Bush is "troubled" by the Haditha Massacre

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060531/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_3

"I am troubled by the initial news stories," Bush said. "I'm mindful that there's a thorough investigation going on. If in fact, laws were broken, there will be punishment."

Bush said he had discussed the incident with Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "He's a proud Marine. And nobody is more concerned about these allegations than the Marine Corps. The Marine Corps is full of honorable people who understand the rules of war."

Separate investigations seek to determine whether the Nov. 19 killings in the western Iraqi city of Haditha were criminal and whether the Marines involved and their commanding officers tried to hide the truth.

The Pentagon has said little publicly. What is known is that a military convoy hit a roadside bomb, killing one Marine. The Marine Corps had initially attributed 15 civilian deaths to the bombing and a firefight with insurgents, eight of whom the Marines reported had been killed.

Bush said he had discussed the incident with Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "He's a proud Marine. And nobody is more concerned about these allegations than the Marine Corps. The Marine Corps is full of honorable people who understand the rules of war."

My predictions about the imbecile's meeting with the generals yesterday:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1316224&mesg_id=1316283

What I find most disgraceful and abominable about this "statement of concern" is that he said it while sitting next to President Paul Kagame of Rwanda who has experienced the horrors of Haditha on a grand scale.

[madrchsod]

1. "he`s a proud marine" are not all marines proud?

"the marine corps is full of honorable people who understand the rules of war" to bad bush is not honorable nor understanding of the rules of warfare....

[dflprincess]

4. Like Lee Harvey Oswald

he was a marine.

[paparush]

2. He's just 'unsettled'

[MindPilot]

3. Not quite. I'm **troubled** by the incident.

Bush is fucking RESPONSIBLE for it. :mad:

[gWbush is Mabus]

5. troubled by the incident or the "news stroies" - he hates the press

[SammyWinstonJack]

7. I don't know why he hates the press, if it weren't for them, he wouldn't

be where he is now. :evilgrin:

[anarch]

8. yeah, I was gonna say...the quote is "I am troubled by the...news stories"

[Poiuyt]

6. I hope the images aren't troubling his beautiful mind too much

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