Smile, And That's An Order

When George W. Bush visited Fort Campbell as a warm up to the one-year anniversary of the Iraq invasion, he was met by happy soldiers waving flags and chanting "U.S.A!" "Bush outlined the triumphs of the 101st Airborne as a way to describe U.S. successes in Iraq over the past year. He celebrated the division's killing of Hussein's sons, the capture of various Iraqi cities, the construction of schools and medical clinics, and the preparation for Iraqi elections," the Washington Post's Dana Milbank writes. But the warm welcome wasn't exactly spontaneous. Soldiers on the base, which has lost 65 soldiers in Iraq and seven more in Afghanistan, were given small U.S. flags before Bush's arrival and told, "We're going to show him a lot of love by waving flags. ... You're going to wave and clap and make a lot of noise. ... You must smile. We are happy campers here."