US President George W. Bush had a shoot-out with the "bad guys" in Iraq on Thursday, playing a computer game with war veterans that simulates a firefight in Baghdad, the White House said.
Bush tried his hand at the game with two soldiers during a visit to a rehabilitation center in Texas that treats veterans wounded in Iraq.
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Bush helped "shoot the bad guys" in a Baghdad neighborhood, albeit virtually
Apart from the computer game session, Bush's visit with badly wounded soldiers was often emotional as he spoke with patients who had lost limbs or suffered severe burns in the Iraq war.
I think that this demonstrates that Bush really has no true empathy for anybody. If I were to sit side by side with somebody who had suffered a horrific injury because I sent them into battle, I would be unable to look that person in the eye. I would be so overcome with shame, and grief, that I would not be able to speak without my voice cracking.
But not this President. He is so at ease that he can sit and play virtual war games with these men who have chunks of their bodies missing because of the REAL war that he sent them to fight in.
That is a level of cognitive dissonance that is without equal.
really good post....and he didn't have to look at them- he was looking at the game...he can't look anyone in the eye...
ReplyDeleteHow does he sleep...How does he look in the mirror....
1:4 Homless in this country are VETS...I bet they didn't talk about that....
and after all it all was just wargames wasn't it ??....sick.....