it's NOT as bad as it looks.
we only lost 2,946 men and women in iraq. it's NOT as bad as it looks
2,946
'Don't worry, it's not as bad as it looks,' Bush reportedly told friend
"Don't worry, it's not as bad as it looks," President Bush reportedly told a friend depressed by the ongoing "unpopular" war and GOP woes, according to an article in Sunday's Washington Post.
"For a man who presides over an unpopular war, just lost Congress and faces a final two years with constrained options, Bush gives little sign of self-pity," Peter Baker writes.
The analysis, entitled "Stubborn or Stalwart, Bush Is Loath to Budge," examines the following questions: "At what point does determination to a cause become self-defeating folly? Can he change direction in a meaningful way without sacrificing principle?"...............
and here's the wapo article
Stubborn or Stalwart, Bush Is Loath to Budge
By Peter Baker Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, December 17, 2006; Page A01
In the late 19th century, the queen of England sent the president of the United States a desk made from the timbers of a decommissioned ship, the HMS Resolute. Almost every occupant of the White House since then has made the Resolute his desk. Perhaps more than most, President Bush has taken its name to heart.
But now, as Bush rethinks his strategy in Iraq and approaches one of the most fateful moments of his presidency, he confronts difficult questions: At what point does determination to a cause become self-defeating folly? Can he change direction in a meaningful way without sacrificing principle?...............
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2 comments:
Rose,
Don't get me wrong, as I'm completely against this war, but the number of troops getting killed doesn't bother me nearly as much as the number injured or psychologically traumatized.
Our casualty rate is low because of armor, vehicles, etc. In fact I've seen data indicating that the death rate in the armed services right now is less than one percent higher than it was during periods of no-conflict in the 80's and 90's. In just one year, while in the military, my unit lost a pilot due to crash, a maintenance man due to work-related accident, one due to suicide, and another in a car crash. Yet in the Gulf War no one from my unit died.
This doesn't excuse the fact that the coward behind the Resolute Desk hasn't attended a single serviceman's funeral (the first president EVER to be such a weasel). It also doesn't excuse us from the responsibility we have to the 30,000 wounded men, and the hundred thousand psychologically affected and some traumatized men. Those numbers are far more troubling to me than the death rate.
But that's just me.
- rick
oh i agree with you rick. as a matter of fact, i usally DO mention the wounded (mentally and physically). men AND women. i just read an article on the incredible number of SINGLE MOTHERS who are fighting in this war (i think i mentioned that before somewhere).
oh rick, as i said, i agree with you a kazillion percent
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