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  • Kwashiorkor, on 11/14/2007, -42/+917"Here, have a t-shirt." I hope he remembers what he saw...
    • SuperWinner, on 11/13/2007, -37/+203I'm sure Bush thinks they'll be whole again once they get to heaven.
      • Nerfdude, on 11/12/2007, -77/+19you know, i'm agnostic, and i hate bush too. but ***** you.
        • MtheoryX, on 11/11/2007, -19/+1but ***** you? No thanks, I'm not into that.
        • jj101, on 11/12/2007, -4/+27Why is that so offensive to you? He probably does think that.
        • hellotyler, on 11/11/2007, -10/+4agnostic ? i think there is a cream for that....
        • bagelpirate, on 11/11/2007, -6/+7Agnostics are just lazy athiests
          • jaynemother, on 11/11/2007, -2/+3That's from I am America
          • connormcmenamin, on 11/11/2007, -0/+2agnostics are logical atheists that don't assume that everything is how lazy theorists perceive them to be
      • gmprunner, on 11/12/2007, -19/+74Don't drag religion into this, lets stay focused.
        • alwilson, on 11/11/2007, -20/+12Why? You know it's all about religion... and oil. Think about that the next time you pray or pay $4 for a gallon of gas.
          • iticu, on 11/12/2007, -6/+12The motive isn't Religion. Religion is just a tool to make people want to do it.
            Fanatical America. How does it make you feel to be terrorists? =)
          • Mikecol, on 11/11/2007, -1/+6It makes me feel terrible.
        • khatarnaak, on 11/13/2007, -5/+52Bush dragged religion into it when he said:

          "I’m driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, “George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan.” And I did, and then God would tell me, “George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq …” And I did. And now, again, I feel God’s words coming to me, “Go get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, and get peace in the Middle East.” And by God I’m gonna do it.’”"

          Source: http://playahata.com/hatablog/?p=942
          • WaltDismal, on 11/11/2007, -3/+11Bush is proof there is no god.
          • sophiaperennis, on 11/11/2007, -3/+9Bush is in no way a representative for the christian religion. He is the presidential representative for the sovereign nation of the United States of America, nothing more, and nothing less. You're making a non-sequitur here. Religion is not responsible for what G.W. Bush's convictions are for waging a war on false pretense.
          • hobowithshotgun, on 11/11/2007, -3/+1I thought George Bush was a reptilian shape shifter???
          • 1town, on 11/12/2007, -0/+1Bush is an depiction of everything that is wrong with religion.
      • goldfishey, on 11/12/2007, -4/+10well, if heaven exists, then I sure as ***** hope they wind up there, whole, hale and happy too! I get your point, and the implied analogy, but still...
        • TritonX, on 11/11/2007, -0/+11What about the soldiers that fought on the german side during WWII, do they get a chance at heaven too?
          • unreg, on 11/11/2007, -3/+5Yes if you believe God forgive all sins
        • migvel, on 11/12/2007, -1/+7Well, they thought they were doing the right thing... so, maybe
          • bruenig, on 11/12/2007, -2/+7So god's standard is relative to what is in your mind when you act? So deranged nutjobs who think they are doing the right thing are included? Therefore hitler is in heaven because he thought he was doing the right thing by executing 6 million people?
      • cbuddha42, on 11/12/2007, -9/+1Can you prove him wrong?
        • mraustin1337, on 11/11/2007, -1/+8Can you prove him right?
          • TheBEAST205, on 11/13/2007, -3/+2But then again, can you prove him wrong?

            Religion is called a "belief" for a reason you know...
          • TheBEAST205, on 11/13/2007, -3/+2But then again, can you prove him wrong?

            You know religion is called a "belief" for a reason you know...
        • bkrishnan, on 11/11/2007, -1/+5How many Dawkins and Hitchens does it take to get it through your thick heads the 'burden of proof' lies with the people who believe!
        • taquitohater, on 11/11/2007, -1/+5Show me some emperical evidence which proves that the tooth fairy does not exist. I'll be over here while you learn up on the way that scientific theories work.
    • aburd, on 11/13/2007, -112/+258You know, I don't like Bush. Really I don't, but these people have sacrificed as nearly as much as they possibly can for their country . Bush went to visit them because he should. Some of them looked legitimately thrilled to see him.

