"We don't want to put troops into a situation that is increasingly a public-relations problem for the president," said Stephen Moore, president of the Club for Growth, a group of conservative political donors. "No one wants body bags coming home in September and October."
See, I knew there was something wrong with this.
A tunnel full of americans, making Our Fearless Leader look bad.
Don't be too angry with them, though. It wasn't entirely voluntary.
... a public-relations problem? Oh, why be that harsh? Really, you could just call it a "headache" or a "spot of bother." After all, I'm sure that's exactly how W sees them.