Bush visits wounded at Walter Reed

[unhappycamper]

Bush visits wounded at Walter Reed
By Ben Feller - The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Sep 10, 2008 5:34:27 EDT

WASHINGTON — President Bush says visiting with wounded troops makes real both the “horrors of war” and soldiers’ bravery.

A visibly emotional Bush spoke after spending about an hour Tuesday in the hospital rooms of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the service’s premier center for treating injured soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. His time with recovering troops, as always, was kept private.

Bush’s visit came on the same day he announced that the U.S. troop presence in Iraq will largely stay the same for the rest of his presidency. He ordered a pullback of about 8,000 combat and support forces by February, a small portion of the 146,000 U.S. troops there.

Bush told reporters that “America is lucky” to have the all-volunteer military that it does.


Article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/ap_bush_walterreed_090908/%2e

[annabanana]

1. Which one?. . . .

(I hear Middle School is pretty tough these days)

[RobertSeattle]

2. Makes you wonder how Bush sleeps at night

All the injuries from Iraq are completely the result of his desire to invade that country.

[willing dwarf]

3. It's remarkable he is facing some of the destructive consequences

I didn't know he had it in him. Perhaps these are the only people who are willing to look at him and make him still feel presidential? I can't imagine how he'll go on living with himself if he is in touch with what he's done.