The Register comments on the strange blocking of international addresses by Bush’s website. For one, it is thought that this may try to prevent attacks from Denial-of-Service attacks.
Could it be simply that Bush doesn’t know that the rest of the world exists? Surely, he must know that Iraq is not somewhere near Mexico!
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