Bush and honoring the fallen, can someone help?

[BloodyWilliam]

I'm working on a column for the campus activist paper about Bush's lack of respect toward those who died in Iraq. I have enough information about the covered coffins issue (a complete disgrace), but I'm uncertain about his record in attending funerals or memorials for the soldiers or doing anything to honor the dead. Are there any good news sources or reference pages with the number of dead in Iraq and what Bush has done in relation to them? Thanks.

It's funny. For all my rhetoric about playing dirty and being the same bastards the conservatives are, I still want to do things like confirm my statements and make sure I tell facts, not lies. :silly:

Anyway... this is the column so far... I need more specifics on Bush and the funerals, especially compared to Clinton, Carter, Reagen, Nixon, Johnson, etc. How does Bush's behavior differ from the past?

To Honor The Dead
By *. **** *********

As cynical as I am, even a token gesture from the administration would be comforting at this point. Hundreds of our troops are dead, thousands are injured, and I have yet to see President Bush shed a single tear. Rather than honoring those who died for this country (whether the action was just or not), the administration is trying to bury them in unmarked grades, denying them even the dignity of recognition as their bodies return to the land in which they were born.
Regardless of whether the action in Iraq was justified, those who gave their lives for it died for the right reasons. They died not for the president, not for the flag, not even for the Iraqi people. They died for the nation they pledged loyalty to, that they swore to protect and serve at any cost. They were told “America needs you there” and so they went gladly, in the service of this nation.
To say that they should be honored for their work, for their pain, for their sacrifice is truly an understatement.

[bobbieinok]

1. wasn't there something last summer

about aWol visiting some soldiers in Walter Reed before going to Crawford?

That's the only thing I remember reading.

[maveric]

2. Was it the one about how * kissed the wounded GI and got down...

on his knees and prayed with him? The fundie urban legend that was around a couple of months ago.
I dont think that he ever attended a funeral or even visited a hospital.
He could care less about the people dying for him and his war for greed and gain.

[LastKnight]

3. Shrub is too busy golfing and fund raising.

did he go to funerals?

did he attend memorial services?

did he even show up to see the covered boxes be unloaded like meaningless cargo, (treated in this manner thanks to his action)?

all of the above are things bush has all together IGNORED

http://www.takebackthemedia.com/julydead.html

and

http://www.takebackthemedia.com/notone.html

thier from the summer, but he still hasnt gone. it would have made the news it did every time clinton did, and todays media is ITCHING to paint bush as the 'compassionate conservative' he said he was

-LK