Why not paint a bloody big target on him as well?
When George Bush/Tony Blair/A.N. Other War Criminal visit Baghdad/Kabuk/A.N. Other Bombed-out Shithole, it is always a ’surprise’ visit. It is always ‘unannounced’. The media agree to a blackout until they are on the ground with said bastard.
There is a very good reason for this. If it was announced that George Bush/Tony Blair/A.N. Other War Criminal was visiting Baghdad/Kabuk/A.N. Other Bombed-out Shithole, every yahoo with a shoulder mounted anti-air missile would be gathered around Baghdad/Kabuk/A.N. Other Bombed-out Shithole airport in order to try and bag themselves a prize amongst prizes as said bastard’s plane (or any other plane for that matter, just to be sure) came corkscrewing in to land.
Or maybe the same yahoos would make every effort to get a suicide bomber or sniper within striking distance of George Bush/Tony Blair/A.N. Other War Criminal.
That being the case, why are the media saying that Barack Obama will ‘probably’ be visiting Iraq and Afghanistan during his tour of Europe and the Middle East?
Update: As if by magic, A.N. Other War Criminal turns up unexpectedly in Baghdad on a ’surprise visit’. Why weren’t we told he was ‘probably’ going?
Posted on July 19th, 2008 at 8:28 am
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I’m sure the Obama publicity machine is behind the media coverage.
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If what the article linked to below is true then it seems that news of Obama’s visits to Afghanistan and Iraq were leaked to the media by his Presodential rival John McCain:
http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2008/07/he-said-what.html
Quite how McCain got to know, or guessed, Obama’s future movements is discussed at length although with all partisan (for either side) US political blogging, whatever one reads must have a huge ‘health warning’ attached unless you research the subject under discussion exhaustively.
Great spot and good point.
I’m going to keep an eye on this and see whether a blurting of Obama’s movements is par for the course.
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Because the media are racist fucks?