Does Bush feel any remorse for calling the plight of our troops merely a "comma in history"?

Question

The cons will now probably start talking about liberals. Before you open your mouths, realize that criticizing the commander-in-chief and his unreliable war strategy is different from criticizing the troops.

Willis, you still believe Kerry was randomly insulting the troops? He was saying that Bush did not do his homework and got us stuck in Iraq.
Sorry if you're too brainwashed by the different version you are told by fellow conservatives.

What lies do you mean "just the facts"? We criticize him based on the facts that Maliki will probably never take action and that his plans have so far failed. How is that lying?

Bush's plans for Iraq (and Afghanistan for that matter) have failed is what I mean.

Answer 1

Everything that happens in 8 yrs or 25 yrs is just a comma in history
get a grip
History is a long, long time
Humans are just a comma in history
as were the dinosaurs

Answer 2

Iraq has been in one war or another since time began, and their people's desire for democracy is only now becoming a possibility. The President never mentioned "the plight of our troops" (the vast majority want to take this fight to a victorious conclusion, it's not in their nature to turn and run)
He was referring to the history long plight of Iraq to gain independance and freedom, from ANY oppressors...both internal and worldwide.....and OUR involvment in that will CERTAINLY be no more than a comma compared to their history of oppression.
Critics of Bush began e-mailing and blogging about the remark within minutes of the CNN interview. The Carpetbagger Report blog called it stunning "even by Bush's already-low standards" and added: "Everything we're seeing is 'just a comma.' I'm sure that will bring comfort to the families of those who have sacrificed so much for Bush's mistakes."

Then Ian Welsh, on his Agonist blog, postulated a theory about the hidden meaning of the comment, citing the "never put a period" saying and calling it a "dog whistle" comment that only some would understand: "He is constantly littering his speeches with code words and phrases meant for the religious right. Other people don't hear them, but they do, and most of the time it allows Bush both to say what those who aren't evangelical or born again want to hear, while still reassuring the religious right [what it] wants to hear."

But it turns out that the phrase "never put a period" originated not with a Christian conservative figure or biblical passage but with Gracie Allen, the comedienne wife of George Burns. And the phrase is a favorite not of the religious right but of the religious left. The United Church of Christ, which is devoted to fighting for what it calls social justice and opposes the war, adopted the phrase in January 2002.

Answer 3

No, I seriously doubt it. His administration is the same one that houses wounded troops in a rat's nest (aka Walter Reed). It's the same administration who refuses to listen to families when they try to bring a solider home on emergency leave so he has time to say goodbye to his mother. I could go on for a long, long time.

Answer 4

That may well be but making up damned lies about the commander-in-chief is not an honest endeavor but what I would expect from the 0 negative bleeding heart left wing fanatics.

Answer 5

He is incapable of feeling much of anything.

Answer 6

Did he really? What an asshole.

I AM a con.

Answer 7

true, but he's looking with hope at the big picture. Kerry makes gaffes too, but his are a direct insult.

Answer 8

No. He does not feel true emotion, he can only mimic them.

Answer 9

no i dont think he gives a flying duck