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And for those in the press and politics who denigrate the commander in chief for his Thanksgiving Day trip to Baghdad, I offer this assessment, excerpted from an e-mail I received from one of the warriors I came to know in Iraq:
"When the President stepped from behind the camouflage netting, the mess hall actually erupted. Troops bounded to their feet and began cheering with all their hearts.
The building actually shook.
I was absolutely stunned. There he stood, less than 30 feet away from me! Soldiers were hollering, cheering, and there was not a dry eye at my table. I could clearly see tears running down his cheeks.
Here was this man, our President. He came all the way around the world, spending 17 hours on an airplane and landing at the most dangerous airport in the world, where a plane was shot out of the sky not six days before, just to spend two hours with his troops. Only to get on a plane and spend another 17 hours flying back.
He looked me in the eye and said, 'How you doin', Captain?' I smiled and said, 'God bless you, sir,' to which he responded, 'I'm proud of what you do, Captain.'"
Enough said. How could the media have missed this?
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