probably did prevent a wipeout of a tremendous number of people and a second great depression. good evening. i m dan harris. president bush made his final trip to iraq today, one last opportunity to thank the troops and meet with iraqi leaders. while the president was cheered by u.s. forces, the trip will almost surely be remembered for these pictures of an iraqi reporter throwing his shoes at the president. this is the worst thing you can do to a human being in the arab world. shoes are the dirtiest thing. i think it s just an indication of how so many iraqis felt. there was evidence all over the arab world of what low regard they had for him. this is a man who, in his heart, really wanted to improve the conditions of arabs by bringing democracy. but unfortunately we tried to bring it in the wrong manner.
decisions about american foreign policy and there is also a shake-up of some of his senior leadership. the president and first lady left late christmas night under tight security to visit american forces serving in iraq at christmas time. some of the message was clearly to us those men and women a merry christmas and to thank them for their dedicated service. while the president has announced plans to withdraw troops from nearby syria, he says he plans to keep them in iraqun where they can still launch strikes against isis. when i became president, they were a very dominant group. they were very dominant. today, they are not so dominant anymore. [cheers and applause] great job. the president had taken some heat from the media, noting he was the first commander-in-chief to not visit the troops in 15 years. then he landed at the al-asad airbase in iraq today, likely neutralizing that attack. the commander in chief s first
communities across our country. even though it s not conservative orthodoxy, i think what they did in 2008 was the right thing to do to save the economy, and i think they probably did prevent a wipeout of a tremendous number of people and a second great depression. good evening, i m dan harris. president bush made his final trip to iraq today, one last opportunity to thank the troops and meet with iraqi leaders. and while the president was cheered by u.s. forces, the trip will almost surely be remembered for these pictures of an iraqi reporter throwing his shoes at the president. this is the worst thing you can do to a human being in the arab world. shoes are the dirtiest thing. i think it s just an indication of how so many iraqis felt. there was evidence all over the arab world of what low regard they had for him. this is a man who, in his heart, really wanted to improve the conditions of arabs by bringing democracy.
what they did in 2008 was the right thing to do to save the economy, and i think they probably did prevent a wipeout of a tremendous number of people and a second great depression. good evening, i m dan harris. president bush made his final trip to iraq today, one last opportunity to thank the troops and meet with iraqi leaders. while the president was cheered by u.s. forces, the trip will almost surely be remembered for these pictures of an iraqi reporter throwing his shoes at the president. this is the worst thing you can do to a human being in the arab world. shoes are the dirtiest thing. i think it s just an indication of how so many iraqis felt. there was evidence all over the arab world of what low regard they had for him. this is a man who, in his heart, really wanted to improve the
right thing to do to save the economy, and i think they probably did prevent a whiipeou of a tremendous number of people and a second grade depression. good evening, i m dan harrison, president bush made his final trip to iraq today, one last opportunity to thank the troops and meet with iraqi leaders. while the president was cheered by u.s. forces, the trip will almost surely be remembered for these pictures of an iraqi reporter throwing his shoes at the president. this is the worst thing you can do to a human being in the arab world. shoes are the dirtiest thing. i think it s just an indication of how so many iraqis felt. there was evidence all over the arab world of what low regard they had for him. this is a man who, in his heart, really wanted to improve the conditions of arabs by bringing