      To use this moment of joy from these tortured souls' lives in order to score a cheap shot against Bush is just gross. Honestly, this is the guy you are using to get a cheap laugh:

      http://i.today.reuters.com/pictures/galleries/Stor ...
      • digichris, on 11/13/2007, -43/+236No - pictures of these disfigured men standing next to the person that sent them into harms way, is gross.
        • twomeyw23334, on 11/12/2007, -73/+20Nobody likes war but comments like that are illogical. Have you ever seen severely burned firemen? Is the town mayor an evil pig for hiring these people, is the radio dispatch person "gross" for sending them into harms way? Obviously war is bad, but so isn't standing by idly while bad things go on around us. The debate is and will always be about when and where the point is that we get involved or we let evil / bad happen, but to make overgeneralized anti-war statements is pretty ridiculous.
          • Nougat, on 11/13/2007, -10/+91When's the last time you heard about entire industrial sectors bathing in profit due to an increase in fires that need to be put out?
          • blackinthmiddle, on 11/12/2007, -6/+40Are you really comparing a war based on, to put it best - dubious terms - to a necessary service to society? And if you honestly want to say that "liberating iraqis" aka - "lining my cronies pockets" is serving the US then you're lost...period!
          • procopio, on 11/11/2007, -7/+29Oh, good! Compare firemen saving lives w/ kids going to fight "evil" on Iraq and getting all *****'d up.
          • GiggleStick, on 11/11/2007, -26/+5@procopio
            So, the people that ACTUALLY planted the IEDs that did this to these Marines & soldiers aren't evil? I presume that's why you put "evil" in quotes.
          • bitcloud, on 11/11/2007, -2/+19War is evil...

            promoting war is inherently evil. You have the right to self defense, in the most humane way possible when it's ABSOLUTELY necessary, justified and unavoidable...

            So yes... There are those who are evil on one side who are blowing up soldiers... then there are those on the other side who say "enough of you assholes killing each other". (to labour the point, i'm saying "us vs them" is the peaceful vs the warmongers on both sides)
          • arbulus, on 11/13/2007, -5/+43No, you're comparison doesn't make sense.

            Say the mayor set fires around town, in especially difficult places like tire factories and oil refineries, just so he would have an excuse to send the firefighters to put out a fire. The reason the mayor did this: he has friends who would profit like crazy from rebuilding and reconstruction of these facilities, and he can make sure they are the ones who are hired to do that rebuilding. But he doesn't tell the public about that. He lies to the media and says that there's a gang war in town and that the Bloods are starting fires to show how much they hate the city. However, in the process, the mayor ends up killing most of the employees of these factories and refineries by starting the fires and in the process of trying to put out the fires, many firefighters are horribly injured or disfigured.

            That is the accurate analogy.
          • Audacitor, on 11/11/2007, -1/+12@arbulus:
            That is one killer analogy. Kudos to you, good sir.
          • Dorkchop, on 11/11/2007, -4/+7@GiggleStick
            The people who planted those IEDs are no more evil than the people killing their friends and family on a daily basis (us). The "terrorists" in Iraq are not Al Qaeda, they are Iraqis who are fed up with our occupation. Yes, it's an occupation, not a war.
          • Beveridge89, on 11/11/2007, -3/+2Well, then if the soldiers are evil, do they deserve our sympathies?

