Bush salutes troops(radio address)

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON - President Bush urged Americans to use Memorial Day to rededicate themselves to fighting for freedom around the world and pray for the safety of U.S. troops serving overseas.

"In Iraq and Afghanistan, millions have shown their desire to be free," Bush said Saturday in his weekly radio address. "We are determined to help them secure their liberty. "

On Monday, Bush will mark his sixth Memorial Day as a wartime president with a visit to Arlington National Cemetery. He is to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns to honor those who have died in past and current conflicts.

"From Valley Forge to Vietnam, from Kuwait to Kandahar, from Berlin to Baghdad, brave men and women have given up their own futures so that others might have a future of freedom," he said. "Because of their sacrifice, millions here and around the world enjoy the blessings of liberty. And wherever these patriots rest, we offer them the respect and gratitude of our nation."

Bush used his radio address to tell the story of Sgt. David Christoff Jr. of Rossford, Ohio, one of at least 3,431 members of the U.S. military who have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. Christoff signed up for the Marines the day after the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, saying he didn't want his brother and sister to "live in fear," Bush said.



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[Demeter]

1. Since When Does the Military Get a Middle Finger Salute? n/t

[Ilsa]

2. But he won't give in to a paltry 3.5% increase in pay for the troops. nt

[Solly Mack]

3. just the simple reality that that man is President proves America

is a sick nation

[Greeby]

4. Yeah, a "one-fingered victory salute"

[Skittles]

5. praying doesn't do a damn thing for the soldiers' safety

bringing them home from that insane quagmire and dumping all the people responsible for it would

[BikeWriter]

6. fuck him

[SpiralHawk]

7. "From blowhard to bullshit..." - Commander AWOL