Sunday, January 13, 2008

The birds of Abu Dhabi

After a hard mornings work trying to rustle up a war with Iran, Our Dear Embattled Leader was taken to a prize horse farm for a traditional feast. There were no reports of Li'l Georgie changing his clothes so it seem his hosts were aware of his fear of large animals. While there he was introduced to the falcons.
Before eating, Bush was shown several prized falcons, and even took a turn holding one. When the bird moved suddenly, Bush jumped back a bit, but quickly recovered. ''You're making him nervous,'' Bush told the assembled media. ''He never had a press conference before.''
I will forgo the strange bird jokes here but the falcons movement had a far more prosaic cause. Falcons eat fresh kill and the bird was upset by the presence of such a large mass of carrion.

UPDATE: According to McClatchy, Dear Leader's Inspiring Struggle Against Iran speech went over like a lead balloon with the locals who are more attuned to the reality of Gulf politics.

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