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April 24, 2004
FROM A STORY OF COURAGE, TO ONE OF COWARDICE
Don't know why I am surprised by this... not like anyone should expect anything but hypocrisy and gutlessness from George W. Bush. But somehow, he's managed to trump himself even further.
We all know that the reason he doesn't want photos of flag draped caskets coming home from Iraq is because such photos will drive home the human cost of Bush's Halliburton War, reminding everyone in America that young people are dying every day to sate the Bush family bloodlust for Saddam Hussein and the oil cronies' lust for profit. But what really gets me is the blatant phoniness Bush shows in his stances.
He tries to whitewash his opposition to those photos by citing the right to privacy of the families of our military. "We must pay attention to the privacy of the families. That's what the policy is based on," White House spokesman Trent Duffy told reporters, describing that as "our first priority." Oh? So how was it, then, that before the military had even confirmed Pat Tillman's death, Bush was issuing a statement praising Tillman's patriotism and sacrifice? Didn't the Tillman family deserve privacy too? Or did their right to privacy go out the door as soon as Bush had a flag to wrap himself in and an image of courage and valor to hide behind?
Bush's pathetic attempt to bask in the glory of Pat Tillman's courage was an insult. Then again, this is the same guy who ducked out and went AWOL on his cushy National Guard assignment -- the one he scored to avoid going to Vietnam... named a gutless coward like Dick Cheney (who has said that he "had other priorities than military service") as his VP... and then has the utter audacity to call into question the nature of the wounds and the validity of the medals earned by Senator Kerry in Vietnam! (These are also the guys -- Bush and Rove -- who spread rumors during the 2000 campaign that John McCain's 5 1/2 years as a POW in Vietnam had affected him to the point where he might not be psychologically sound enough to be the president.) All you ever need to know about George W. Bush's character vs. John Kerry's character can be found right here.
Dodge Vietnam, but question the courage and commitment of those who went there. Claim concern for military families, but cloak yourself in their honor when it serves you. Yeah, what a proud record this guy has. George W. Bush is a coward, a disgrace, has no character to speak of, and is shamelessly trying to make himself look good by sucking on the honor of our military like the parasite that he is.
