Bush mourns 56 deaths in 100 days since Iraq war ended

[Nambe]

Agence France-Presse

-- The president paid tribute to the 56 US soldiers who have died in combat since May 1, when Bush declared major fighting over only a few weeks after Saddam Hussein was toppled from power.

"We suffer when we lose life," he said.

Speaking a day after a car bomb attack at the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad which killed 13 and wounded at least 50, Bush again refused to give an indication as to how long US troops would be in the country.

Bush appointed one of his major political fundraisers, Thomas Foley, to run Iraqi state-owned businesses and to draw up a sweeping privatization plan. ---

[Guaranteed]

1. You insincere, ignorant pile of crap

Just SHUT THE HELL UP, Bush. You make me SICK.

[aquart]

2. What did he do? Wear a black cowboy hat?

Mourn, my ass.

[LauraK]

3. Nice of to take time out from planning the next slaughter.

[VolcanoJen]

13. Excellent picture, Laura!

I want to put that on a t-shirt. "4 More Wars" really sums it up!

- Jennifer

[arcane1]

4. that number is a goddamn lie George Bush you sick bastard!!!

:grr:

cooking the f*cking WAR CASUALTY books is going too far!!!!

*smashes pc*

edited to rebuild pc and add link

http://lunaville.org/warcasualties/Summary.aspx

there are 63 additional dead Americans that do not count as dead to George W Bush, R-ghoul


*re-smashes pc*

edited once more to add this snip:

Bush appointed one of his major political fundraisers, Thomas Foley, to run Iraqi state-owned businesses and to draw up a sweeping privatization plan.

*head explodes*

[NYC]

5. Sweeping privatization

is what particularly galls me.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

6. and I'll bet I know what he said next....

"now watch this drive"

[Sheet22]

22. I'd take that bet.

Wouldn't surprise me a bit. Insincere sicko bastard.

[Melinda]

7. What about the other 64 American troops that have died since 5/1

you murderous lying piece of shit of a pResident? Don't they matter too? "WE SUFFER"? The ones who loved them are the ones who suffer, not you!!

What about the 1,000's and 1,000's of innocent Iraqi's and Afgahni's and others who lie dead and rotting in their graves because of you and your corporate masters bloodthirsty lust for world domination and control?

Dieties above, help me. I have never felt such anger in my life as I do toward the Bush Reicht, and I resent feeling this way. I'm drained, Dieties help us all.

*edited to add Information on EVERY American troop that has died in the mideast since May 1, 2003 contrary to Bush's lies.

[Robbien]

21. How about all the ones wounded in action? Does * mourn for them?

Almost a thousand of them coming home without arms and legs or blinded. These kids will have to try to make do for the rest of their life with less and less help from the VA. Bush and his cutting of VA benefits and funding just sucks.

[rocktivity]

24. Why are they called "troops" in the first place?

Does "solider" evoke too much of an image of a human being?


rocknation

[laconicsax]

8. Only 56 of them?

what about the rest of them Georgie?

I can't wait to see what the new privatization of everything will do to Iraq. If any of the the world the World Bank has touched has been any example, there will be massive riots and a huge amount of hatred--more than before.

"Bring 'em on!"

[Garion_55]

9. Isn't that special.

[LibDemAlways]

10. What would the chimp know about suffering and loss?

The only thing he ever lost was his virginity; and the arrogant smirk permanently planted on his puss screams out "I've skated through life unscathed." Heartless, clueless bastard.

[Samuraimad]

11. He's only mouring his approval rating.

That AWOL chickenshit MOFO.

[PROUDNWLIBERAL]

12. Then what did he do?

He went in to his pig farm ranch house and had a pretzel and a beer with his buddy Dick Chenney. Then they both went out driving---throwing empty beer bottles at highway signs!
--One Member of the Keep Chimp in Crawford Crowd--

[spanone]

14. I recall Bu$h campaigning against Bill Clinton's lack of exit

strategy.

[leesa]

20. They HAVE an exit strategy, but you can't publish "Loot the gold,

cash, antiquities and oil, leave the world holding the bag for the destroyed ME, and get the hell out of there."

[robbedvoter]

15. Mourning? Was that when he was laughing with the reporters

or clearing brush? What a disgusting headline!

[Q]

16. He 'mourned' them and then went...

...fishing.

[gulliver]

17. Didn't look like mourning to me.

At his press conference, Bush was specifically asked about the deaths, including the one the evening before. Bush took a long pause, obviously looking like he wished the question hadn't been asked. Then he said a few words about the U.S. dead.

Simply put, he said something because he was forced to say something. Otherwise, you don't hear anything from him on the subject. He probably wishes (like many of the "new-style, don't-give-a-damn-about-anything Republicans") that troop deaths would just stop being reported and asked about.

[Skittles]

19. yeah

I saw that. He acted like it was a chore to have to say something about some of our dead soldiers. I'm disgusted.

[diamond14]

18. your article had such a poignant picture of the mourners too (pic)

these greedy war-mongers feel our pain (sarcasm intended)...

[Sheet22]

23. Ugh!

Makes me want to vomit, and I just had some really good pizza. Both of them are worthless oxygen wasters.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

25. WTF is up with the belt buckle?

WTF? no class, what an ass.

[diamond14]

28. there certainly is no crotch sock-bulge in that picture...shrub must

have forgot to stuff his 'artificial' tool for this photo-up....

BIG BIG belt buckle for pin-dick....

[Merlin]

26. This number is very narrowly interpreted. Total deaths = 120+

This is only what they call "combat deaths." They clearly do not include friendly fire deaths, and anything they can attribute to an "accident" or an "unexplained incident."

They want to keep this number as low as possible, because this is the one they want to point to. But it's bullshit. It's as if most of the other deaths wouldn't have occurred if they weren't in Iraq.

[Rex]

27. "We suffer when we lose life,"

So now Bush is the State? I wonder if Hitler ever said anything like that.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

29. Reminds me of the imbecilic mutterings of

one Dan Quayle.