            You want to know who goes around deliberately killing civilians? It sure as hell isnt the coalition forces. Its the same guys who plant the IEDs. But yeh, their not terrorists.
        • spyd3rweb, on 11/13/2007, -13/+47comparing a fire to war is just idiotic.
        • connormcmenamin, on 11/11/2007, -35/+11i'm far from supporting war, especially this one. but it was their own choice to join the military.
          • DFrag, on 11/11/2007, -10/+40Sigh. Many were in before they knew the President is an insane, mass murdering, madman. Stop generalizing about something you know nothing about. It's insulting to the troops and us parents who have to worry about them. Most of them and us don't support the president or his god forsaken war for profit.
          • bugsy187, on 11/11/2007, -2/+20It's true that these men are accountable for their actions, but who deserves to be disfigured like this?
          • thcobbs, on 11/11/2007, -18/+10@DFrag

            "Many were in before they knew the President is an insane, mass murdering, madman."

            "Stop generalizing about something you know nothing about."

            Take your own advice
          • bitcloud, on 11/11/2007, -4/+9@dfrag:
            You're also required to disobey any illegal orders.
          • elias, on 11/11/2007, -6/+91st things 1st am in the military ...and i dont think this war is right, but i will still go to fight this war cause i might not be a lot of things but am a man of my word.....

            2nd thing @ bitcloud
            "disobey any illegal orders." = any thing that goes against LOAC.
            for the most part going to war cause the president tells you to isn't a illegal order.

            3rd and last thing ....using these images to take a cheap shot at bush is sick, and uncalled ...

