"While the president is sitting at home saying "we" did this and that"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=657

December 20th, 2004 9:00 pm
'We' doesn't -- by Edwar A Uceta Espinal

Letter to the Editor / The Post-Standard

To the Editor:

In March 2003, I was ordered to go to Iraq to "be all I can be" and fight for my country like other soldiers in the U.S. Army. Besides being in Iraq for one year for no reason, there was another thing that annoyed my fellow soldiers and me. That was the way President Bush used the word "we" when he talked about the sacrifices that soldiers are making, extending our stay in wartime and the reason we were there.



The sacrifices that soldiers are making in Iraq are being tainted every time Bush talks about it using "we." The president is not the one who is losing his wife, children and dog to some other man named "Jodie" at home. He is not the one missing the first breath of a firstborn or the last breath of a soldier, mom or dad.



A great percentage of the soldiers did not have a bullet-proof vest. Therefore, we had to try to find pieces of metal that would fit in our vests in order to have more protection. We also had to find sand bags for our vehicles. These are some of the things that happen to soldiers in wartime, while the president is sitting at home saying "we" did this and that.



The way the president uses "we" when he talks about the soldiers' sacrifices, the separation from their families and why our troops are in Iraq really brings down our troops' morale. President Bush is not the one on guard duty thinking about his family in a distant place. Now we know that the meaning of "we" for the president is a soldier, another soldier, or other soldiers, but the term does not include him. "We" the soldiers are the ones fighting the war while Bush keeps saying "we" when he is actually sitting at home.

Edwar A Uceta Espinal

Liverpool

[Pam-Moby]

1. How true!!

[Amused_to_Death]

2. It can't be by chance

that i'm listening to "The Bravery of Being Out of Range" by Roger Waters right now.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

3. Welcome to DU, Amused_to_Death!

:toast:

You will probably have a few "It can't be by chance" moments here...we all do.

:-)

[Amused_to_Death]

4. Thanks for the warm welcome :-)

[Sugarbleus]

5. What the Hell is * doing in that get up??? What a complete ASS.

I'm speaking of the last pic in the set...GEEZUS JOSEPH AND MARY! That is DISGUSTING! :puke:

"Midnight Cowboy"??? I wonder what the SS detail REALLY thinks as they watch him saunter by. Of course, that COULD be a George Double???

OMG, WHAT an Embarrassment he is...


Thanks for the Soldier post, btw; very poignant.