Mini Bush on surprise trip to Afghanistan today

Following the cardinal rule of his idol, when polls are flagging, get thee to a war zone, and pronto.

Is this some whacked effort to once again exploit some jingoistic patriotism the Cons are obsessed with these days? Or is it going to backfire by reminding everyone of the Afghan detainee abuse allegations and the soaring costs of this endeavour, human and financial. I'll bet on the latter. But hey, that's just me...:)

Bonus contextual information tucked into the story by a most helpful journalist:

Mr. Harper's office spared no effort to keep the trip under wraps. A call went out Friday afternoon telling journalists to pack for a warm climate and to show up at a military hangar on Sunday if they wanted to join Mr. Harper on a trip to an unspecified foreign location.

They were told not to breathe a word about the trip. Journalists were later warned that they could be arrested if they divulged details of the Prime Minister's travel plans.

Methinks you might do a little better in the media coverage if you didn't threaten to arrest them, Buckler...:)