          • MisteryMeat, on 11/11/2007, -0/+5Maybe I'm wrong but I'm not seeing this as a cheap shot at Bush. I'm surprised he has the gonads to meet the victims of his war face to face. Hopefully getting a small dose of the reality of war will make him think twice about keeping troops in Iraq or about invading Iran.
        • Alegoo92, on 11/11/2007, -10/+30These people weren't sent away. It's terrible what they've lost but Bush is coming as a respectful person to see some of the strongest army heroes- not as their hypocritical tormentor.
          • b8k3d, on 11/11/2007, -4/+4Finally, someone with some sense. Thank you.
        • natey14, on 11/11/2007, -10/+9When you join the army you choose to serve the American government. You sign a contract and you do what they say. They made their choice and while yes war is grim, they chose to join the Army and with it comes the possibility of war.
          • CrackIsWack, on 11/11/2007, -0/+2Why is natey14 getting dugg down for stating a fact?
        • goldfishey, on 11/11/2007, -0/+9wouldnt it be worse - if he sent them into harms way, and then simply ignored their existence?
        • hellotyler, on 11/10/2007, -1/+2A laugh ? I don't know what kind of sadistic bastards you take people for, but that certainly is not the case.
      • toastjam, on 11/13/2007, -11/+149Who says we're laughing?
        • OneLess, on 11/11/2007, -8/+34Exactly, no one here is laughing unless they're sicker ***** than the ones who started this war.
        • Apoc04, on 11/20/2007, -0/+1agreed, I am a 21 year old dude and these pictures literally made me want to cry. That may be very "feminine" but the way i see it is, that could have been me if i chose to join the military. There is nothing we can do for these people except pay our extreme gratitude and try to our best to prevent more of this. Impeach These dick heads. RON PAUL 08
      • virtualmadden, on 11/11/2007, -26/+9Your right. I'm sure a lot of soldiers with injuries have issues with Bush, but he does still hold that "celebrity" status. At least he has the balls to show up and spend some time with these people. I wonder when was the last time a lot of people went and helped out others on their free time or at all. I know that I need to.
        • DonKarnage25, on 11/11/2007, -4/+18So.. how exactly did he help them? By gracing them with his presence?
          • trogdoor, on 11/11/2007, -3/+7Ignore the fact that it's bush for a second and realize that they probably do respect him. Do you think that being visited by the president of the United States means nothing to them?
          • Audacitor, on 11/11/2007, -3/+6@trogdoor:
            If I were visited by the current president, I wouldn't consider it anything special. That man deserves no respect for what he has done as our "leader".
        • sealhands, on 11/11/2007, -5/+10its not on his free time, hes working -- as the ***** president. its his responsibility to be there, not only that but a valuable public relations stunt that benefits his image. (it worked on you obviously). you should join the military if you think a t-shirt from the president is worth your limbs.
      • procopio, on 11/13/2007, -8/+67I'm not laughing. Bush is the one w/ the grin smile on his face.
      • trogdor282, on 11/13/2007, -7/+47Riiight, and I suppose The Diary of Anne Frank is a cheap shot against Hitler?
        /godwin
      • sealhands, on 11/11/2007, -16/+13who the hell dugg you up?
      • desqjockey, on 11/11/2007, -4/+20I dont get it- theres no real commentary to this point. The images are so graphic (cause + effect) they speak for themselves. If you dont like what they are saying, well reality does have a well known left wing bias.
      • agarwaengrc, on 11/11/2007, -3/+11You know, the point is, is there something to justify what happened to these men? Was it worth it? NOTHING but immininent loss of freedom can justify ANY war. Where's the danger exactly?? Where's the threat for America that this war countered?? For starters is the terrorist threat so great, and then, did this war do anything to face it head on?? Did the US send commando groups with licence to kill from local goverments, to take out terrorist groups? No, the goverment turned this into a vague cultural war with a vague muslim enemy, and made war with another country. These men will be tortured for life for NOTHING (ok, maybe so the upper class can get a little richer) and that's the most unfair, the saddest, the most furiating thing I have ever seen. I cannot even grasp how brain-washed and scared you must be to think that this is justified.
      • dougalzene, on 11/11/2007, -4/+4I agree. I hate the approach the Bush administration took and the decisions they made however it is becoming more tiring to see this daily onslaught of anti-Bush and his actions - look what you've done (again..). It's really negative and it achieves nothing. They f*c£€d up badly, beyond any kind of belief and hide behind stuff like "I followed what my god told me" and "it's about .. oh no, I now mean democracy" but look to resolving the situation instead of drowning in a rising ocean of pity and hate. Learn not to let these idiots in next time, and if you didn't last time then educate those who did, work to penalise them or whatever because actions might count for something when these words won't. Do you really think they give a s%!t what's written here.
      • PURPLEDRINK, on 11/11/2007, -1/+4so after he disfigures them... he rounds up all the ones who aren't liberals (obviously they wouldn't want to shake his hand), and then uses them for PR. you're incredibly delussional if you think prez bush went there out of the goodness of his own heart, seemingly randomly and everyone was happy to see him.
      • DashingLeech, on 11/11/2007, -1/+3aburd, you realize that Bush went to see them as a photo op, right? He didn't do this because he cared for their wellbeing. He is making use of them for PR purposes, to focus on the touching sacrifices they made for their country rather than whether or not he should have put them there in the first place. It's a plea to patriotism for misdirection, not for comfort. If it was, why did he bring photographers along and pose for arranged PR photos with them?
      • EnderMB, on 11/11/2007, -0/+3Finally! Someone with a brain here! Whilst I do still think he may have been there for a photo op like some say he was never under any obligation to see them, and I'm sure it touched him greatly. What people seem to forget is that these people actually went out there to fight a war they believe would bring peace, more than anyone on Digg has ever done. Another case of people on the Internet bitching as an anonymous crowd.

        Oh, and feel free to Digg me down. With all the bias on Digg articles like these tend to make me want to be buried to oblivion. Please, prove me right.
    • DavidBGie, on 11/11/2007, -72/+11It's our war, not his. As you can plainly see it's not benefiting him at all. It's an offensive against OUR (US) enemies. Submission is just more tired anti-Bush propaganda. Besides, I don't see any Democrats standing there with him.
      • theholyraptor, on 04/07/2008, -4/+29Do you think Bush would allow a democrat to be there with him? It's a typical 'President visiting people' photo op. It's one of the things the President does. He doesn't drag along random Senators etc so asking where the Democrats are is ludicrous.

