Commander Chimpy gets all misty over the fun he's missing:
Bush: I’m ‘envious’ of troops on ‘romantic’ front lines.
During a videoconference with U.S. military and civilian personnel yesterday, President Bush praised the troops fighting in Afghanistan, claiming he was “a little envious” of their “romantic” fight:
“I must say, I’m a little envious,” Bush said. “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 … in some ways romantic, in some ways, you know, confronting danger. You’re really making history, and thanks,” Bush said.
Ah, yes ... the soft music, the candlelight, the touching tenderness of it all:
Well, OK, I might need another beer or two for that one to give me a stiffy. I have standards, you know.
23 comments:
Spare us from people who find war "romantic"... Truly, these are the most dangerous, delusional sorts of maniacs.
“If I were slightly younger and not employed here, I think it would be a fantastic experience to be on the front lines..."
Correct me if I'm wrong, but when Bush was younger, he was given the opportunity to have a similar experience and was more interested in snorting coke than showing up
What a hypocrite and a liar.
Easy to say now isn't it Georgie.
Of course when you had the chance, your Daddy pulled strings to get you a post at home.
And then you were too busy drinking and coking it up to even fucking show up for duty.
Do us all a favor and just keep your fucking mouth shut until January 19th, when you decide you don't want to leave office. You sir, are a human hemorrhoid. Taking everything and giving nothing back. Only capable of causing pain and irritation.
There is nothing at all romantic about war. It is the last ditch effort when diplomacy fails (or should be) for a reason.
No soldier hopes to go to war, and none having been there would argue it is a good thing (necessary sometimes, but never good).
Shrub is a village idiot... Looking more so now with this quote of his.
Of course, bush's fan base won't even register the sickening, mind-boggling hypocrisy and lying their hero just displayed there.
There's hundreds of thousands of he-men war supporters in the USA and Canada who can't seems to drag their asses to the recruiting stations and enlist.
Even when they know their armed forces are crying out for bodies to fight bush II's (and his supporters') wars.
"No soldier hopes to go to war"
nothing presumptuous about that....
KEvron
I speak in the first person. You? I do not presume anything other then knowing myself and my peers.
Or did you think we enjoy long stays away from our families, in places we know we might not come back from.
Try going to a Legion and talk to the vets there. Then you will understand a little bit about where I am coming from.
"I speak in the first person."
swell, but you type in the subjunctive, and presuptuously so.
KEvron
b/c: my bad, not the subjuctive at all. nor was it exclusive to the first person.
KEvron
Fair enough, I apologize for not being more clear.
"I apologize for not being more clear."
well, now's your chance to clarify (i'm curious to see how you'll resolve your presumption - i've got six bits that says you can't).
KEvron
Well, since you do not accept my apology, how is it exactly you expect me to clarify in the confines of this response?
It would be like a woman trying to explain to a man what it is like being a woman. We can claim to understand, but we never will. We do not have a point of reference in our own experiences as men to properly understand what is explained.
"Well, since you do not accept my apology"
nothing presumptuous about that....
"how is it exactly you expect me to clarify in the confines of this response?"
your presumption, your burden.
KEvron
I guess Vietnam just wasn't a romantic enough locale for good ole Chimpy.
btw, alfalfa meal, wondering when you're going to take your promised assault on The Galloping Beaver. Looking forward to it. Popcorn's ready.
Yes, you set a game, but you do not define it. Sorry, for that answer you are looking for, I guess you will have to watch my blog space, as there is no way I can answer your question here, within these confines.
Nor is it a short answeer, but one that will take many posts over days, if not weeks.
I am not the one making presumptions here.
now, on that note, I have green beer to drink, and merry making to do
Someone worth while say something?
Nope, didn't think so.
"you set a game, but you do not define it."
you: "no soldiers...."
me: "you presume."
you: "no, i don't."
me: "yes, you do."
you: "sorry, i wasn't clear."
me: "make yourself so now."
"I am not the one making presumptions here."
lol! so sorry for snubbing your empty apology!
KEvron
I'd take the middle ground between Kev and AM here. Of course soldiers are as varied as any other large group of people; there are soldiers who don't support the Afghanistan mission (though they are a tiny minority, of course), and there are soldiers who really want to kill Arabs and Taliban and whatever fantastic enemy populates their wettest dreams. We can't control that; we can only affect the policy that our country has in going to war.
Really, that's where our effort, as citizens, is most useful. We can demand soldiers to do their job, nothing more (and the vast majority do their job, extremely well and very professionally). And we can tell our politicians what we want that job to be. (This is why "Support the Troops" is an asinine political statement, and why Richard looked like such a tool in the Great Canadian Blogger Debate crap last summer.)
I don't think AM needs to defend his statement any more than to say (as he has) it's his own experience as a serving member of the forces (a claim I'm willing to take at face value).
Believe it or not, most soldiers do think deeply about how the world works, and what their role is in it standing, as they do, pointing bullets at other people in the world. That was certainly my experience.
"I'd take the middle ground between Kev and AM here."
i hadn't stated any position, other than that awphul smale had been presumptuous with his assertion.
KEvron
"a claim I'm willing to take at face value"
remember when dickkk used to sockpuppet as "oldwarvet"? good times!
KEvron
Thanks m@, I could not have said it better myself. 'Course, now I am throughly loaded, and thus, 'ad better take the night off.
Cheers, and kevron, I will be posting more and more on my site, frankly, it is not fair to CC (no matter what I think of em) to monoplolise his space.
"I will be posting more and more on my site"
*yawn*
KEvron
If you know anything about horses, you know that when the flock is attacked, the stallions run toward the danger and the geldings run off with the mares.
What made Rudy Giuliani's conduct on 9/11 so dramatic was not what Rudy did; it was the contrast with the gelding in the sky, afraid to stop in any one place longer than it took to refuel Air Force One, for fear someone might squeeze off a round in his direction.
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