush Is Holding the Centerpiece
In the most widely published image from his Thanksgiving day trip to Baghdad, the beaming president is wearing an Army workout jacket and surrounded by soldiers as he cradles a huge platter laden with a golden-brown turkey.
The bird is so perfect it looks as if it came from a food magazine, with bunches of grapes and other trimmings completing a Norman Rockwell image that evokes bounty and security in one of the most dangerous parts of the world.
But as a small sign of the many ways the White House maximized the impact of the 21/2-hour stop at the Baghdad airport, administration officials said yesterday that Bush picked up a decoration, not a serving plate......
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Not a big deal or anything. Just something... typical, of this administration.