* boards a transport plane to greet returning wounded soldiers - pics

[Kadie]

He looks a little annoyed in the pics below that the crew members are not paying much attention to him.


President Bush walks up the stairs on a C-17 transport plane to greet returning soldiers, wounded in Iraq and possibly Afghanistan at Andrews Air Force Base, Tuesday, July 10, 2007, in Maryland. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)


President Bush exits a C-17 transport plane to greet returning soldiers, wounded in Iraq and possibly Afghanistan at Andrews Air Force Base, Tuesday, July 10, 2007, in Maryland. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)


U.S. President George W. Bush (top) steps off a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane as crewmembers gather on the tarmac July 10, 2007, after Bush had met with about 30 injured U.S. troops from overseas. The transport plane had just arrived from Germany with the servicemen, some or all of whom where injured in Iraq, moments before Bush's return to Andrews Air Force base from a daytrip to Ohio. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES)


U.S. President George W. Bush (top) steps off a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane as crewmembers gather on the tarmac July 10, 2007, after Bush had met with about 30 injured U.S. troops from overseas. The transport plane had just arrived from Germany with the servicemen, some or all of whom where injured in Iraq, moments before Bush's return to Andrews Air Force base from a daytrip to Ohio. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES)


President Bush walks down the stair of an Air Force transport plane after greeting returning soldiers wounded in Iraq and possibly Afghanistan at Andrews Air Force Base, Tuesday, July 10, 2007, in Maryland. Members of the flight crew wait below to also meet with Bush. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)


U.S. President George W. Bush shakes hands with crewmembers of a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane, which had just brought about 30 injured U.S. troops home from conflict zones overseas, at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, July 10, 2007. The transport plane had just arrived from Germany with the servicemen, some or all of whom where injured in Iraq, moments before Bush's return to Andrews Air Force base from a daytrip to Ohio. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES)

[karlrschneider]

1. A C17 for THIRTY troops????????????

jeezusfuckingchrist

:grr:

[Ilsa]

6. Wouldn't those thirty also be on stretchers and with medical

support personnel? I dunno, but I feel compelled to ask.

I think Bush look pissy, too. Seems like he's old news to the crew.

[madokie]

11. You know he has to pick up on the vibes put off by these guys

I think little britches knows its over for the most part, and is preparing himself for the long days and nights that lie ahead for himself. There's just no way he can't know that. close the curtains this episode of the play is over, to be followed by.....

[Kingshakabobo]

13. That plane is basically a flying hospital. With an intensive care facility.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17344217/

from the link:

"""Now, C-17 Air Force cargo planes, converted into flying intensive care units, transport the injured to hospitals in the United States — usually with a stop in Germany — within a few days. This means admission to facilities with the highest standards of care and, just as important, far easier access to family and friends."""

[karlrschneider]

16. Okay, I saw the part of the captions that said "some or all...injured."

It seems to me if they're seriously enough injured to need "(flying) intensive care units", it might make a little more sense to get them on the road to recovery before transporting them 6000 miles. We could build one hell of a fancy well-equipped hospital over there for what a C17 costs and if reuniting with family is important, hell, fly the families THERE in a plane that doesn't cost $50000 an hour to run.

[Kingshakabobo]

17. I think the most important use of that plane is the trip from iraq to Germany.....

.....where the state of the art facilities are located. The on-board ICU provides for a seamless chain of care; doing away with the traditional concept of 'stabilization' before transport. The system has been credited as one of the reasons for the extraordinarily high survival rate.

Pretty neat, if you axe me.

[karlrschneider]

19. That makes good sense to me, get them out of the occupation zone

while giving them the best possible care...but why the trip from Germany to the US? Is the hospital in Rhein-Main substandard? If it is, that needs to be rectified.

[Whoa_Nelly]

2. Hope you lose sleep tonight you fake pResident!

[AndyA]

3. Just what the troops want to see: Commander 26%.

He's the reason they're injured in the first place. If he hadn't lied for the benefit of his corporate cronies, they'd probably be living their lives happily instead of trying to piece their injured bodies back together.

The man has no shame, or he'd never be able to show his face in front of true heroes.

[Cooley Hurd]

4. He looks pissed in the pics because they spat on him...

Heaven knows I would hawk on him...

[Binka]

7. They Told Him "Who Cares What You Think Motherfucker."

Oh and "hows about getting my leg back for me?"

[Cooley Hurd]

12. He should give them his...

...all THREE of them.:rofl:

[youngdem]

5. Probably just a buffet set up inside

[Lost-in-FL]

8. Where's the pictures with the actual "wounded soldiers"?

Photo ops are getting desperate by the minute.

[SammyWinstonJack]

9. Totally clueless, he is. If not for him, there would be no photo op with injured troops.

Which is all this amounts to, for him. No shame at all.

[Ian David]

10. "Hello? 'Scuse me?..

"Hello? 'Scuse me? None of them there wounded fellas wants to talk to me. They told me to get off their fucking plane.

[CatWoman]

14. that's one kick ass caption

:rofl:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

18. What they are really saying:

[Duncan Grant]

22. LOL!

:spray: Good one!

[Ian David]

23. ROFL!!!! n/t

[Rosemary2205]

20. You should post that in a thread by itself.

Too damn funny for words. :)

[truth2power]

21. Does his face look puffy to you?

It looked that way in the brain surgery pix, too. Maybe it's just me.

[melody]

15. Is he there to blame them personally? n/t