        Also, it's just that, a photo op. It makes him look good to be visiting the injured, it says nothing about his character.
        • NoStoppingUs, on 11/11/2007, -5/+4http://hotair.com/archives/2007/04/03/a-bush-momen ...
          • theholyraptor, on 04/07/2008, -1/+5So what? One simple gesture makes everything ok? This still makes it hard to judge his character because there are still cameras everywhere. I'd help anyone if they needed except maybe Hitler. As much as I dislike Bush and everything he's done, if he were a 90 year old man, and I were standing next to him, I'd help him into his seat. Granted, I also wouldn't have pushed for as many wars either.
      • mrfunktastic, on 11/11/2007, -4/+12He's a sociopath who doesn't associate his actions with the burned faces of the victims he created. To him, he's doing business, and the worst price of business is having to spend time doing photo ops with people he doesn't give a ***** about, instead of being on the ranch.
      • dannytehmanny, on 11/11/2007, -5/+2i hate u
      • GameBoyFan, on 11/11/2007, -1/+3It's not *OUR* war!!!

        It's his. He'll be remembered as one of the most disastrous presidents in US history.
        God help his soul when he dies cause I got a feeling he'll be meeting Saddam where he's going.
    • hcnelson, on 11/13/2007, -2/+73To be fair I think Bush was receiving the t-shirt. I thought the same thing at first too, though.
      • jggr, on 11/11/2007, -3/+20I think so too. Giving a wounded solder a t-shirt just doesn't seem like the thing to do.
      • opiniastrous, on 11/13/2007, -0/+32It says right next to the pic "...Bush is presented a T-shirt..."
    • Flakor, on 11/11/2007, -13/+27Notice the smile on his face, its sad knowing that after he sees this he will continue this pointless war.

      As for me, the only thing I support in this war is the men who are getting killed and their families.
      • GiggleStick, on 11/11/2007, -7/+9Yeah don't try to cheer them up or anything. Just frown at them. That will make them feel better.
      • thomasX, on 11/11/2007, -2/+1And women.
      • Beveridge89, on 11/11/2007, -3/+3Flakor, do you not recognise the difference between the war and the occupation? I have trouble supporting the war, and didnt at the time, but the occupation has a very obvious point, and the consequences of ending it would be catastrophic for Iraq, ecspecially now when things actually seem to be improving.
      • tyywebb, on 11/11/2007, -1/+1He probably sees this as an example of what the terrorists do to innocent God loving Americans and as a reason to continue to spread more war.
    • desqjockey, on 11/11/2007, -5/+14I think that man was once black. Damn. Thats some ***** up *****.
    • techmaster, on 11/14/2007, -15/+74"I sent thousands of Americans into Iraq to get burned and dismembered, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt."
      • TecHeavy, on 11/11/2007, -5/+3Should of gave him a shot to the nuts!
        • ispeakasian, on 11/11/2007, -2/+1cant! no legs! a punch would do just fine though. several punches.
      • endlessoul, on 11/11/2007, -1/+1Dude, that is so very wrong yet so very right.
    • xptoast, on 11/11/2007, -11/+15This war MUST end! These pictures as well as the idiocy our country has done puts fury into my soul. I know that we "care" about things but holy *****. We must end this crap and do it fast. Anyone say emp bomb? Do it and do it now damn it. Stop all forms of communication and movement there and take them down quickly. Put up the new system and give their country back. They have a different culture anyways. Lead a horse to water but not make them drink. Lead them then get the ***** out. Dont injure and destroy our or their lives anymore than we already have. Rise up people of America and fight this country from inside out. Ream the rot from our souls and country and get this ***** straightened out. Do it already. Lets rise up. Even us on dig could do it. You remember the uprising that occurred over just a stupid key for the dvds. Now lets do that plus some and rise up and fix this atrocity that we call America. Bring back the dollar and our dignity and grace. Dont make this a jock club anymore. DO IT AND DO IT NOW DAMN IT!!!
      • mrfunktastic, on 11/13/2007, -3/+1Open source, peer to peer, encrypted network. It's the one hydra they can't ever shut down.
      • miken32, on 11/13/2007, -3/+1"You remember the uprising that occurred over just a stupid key for the dvds."

        What, a bunch of stories got posted to digg? Oooh, you showed them. Maybe you should post some more comments, that's going to fix everything.
      • swiftekho, on 11/11/2007, -2/+1"Rise up people of America and fight this country from inside out."

