Bush Makes Surprise Visit To Iraq; Thought He Was On Redeye To San Diego

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June 13, 2006
President Bush showed up in Iraq this morning, for what an administration spokesman called a "surprise visit." The president, waking from a long nap as Air Force One taxied to a terminal at Baghdad International Airport is said to have remarked, "I'm where?"

Bush, scheduled to speak at a fundraising luncheon in Carlsbad, California, apparently gave the pilots the wrong destination when he boarded the presidential plane. "Carlsbad, Baghdad - it's a natural mistake," said White House press secretary Tony Snow. "As you probably know, geography is not the president's strongest suit."

Bush decided that since he was "in the neighborhood," he would set up a photo-op with new Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad's heavily-fortified Green Zone. "Might as well make a little hay while there's still water under the dam," said Bush. "I gotta tell you though, the first convenience store clerk explodes anywhere near us, we're out of here."

Copyright © 2006, Michael Ball

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