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June 09, 2008
First lady Laura Bush in Afghanistan
First Lady Laura Bush made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Sunday with an appeal to the international community not to abandon the war-torn country in the face of resurgent Taliban violence.
This is Mrs. Bush's third trip to Afghanistan, where the repressive Taliban ruled until U.S. forces invaded following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
"The people of Afghanistan don't want to go back and live like that," Mrs. Bush told reporters on her plane as it made the nearly 14-hour flight to the Afghan capital. "They know what it was like. The international community can't drop Afghanistan now, at this very crucial time."
United States first lady Laura Bush, (R) watches a traditional New Zealand arrival dance with Afghanistan's first woman provincial mayor of Bamiran Province Habiba Sarabi (L) after arriving at the Bamiyan Provincial Reconstruction Team Base controlled by the New Zealand military.
U.S. first lady Laura Bush, center, poses for a group photo with New Zealand soliders during a welcoming ceremony at the military compound in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, Sunday, June 8, 2008. New Zealand military took over Bamiyan's Provincial Reconstruction Team Base from U.S. Troops in 2003.
U.S. first lady Laura Bush speaks to Afghan women during a visit to Kabul June 8, 2008. Bush appealed to the international community on Sunday not to abandon Afghanistan in the face of resurgent Taliban violence. Rocked by daily battles with Taliban rebels that have killed some 12,000 people in two years, Kabul is to ask international donors in Paris this week to fund a $50-billion five-year development plan it hopes will undercut the insurgency.
U.S. first lady Laura Bush poses with U.S. military personnel stationed at Bagram AB before her departure for Slovenia after a surprise visit to Afghanistan
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Wild Thing's comment........
Laura Bush is first class all the way. I thought it would be nice to do a post about her trip to Afghanistan.
Posted by Wild Thing at June 9, 2008 01:47 AM
Comments
As for your first photo... see what Viagra / Cialis can do... especially in 130 degree temps?
W is a jealous 'lame' duck? Stop it Darth....
Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at June 9, 2008 04:13 AM
Nice. She's a wonderful first lady. First class all the way. And she does it without being political.
Posted by: Lynn at June 9, 2008 05:30 AM
I will miss Laura Bush. She has been such a class act after the horrible 8 years of Hillary.
If McCain is elected he wife Cindy seems like a class act. If Obama is elected, then we will have a First Lady much worse than Hillary.
Posted by: TomR at June 9, 2008 12:29 PM
Darth, hahaha
Posted by: Wild Thing at June 9, 2008 06:13 PM
Lynn, yes she has been one of my favorite First Lady's.
Posted by: Wild Thing at June 9, 2008 06:14 PM
Tom, Yes I like Cindy McCain very much.
Michelle Obama that is another matter like you said.She will be our nightmare,heck she might even be Obama's. hahaha
Posted by: Wild Thing at June 9, 2008 06:19 PM
Laura Bush is a class act and an excellent representative of the United States. I can just imagine Michelle Obama traveling around the world starting with Iran as she joins in with the chants of "Down With The United States" and burning of the stars and stripes.
Posted by: Les at June 9, 2008 07:03 PM
