[Grovenet] Bush thinks war is romantic.

[Steele, Mike]

When given the opportunity, the young Bush refused to check the option
for overseas deployment when he joined the Texas Champagne Air National
Guard.  So, what we have here is yet another case of personal
revisionism...but then there are many good reasons for him to have
"forgotten" key elements of his sordid past.

--Mike

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From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com] On
Behalf Of Walt Wentz
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 9:42 PM
To: Forest Grove local interests list
Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Bush thinks war is romantic.


Sheesh!  A classic demonstration of the Reagan view of war... sure 
it's romantic, as long as somebody else is doing the suffering and 
dying, and the only real danger you face is a typo in your script, or 
a bad makeup job... Is it really any wonder that good officers are 
retiring like an assembly line? Even unemployment would be better 
than listening to this sort of mawkish drivel from your commander in 
chief!
WW

>This didn't get much press last week but it is important:
>Another Bushism....
>
>"Speaking by videoconference with U.S. military and civilian 
>personnel in Afghanistan about the challenges posed by war, 
>corruption, and the poppy trade, the president unleashed this comment:
>I must say, I'm a little envious. If I were slightly younger and not 
>employed here, I think it would be a fantastic experience to be on 
>the front lines of helping this young democracy succeed. It must be 
>exciting for you Š in some ways romantic, in some ways, you know, 
>confronting danger. You're really making history, and thanks."
>
>
>Full story at:
>http://tinyurl.com/25z4zw
>
>With Cheney claiming there was a link between 9/11 and Iraq, with 
>Bush claiming war is romantic, and now with McCain getting confused 
>between Sunni/Shiites in Iran and who is supporting AlQuaeda vs 
>Hezbollah  is it any wonder that the rest of the world shakes their 
>head when an American representative speaks about the middle east.
>
>McCain link:
>http://tinyurl.com/yofcqy
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