now that the shooting is over, georgie is ready to go to viet nam

[KG]

Bush departs for Asia today

AP Photo/DAVID LONGSTREATH


WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush leaves today for an eight-day trip to Asia that will include his first-ever visit to Vietnam.

The highlight of the trip is the Pacific Rim summit in Vietnam. National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley says trade, terrorism and bird flu will be the dominant topics of discussion.

Hadley says Southeast Asia has an active terrorist presence with links to al-Qaida.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BUSH_ASIA?SITE=FLPET&SECTION=HOME

[CJCRANE]

1. 35 years too late n/t

[w4rma]

2. Only because he gets to try to throw American wages under a bus by going there this time. (nt)

[Mabus]

3. Two things come to mind

1) You can bet he already knows his exit strategy, again; and
2) Do we have an extradition treaty with Viet Nam? We need to make sure we have one with whatever country he's visiting. You never know when we'll need to exercise it.

[rzemanfl]

4. Didn't someone say: "It's a lot safer there than when he didn't go

the last time?"

[ewagner]

5. Chickenhawk version of "Over There"

remember the WWI "camp" song Over There!...

seems to me there was a "chickenhawk version" of it that went:

Over There!
Over There!
There's a war
going on
Over There!

If you go over, tell em I said Hi

But I'm not going over
til it's over
Over There! :rofl:

[TahitiNut]

6. He's going over on the 37th anniversary of the exact day I came back

The lousy son-of-a-bitch! :grr:

[sarge43]

7. Is he going to wear that flight suit while he's there? n/t

[TahitiNut]

8. Here's a photo of Junior's fashion advisor.

Here's the moment etched in Junior's brain - one he aspires to emulate ...