President George W. Bush has made four visits to Iraq during his terms in office. His final trip to Iraq occurred December 14, 2008.CNN: Angry Iraqi throws shoes at Bush in Baghdad (December 14, 2008). Bush's first visit to Iraq occurred during Thanksgiving, 2003. Bush visited the troops for Thanksgiving dinner and served them turkey on a heavily-armed military base in Iraq.
September 2007 Visit
On Labor Day, September 3, 2007, President Bush made a surprise visit to Iraq on his way to a summit in Australia.
- Landed in Al Asad Air Base in Anbar Province
- Met with Nouri al-Maliki, General David Petraeus and Ryan Crocker
- Joined by Condoleezza Rice, General Peter Pace and Robert Gates
- Bush remained on the base for the entire trip
If you had the chance, how would you redo the Iraq War, occupation and reconstruction of their infrastructure?(1 Answer)
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It should have been done right to begin with by Bush the Elder in the early 90s. He let American forces get to within 100 miles of Baghdad ...
Was it worth the USA and allies going to Iraq or should the country have been left under Saddam Hussein's rule?(1 Answer)
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To me, the Iraq must have been left under Saddam. Then the people may not be suffering this much . The US money could have been used in US ...
was the 2003 invasion of Iraq a just war?(1 Answer)
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It was a political move by Bush for the man who put a contract out on his Father. It also was a way to protect our oil interests ...
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