Another presidential visit to Normandy

[shawn703]

When President Bush joins other leaders for D-Day anniversary ceremonies at a French beachhead Ronald Reagan called "this place where the West held together," he may be hard pressed to reconcile the allied unity in World War II with today's situation in Iraq.

Never has the trans-Atlantic alliance been so strained as now, 60 years after the epic invasion that turned the tide against Nazi Germany. U.S.-European bonds cemented during that war have been loosened seriously by deep differences over Iraq.

Bush will use his visit to Normandy and other European stops to try to mend fences and press his request for more international assistance on Iraq.


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http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/31/bush.dday.ap/index.html

[Ilsa]

1. For a moment I was confused about where the Chimp

was going to be. The headlines said he'd be at The Tomb of the Unknown. Apparently this trip is scheduled for later this week. It won't matter. They'll still despise him as much later this week as they do today.

[Don_G]

2. What? No Mention Of A Fund Raiser?

Or is he trying to get up a voter list for Florida this November?

[maddezmom]

3. do they have golf courses or bike paths in Normandy? n/t