PHOTO: Bush "troubled" by Haditha; is MINDFUL, vows punishment

[Bluebear]

His "troubled" look today.

WASHINGTON - President Bush promised on Wednesday that any Marines involved in the alleged murders of Iraqi civilians will be punished. A senior officer said the case could undermine Iraqis' support for the presence of American troops.

"I am troubled by the initial news stories," Bush said in his first public comments about the deaths of about two dozen civilians at Haditha last January. "I'm mindful that there's a thorough investigation going on. If in fact, laws were broken, there will be punishment."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060531/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_10

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"Mindful". How very Zenlike.

I'm sure he will punish the "folks who did this" much like he punished bin laden.

[greenbriar]

1. what a pathetic little man

I hate him more and more each day

[AlCzervik]

2. omg i heard a clip of him--"Um, um,um, the law of the war"

WTF is that? did he mean to say "the laws of engagement" "the rules of war"?

[Waya]

3. Gawd, but he does make me wanna spit nails..........

:puke: :mad:

[babylonsister]

4. And just like he's punished all those involved in the Plame leak.

[hfojvt]

16. hey, a Susan Powter smiley

does Rev Acts know about this?
It's more appropriate now than ever.

[babylonsister]

19. I didn't know who that smiley belongs to; it came with the

smiley program I'm using. Yes, there are a few of them that are so applicable!

[hfojvt]

20. I am not sure if it is Susan's

and Rev acts collects them
http://www.who2.com/susanpowter.html

[babylonsister]

21. Thanks for the site!

(Can you tell I just recently discovered how to use these things?!)

[Richard D]

5. that's one of the most simian pictures I've seen . . .

. . . poor simians.

[tridim]

7. He's starting to look like Nixon IMO.

[blogslut]

What the hell does this mean?

From the article:

"If in fact these allegations are true," Bush said, "the Marine Corps will work hard to make sure that that culture — that proud culture — will be reinforced. And that those who violated the law, if they did, will be punished."

WTF? If the allegations are true, that culture will be reinforced?

[Bluebear]

8. Good catch. nt

[WinkyDink]

15. He means what he says, always. This example - I don't care about the dead;

I will hope for MORE OF THEM ("reinforced").

Note also the "embedded" word "force".

[rocktivity]

6. Is he troubled that the investigation took three months to get started?

And it probably wouldn't have been if a magazine hadn't presented the Pentagon with photographic evidence that contradicted what they thought had happened? How far up the chain of command is he willing to go?

:headbang:
rocknation

[Disturbed]

9. Is he also troubled that he wasn't informed about it?

A spokesperson claims that Busholini only heard about this a few days ago via a reporter who called the WH.

Is this Prez. out of the loop?

[BrklynLiberal]

10. He is only informed of things on "a need to know basis".

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[saskatoon]

13. How far up the chain of command

well how about Sgt.

[rocktivity]

22. Would a sergeant have the authority to send in a second group of Marines

to photograph the bodies after the shootings, and then file a false report that the deaths were caused by a roadside bomb?

:headbang:
rocknation

[Jigarotta]

11. considering that Mind....

*:
'if in fact those pitchers tern out to be catapulted propaganda against freedom loving mercenaries and the profits of hehhehhalliburton '

[Imalittleteapot]

12. Start at the top.

Punish Rummy.

[saskatoon]

14. punish rummy?

He's NOT TOP. Punish the asshole that started this horror, the COMMANDER IN CHIEF!

[janx]

17. He just looks confused...

and pissed off.

[mr_hat]

18. Uh.... Um... Er... Uh....

[SalmonChantedEvening]

23. Looks like someone wishes he was a-clearin' brush.

That's the face of a spoiled 56 year old boy being told he'll stay in that chair until he eats his spinach.

[rocktivity]

24. Another example of great minds thinking alike!

Posted by SalmonChantedEvening:
That's the face of a spoiled...boy being told he'll stay in that chair until he eats his spinach.

When the press started swooning over Bush's "moral courage" before the Iraq invasion, I would write, "Three-year olds who sit alone at the dinner table rather than eat their vegetables have moral courage, too!"

:rofl:
rocknation