"On Memorial Day, we rededicate ourselves to freedom's cause," the president said.
On this Memorial Day weekend, I would like to ask Mr. Bush, freedom's cause for who? The people of Iraq's freedom or ours? I'm not speaking of the Republican's war on terror but on the Republican's war on it's own citizens. Our constitutional rights have been taken away from us for the most part so for who's freedom's are our troops fighting and dying for?
On Wednesday, I met with some of the courageous young men and women who will soon take their place in the defense of our Nation: the graduating class of the United States Coast Guard Academy. Since its inception, the Coast Guard has patrolled and protected America's shores. And in this time of war, the Coast Guard has assumed new responsibilities to defend our Nation against terrorist infiltration and help stop new attacks. I was proud to stand with the Class of 2007 and thank them for their bold decision to wear the uniform.
It takes a lot of balls to stand before a group of graduates of the United States Coast Guard Academy when you are yourself an AWOL resident of the National Guard and to then speak of the responsibilities that the group has when you ran and hid from your military responsibilities because you are a coward.
Mr. Bush shouldn't even be allowed on this government property much less be allowed to speak of any type of responsibility.
Next we have Mr. Bush going to Arlington National Cemetery to lay a wreath in honor of those who died for this country, which is a great thing to do, but Mr. bush, once again, shouldn't be allowed anywhere near such sacred ground.
One of those who gave his life was Sergeant David Christoff, Jr., of Rossford, Ohio. The day after the attacks of September the 11th, David walked into a recruiting station to become a United States Marine. Asked why he made the decision to serve, David said: "I don't want my brother and sister to live in fear." David eventually deployed to Iraq, where he fought street by street in the battle of Fallujah and earned a Purple Heart for wounds suffered in action.
While on leave back home, David learned his company was headed for combat in Afghanistan. But he knew there was also a job to finish in Iraq. So he asked to be reassigned to a unit headed for Iraq, and last May he died in Anbar province where the Marines are taking the fight to al Qaeda. When his family received his belongings, his mother and his father each found a letter from David. He asked that they pray for his fellow Marines and all those still serving overseas.
On Memorial Day, our Nation honors Sergeant Christoff's final request. We pray for our men and women serving in harm's way. We pray for their safe return. And we pray for their families and loved ones, who also serve our country with their support and sacrifice. ( my emphasis )
We do pray for all of our troops who are in harms way and for their safe return while you only pray for more troops to send out into harms way, Mr. Bush.
If this president actually wanted our troops safe return, he wouldn't have vetoed his own funding bill when it had timelines and accountability in it. If Mr. Bush wanted our troops safe then he wouldn't continue to use them as political pawns and hostages in dealing with the United States Congress and the money for this debacle.
On Memorial Day, we rededicate ourselves to freedom's cause. In Iraq and Afghanistan, millions have shown their desire to be free. We are determined to help them secure their liberty. Our troops are helping them build democracies that respect the rights of their people, uphold the rule of law, and fight extremists alongside America in the war on terror. With the valor and determination of our men and women in uniform, I am confident that we will succeed and leave a world that is safer and more peaceful for our children and grandchildren.
I'm not to sure about Afghanistan, but I know that the freedom that the Iraqis are looking for is the freedom from the United States occupation and it's bullshit war which has not given any real sense of freedom to anyone.
The freedom to starve, the freedom to have no electricity for most of the day, the freedom to be shot at or blown up or tortured and then beheaded and dumped into the streets. That is Mr. Bush's idea of a free Iraq.
On Memorial Day, we also pay tribute to Americans from every generation who have given their lives for our freedom. From Valley Forge to Vietnam, from Kuwait to Kandahar, from Berlin to Baghdad, brave men and women have given up their own futures so that others might have a future of freedom. Because of their sacrifice, millions here and around the world enjoy the blessings of liberty. And wherever these patriots rest, we offer them the respect and gratitude of our Nation.
Radio Address
This his the only part of his radio address that he has gotten right for the most part.
Somebody made the statement somewhere that maybe it is a good thing that Bush went AWOL from service and didn't make it to Vietnam or we would all be speaking Vietnamese. Maybe we should all take up a middle eastern language?
On Memorial Day, REMEMBER THE HEROES
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