How can these Marines stand do this?

[Rose Siding]

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Angel Samano, of Rowland Heights, California, checks a truck while patrolling in Karmah, 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 23, 2006. In California yesterday, President George W. Bush said Iraq's new political leadership will shoulder the burden for securing the country, but he did not commit to a drawdown of American forces that now are playing the lead role.

Doesn't a moment just like this one precede every report of "four killed" or "three killed"? Maybe they know that area isn't a dangerous one, but I get nervous just seeing them walk by pot holes on the road.

Meanwhile, Chimp in Chief goes on another energy saving, bike riding adventure-



President Bush's motorcade drives down a mountain road in the Santa Rosa mountains in Palm Springs, Calif., Saturday, April 22, 2006. The President went for a mountain bike ride before going to Church for Sunday Services. photo link

[DS1]

1. There's 1000x the dignity of being Bush's personal gestapo in checking

trucks and dumpsters for bombs.