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Politics > Politics-USA |
| User: |
"Harry Hope" |
| Date: |
26 Aug 2006 08:25:58 AM |
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War widow tells AWOL Bush: You're responsible for American deaths |
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/content/2006/08/war_widow_tells.html
August 25, 2006
War widow tells Bush: 'You're responsible' for American deaths
Hildi Halley's 41-year-old husband died in Afghanistan.
At first the Army told her it was a heart attack but now she's told it
was not a heart attack and she wants to know just what the hell
happened.
So when she got a chance this week to be among a group of war widows
meeting with President George W. Bush, she took the opportunity to
tell him just what she thought of the war.
"I said it's time to stop the bleeding," said Halley, whose husband,
Army National Guard Capt. Patrick Damon, died June 15 in Afghanistan.
"It's time to swallow our pride and find a solution."
She said Bush responding by saying "there was no point in us having a
philosophical discussion about the pros and cons of the war."
Typical Bush.
Avoid the real issues.
Halley told blogger Greg Sargent that she told Bush just how
responsible she felt he was:
http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/coffeehouse/2006/aug/25/war_widow_to_bush_youre_here_to_serve_the_people_and_the_people_are_not_being_served_with_this_war
Halley has just told me that she went much farther in her criticism of
Bush, telling him directly that he was "responsible" for the deaths of
American soldiers and that as a "Christian man," he should recognize
that he's "made a mistake" and that it was his "responsibility to end
this."
She recounted to me that she was "very direct," telling Bush:
"As President, you're here to serve the people. And the people are not
being served with this war."
"I talked to him about how important this person was to me," Halley
recounted, speaking of her husband.
"It's not just a soldier who died. Lives are changed forever...I said,
`This doesn't make sense to me."
"He said, `Terrorists killed three thousand people, we had to go to
war.'"
Halley continued to me.
"I said, `Well, who put the Taliban into power? The United States
did.' He said, `I'm not going to have a philosphical debate over
politics.' The whole conversation was very gentle."
Halley says that while Bush was personable and receptive to her, she
was very direct and critical of Bush's policies and insisted that the
right thing to do was to end the war.
"We literally sat knee to knee...I looked deep into his eyes and
talked to him about love and losing people and that he was responsible
for this. I said, `I didn't vote for you, but you are my President.
And you're not serving me.'"
"I said I believed it was time to put an end to this. His job is to
find solutions. I said, `You yourself have said you had erroneous
information going into this.'"
She continued:
"I said, `As a Christian man, you realize that when you've made a
mistake it's your responsiblity to end this. And it's time to end the
bleeding and it's time to end the war.'"
"I said, `what would truly bring healing is to start working on
changing your policy towards the Middle East...as President, you're
here to serve the people. And the people are not being served with
this war.'"
She added:
"I told him, `It's time as a Christian to put our pride behind us."
Bush, she said, cried and hugged her but she doesn't believe the
meeting will bring about any real change.
She's right.
Bush can appear moved but, in the end, he is a stubborn man who
remains convinced that he, and only he, is right when it comes to his
illegal wars.
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Absolutely. And, of course, you know why. Georgie speaks to God.
Harry
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