you are an idiotI didn't read all of the posts, just enough of them to see how quickly this thread derailed; anyway, I think it's great that George and Laura made the surprise visit. This was not a media event. It was something that George has done throughout his presidency and now in his private life. That speaks volumes about his character.
This made it into the media only because the USO posted it on a facebook page and some media weenie picked up on it. Point here is that he's not interested in any staged media events and wouldn't care if this made it into the media or not.
Unlike other former presidents.
Iraq will always follow George Bush. He lied and tricked America when the country was at it's most vulnerable. That lie cost this country thousands of American lies, trillions of dollars, tens of thousands maimed. We have created a hard right Islamic Theocracy by Constitution that hates our guts. This disaster will follow us for generations.
There is no way to separate the odious man from his bloody deeds.