Bush Under Risk

[bigtree]

Q Given the Karachi bombing, how would you characterize the threat level for the President's trip to Pakistan?

MR. HADLEY: That's something that we ought to get you from the Secret Service. They are the ones that sort of continually assess the threat. What I would look at it the following way: Look, as I said, Pakistan is both an ally in the war on terror and, in some sense, a site where the war is being carried about. So there is obviously risks. But what I would say is the Secret Service and others, for the United States, working with the Pakistanis, have taken a number of precautions and what they assess is whether those precautions in their view are adequate given the risks. And that was an assessment that was made before we decided to come to -- to make this trip, to take the trip, and it's something that they reassess up to the point where we head to Pakistan. And at this point, people are comfortable that the necessary precautions are in place.

But this is not a risk-free undertaking. The President has made it very clear, though, in the same way that Musharraf, who is also under risk, has not been deterred from waging the war on terror by the attacks and the terrorists, he and the United States cannot be deterred by the attacks of the terrorists from showing our support to a good ally.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/03/20060302-14.html

[benburch]

1. If only I believed in a God. nt

[Warpy]

6. The fact that this gang are still alive and prospering

is proof there is no god.

If there were, Robertson, Falwell, Dobson, Reed, Terry, and the rest of the righteous scum would have been reduced to a pair of smoking Guccis by lighning years ago.

[Connie_Corleone]

2. I say...on second thought...

NO COMMENT.

[Mythsaje]

3. Though part of me says that he's at risk

another part of me argues 'how much risk can it be if that chickenhawk is doing it anyway?'

Unless, of course, his handlers insisted and he doesn't really have a choice in the matter.

Things that make you go...hmmmm.

[Captain Hilts]

4. He's so brave!!!! nt

[bigtree]

7. for sure

"Terrorists and killers are not going to prevent me from going to Pakistan," Bush said at a news conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

http://www.620ktar.com/?nid=46&sid=156932

[Captain Hilts]

10. Bring 'em on! nt

[Benhurst]

5. Hohum. NT

[leveymg]

8. We're the ones at risk. Every day that this mob comes closer to jail

increases the risk that they're going to do something else really, really stupid, like starting a war with Iran.

Unseal the indictments, now!

[bigtree]

9. Bush Flying Fast and Low

TERENCE HUNT - The Associated Press
Thursday, March 02, 2006
http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/168313/

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Flying fast and low, U.S. helicopters skimmed just above dusty fields dotted with bombed-out remnants of war. Door-gunners gripped machine guns, watching for any threat from the ground or the air. The mission: Safely ferry President Bush on his surprise visit to boost Afghanistan's fragile democracy.

Bush seemed unfazed by the security risks as he moved quickly around Kabul for four hours, meeting with President Hamid Karzai, U.S. Embassy workers and American and foreign forces at Bagram Air Base.

Bush ordered Air Force One, on a flight to India, to make a secret detour to this war-scarred country to show U.S. support for the fledgling democracy led by Karzai, whose authority has been weakened by suicide bombings and rising violence by insurgents.

As Bush arrived in South Asia, Pakistani security forces struck a militant training camp near the Afghan border, killing three dozen fighters, including a Chechen commander linked to al-Qaida, an army official said. Pakistan, a key U.S. ally in the war against terror that has deployed thousands of troops to fight militants, has denied in the past that arrests of militants are timed to coincide with events.

Bush said he also would remind Musharraf about the need to capture bin Laden and Omar. "It's important that we bring these people to justice," Bush said. "He (Musharraf) understands that. After all, they've tried to kill him four times."

[TallahasseeGrannie]

11. What, Me Worry??

[Avalux]

12. He's such a BIG MAN - going into a country that's so full risk

He ain't gonna let those terra-ists stop him - no siree. :silly:

[AlCzervik]

13. nice pith helmet, looks like someone shops at the "Just call me Bwana"

boutique.