President Bush wants people to know that he’s willing to make sacrifices during this time of war.
Dubyah recently told reporters that he decided to show his solidarity for the U.S. troops he put into harm’s way in Iraq by giving up his game of golf.
“I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal,” he said in the interviews.
Gee, thanks. That really means a lot.
A week later, the White House announced that Army Pfc. Ross McGinnis would receive posthumously the Medal of Honor for his actions in Iraq. McGinnins, a gunner on a Humvee, was on patrol when someone threw a grenade into the vehicle. Instead of jumping clear, McGinnis threw himself on the grenade, saving the lives of four men in the rig at the expense of his own life.
For Dubyah to say that giving up golf is a sacrifice is to make a mockery of what people like McGinnis and others are doing.
But what do you expect from a man who has no skin in the game? Are any of his children, nieces or nephews in the war? No. If he really wants to make a sacrifice, he’ll have his relative sent to Iraq and put on the front lines, just like England’s Prince Harry when he was sent to Afghanistan.
But then if he knew his darling daughters would be in harm’s way, Bush would have thought twice about starting an unnecessary war`
