Many's the word spoken in jest

The more I think about Shrub's trip to Baghdad, the more I'm convinced he didn't actually go there.

Sure, the plane was filled with compliant journalists, happy to report on their great journey into the unknown, but so what? The windows on Airforce One were blacked out, so as far as they knew, they might as well have flown round and round parts of Arizona until they got dizzy, before being ushered into a darkened hangar somewhere in deepest Area 52 (that's Area 51's more secretive brother to you).

Or to Kuwait. Or Bahrain. Or wherever. It was dark. You'll never know. Nice stunt, George.

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