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Originally posted by james t kirk
The question was "was bush's baghdad visit genuine, or done for the cameras in order to aid his election campaign.
If it was that he genuinely wanted to show support for the troops, then why the need for the camera crews and forwarding it to the media rather instantaneously.
Truth be told, it was a cool gesture, but it had a more self serving motive as well.
He would have garnered more respect and less cynicism if he told the camera crews no filming.
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Yes and no.
It would have been interesting if he had no cameras (though I'm sure you would have people claiming he never went), but it would have been a waste in some ways. The visit was for more then just the 600 soldiers on hand.
People are GLAD he went and were happy to see him there from across the country. I'm sure it made some people choke on their bile, but my family had it on TV and thought it was great. It was a masterful move for morale and politically. The only people complaining are those who would NEVER vote for him anyways and they are complaining I think because they know how strongly symbolic it was.