        You start it... I'll consider following
    • Atomic1fire, on 11/13/2007, -19/+13President Bush is presented a T-shirt from Lcpl. Isaac Gallegos during a visit to the Center for the Intrepid at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, November 8, 2007
      I hope you remember to read before you attack bush
      • superdoofus, on 11/11/2007, -5/+13thanks for pointing that out, citizen! that just changed EVERYTHING. bush is now un-attackable because someone GAVE HIM the shirt, all other aspects of the photoset are beholden to "who gave who the shirt".
        • acidbass, on 11/11/2007, -6/+1superdoofus: When you talk using big words and complex ideas, the facists dont understand you, here let me try:

          Atomiclfire: it was a joke, ITS A FORM OF HUMOR CALLED: "SARCASM"
          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm
          Its when you say one thing but mean another, or
          to put it another way you can understand,
          its kinda like pretending to have sex with Angelina Jolie but really banging your sister.
        • Beveridge89, on 11/11/2007, -1/+2Never get arrogant then call people facists. Ive learnt that the hard way.
        • martinjd, on 11/11/2007, -0/+3There's nothing wrong in pointing out that the most dugg comment on this page ignores the images caption... i swear i can't understand some of the people on here.
      • 77boy84, on 11/11/2007, -1/+5Uh, he was directing that at the people bashing bush for giving away a Tshirt.
      • niczar, on 11/11/2007, -3/+3Bush should be in their stead.
      • acidbass, on 11/11/2007, -4/+1Atomiclfire: it was a joke, it's a form of humor called: "SARCASM"
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm
        Its when you say one thing but mean another, or
        to put it another way you can understand,
        its kinda like pretending to have sex with Angelina Jolie but really banging your sister.
    • NoStoppingUs, on 11/11/2007, -12/+10wow. apparently no one realizes those injured soliders are asked if they'd like a meeting with bush. turning this into a political statement against bush? imagine that!...
      • xptoast, on 11/11/2007, -4/+5Its not just bush. I despise the entire government. All that are good are shunned or hardly given good airtime. All the idiots prevail and make this system a piece of crap.
      • gcauthon, on 11/11/2007, -1/+1It seems like every single picture related to the war is a political statement against Bush. That's a really bad sign. It's a lot different from WW2 where FDR insisted that theaters show footage of actual combat in order to educate the public. If you have to hide everything you do from the public eye then you must know that what you're doing is wrong.
    • Sliver85, on 11/11/2007, -11/+8"President Bush is presented a T-shirt from Lcpl. Isaac Gallegos "

      Read the caption, he was given the ***** shirt.
      • mrfunktastic, on 11/11/2007, -10/+4So ***** what? "Hey I burned your face off, thanks for the t-shirt private... um what's your name again, oh yeah Private Notgonnahavealife."
    • nickthedude, on 11/12/2007, -10/+1peep this:

      http://digg.com/politics/bush_visits_injured_iraq_ ...
    • WaterDragon, on 11/12/2007, -21/+6Yes picture # 11...sickening. Bush, the man with no heart, no human decency, zero humanity...is trying to interest the maimed soldier in a damn tee shirt!
      What a f**king ANIMAL the criminal traitor Bush is!
      I bet Hitler had more compassion than that SOB Anti-American, Anti-Human monster!
      • statikuz, on 11/11/2007, -0/+8The soldier is giving Bush the shirt. The picture is captioned...
      • Subliminational, on 11/12/2007, -0/+5Its the Jump...to Conclusions Mat!
      • Maurauth, on 11/11/2007, -0/+2Learn to read.
    • bwmdiym, on 11/13/2007, -1/+5I hope something like this gets people off the couch on voting day to stop stuff like this from ever happening again
    • bobcatred, on 11/11/2007, -0/+15I know this may be a shock, but Bush has been to BAMC before. Several times in fact. And probably to several other military medical centers as well. It's not the first time he's seen injured veterans, so I highly doubt that, if it hasn't changed his course of action before, it will now.
      • OffPiste, on 11/13/2007, -3/+3Truth is not important to Diggers.
    • GhostyBoy, on 11/13/2007, -16/+3Please listen everyone: We can stop this.

