I have to disagree. Not placing a call in the first place would have been Bush’s least. Picking up a phone and dialing a few numbers (although I’m sure that part was done for him!) would be more in tune with our fearless leader. Need I remind you of dear leader’s National Guard Service? Yes, I admit, there were some weeks/months during his hitch where he appeared to be AWOL. But, there were also some weeks/months when he was really present for duty! Really! Well, that’s what he told us, anyways…

CAMP DAVID, Md. - President Bush, who visited troops in Iraq on Thanksgiving after the U.S. invasion in 2003, called several servicemen and women Thursday to extend best wishes and say it was “the least I can do.”

Three of those receiving holiday greetings are in the Army, two are Marines, three are in the Air Force, two serve in the Coast Guard and two in the Navy. The troops called are serving in Iraq, Afghanistan and aboard ship, said White House press secretary Dana Perino.
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The president asked for God’s blessings on the members of the military, Perino said. He said he was thankful to be commander in chief of the finest military ever assembled and told them, “calling you is the least I can do because I admire the military so much.”