      I know that there is a Ron Paul bury brigade or whatever but please hear me out:

      The neo-cons are scared of Dr. Paul and his supporters. They are trying to divide and conquer us. They WANT the Ron Paul supporters to split up and support Kuccinich.
      They release these pictures so that we are disgusted with Bush and want him and Cheney impeached, even though they are BOTH puppets. Earlier today CNN did a report on UFO's and all these high ranking people saying they were real.

      They are trying to INCREASE Kuccinich's popularity because they think it will divide the Ron Paul people.
      Please digg this up and spread it around.

      They are scared and trying to use last ditch efforts to stop us.

      We can beat these neo-con a$$holes, but we have to stand together!
      • Derrekito, on 11/13/2007, -3/+5Ron paul was sooo last week.

        but seriously, you guys are getting really annoying.
      • dartmanx, on 11/13/2007, -0/+9No, there's not a Ron Paul bury brigade. There's a "Bury Ron Paul When The Fanboys Try To Inject Him Into Every Discussion Brigade".
        • unitedstatians, on 11/13/2007, -0/+1It's NOT a brigade, it's a legion!
      • Akronos, on 11/11/2007, -0/+2Dude, what the hell? You're probably a neocon trying to act like a Ron Paul supporter and act like a total nut so people get disgusted about him. Get it through your head. By spamming Ron Paul, you are NOT helping him. You are making more people disgusted at him. Just stop. You and all the other spammers are ruining any chance that Ron Paul may have. And this is coming from someone who donated to Ron Paul's campaign and wants him to win. You seem like you want him to lose, Ghostyboy.
        By the way, your conspiracy is totally loony. Just shut up please. Kucinich is a good man and he's a DEMOCRAT. It doesn't affect Ron Paul's support whatsoever. Two different parties and two different primaries.
        • GhostyBoy, on 11/11/2007, -1/+0No your absolutely right, man.

          It's just that you see this ***** going on, and hear all these lies all the time, and then see pictures like this.

          I just....sometimes I can't tell what's real and what's not anymore.

          I am sorry, I retract my statement. Thank you.

          But I swear to you that I am no neocon.
    • Modizzle, on 11/11/2007, -7/+2His reply, "Free oil for everybody's fake joints, for a week"
    • falafelkiosken, on 11/13/2007, -8/+1"I went to Iraq and all I got was this ***** t-shirt"
      I should say that…
    • whatsupimphil, on 11/13/2007, -8/+3What a ***** camera whore.
    • metric7, on 11/13/2007, -2/+6Those poor folks lives have been destroyed for no good reason.
      /Bush is disgusting
    • sjl127, on 11/11/2007, -3/+3A whole range of emotions just overcame me and brought tears to my eyes.
    • andrgo, on 11/13/2007, -1/+3Wow, this is one of the saddest things I've honestly ever seen. No human being should have to sacrifice their own bodies like that for one man's chaotic, illegal war. All I can say is I hope they hold him personally responsible for what happened to them.
    • NikoKun, on 11/11/2007, -2/+1What's Bush's obsession, with touching people's heads? I mean, he always puts his hand on other people's heads, when shacking hands, or stuff...
    • Sell, on 11/13/2007, -0/+2I, in all honesty, cant believe that no patriot has not tried to assassinate this pathetic waste of space. This "man" needs a painful, public and humiliating death. I wish we could hand him over to our enemies and let that be that.

      Wait...theres a knock at the door....
  • degaz, on 11/14/2007, -33/+683"I just wanted to tell ya fellas - mission accomplished."
    • dildoolielly, on 11/11/2007, -14/+41►BUSH IS A BORDERLINE PSYCHOPATH
      No real human of even a remotely reality based conscious level could preside over the worse atrocities and still lie to the American public so feverishly.
      • fernecoon, on 11/11/2007, -5/+20I feel like puking when I see where Bush has taken this country. The bastard is the devil.
        • Fungo, on 11/10/2007, -2/+5Every time I see pictures of soldiers who have suffered permanently disfiguring burns, I want to cry for them.
          Especially that one whose wedding photos were circulating the nets a few years ago.
      • billyjack1958, on 11/11/2007, -3/+7These brave young men came home from fighting the Bush/Cheney war and we see what it has done to them. Wouldn't it be grand if we could banish the Bush and Cheney families, all the corrupt corporations, and all the back-stabbing politicians in Congress who have supported any of this in any way to Iraq? Let them fix the mess themselves....leave the rest of us out of it and we'll take care of things here. And yes, they need to use their own money to fix the travesty they created....no more money from us.
        • bunbury, on 11/11/2007, -1/+2Don't forget to banish Hilary... after all, she did vote yes.
          • dildoolielly, on 11/11/2007, -0/+3Most voted yes. They were lied too!

            Yeah, Dems should be ashamed, for TRUSTING Bush.

            Keep pretending about history though if it makes you feel better, Corkey
        • TDR25, on 11/11/2007, -0/+3Why banish them? I say let the families of all those that were horribly disfigured or unjustly murdered get five minutes alone with both Bush and Cheney without any assistance from the troops they sent to die for nothing.
    • 80hd, on 11/12/2007, -11/+56One of them looks like a monster, the other is.
      • SJKat, on 11/12/2007, -10/+2Heil Hitler!
      • AriaStar, on 11/11/2007, -1/+2The one who is a monster created the monstrous look of the other, and clearly doesn't care. I'd like to take a torch for Bush's body and melt his skin away, not enough to kill him, just enough so he has to live like this the rest of his life too.
      • GuacamoleSan, on 11/11/2007, -0/+1Never judge.....
      • chaser001, on 11/12/2007, -2/+1buried for an out of line comment about a victim. And no i don't mean bush.
        • LloydBentsen, on 11/11/2007, -0/+1the actions that gave him the opportunity to make that comment seem more out of line to me.
    • jrhelgeson, on 11/11/2007, -22/+8Those brave men volunteered for duty. They knew when they signed up that they would be sent into battle and if they came back, nothing would ever be the same. Every country, every generation has called upon its citizens who hear that call of duty. These men use words like honor, duty, code, loyalty. They use these words as a backbone of a life defending something. When was the last time any of those words escaped your lips? These soldiers didn't sign up to be your pawns. Every soldier seen here has volunteered, and served with pride. What I see in the eyes of our president is a man in awe of the real American heroes. I know this because that is exactly what I felt when I met with the wounded soldiers myself.
      • dildoolielly, on 11/11/2007, -5/+19Your rant is just some more posturing by an egotistical right-wing twit who thinks he's got it all figured out, but fails to see the own limits of his average intellect, and can only compensate for his own insecurity by getting your news and opinions from a whacked out drug addict on the radio, or a dildo using pervert and his screeching she-male cohort on FOX.
        Keep telling yourself your own version of history, Corky. Because why would you want the truth? You can't handle the truth. Obviously.
        Republican Sheeple, with a pathetic inability to break away from their cultist programming go to immediate "defense of Republican" mode
        Posters all over the world read the posts of the moronic, and tragically pathetic Repub damage control posting teams and have a global, collective chuckle at the insanity and madness of the "posters for a Republican America" keyboard brigade.
        Yes, you are truly special people. You do not possess patriotism, a love of America, or any of those high-minded ideals as you would like to believe. You possess the qualities that allowed bush to hijack your free will to do his bidding. You were used, and he did it by playing to the personal shortcomings that most people try to hide. Like Samuel L. Jackson's character at the end of the movie Unbreakable, you become aware, only after the fact, of the disgraceful role that you were destined to play. You will come to realize that you are history's bad guy. Like the McCarthyites or the brownshirts, you will serve both as a symbol of shame and a warning to future generations. You truly are special people.

        Well, at least your entertaining.

        • theone3, on 11/14/2007, -4/+3Geez, talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Your arguments are filled with dogma for fighting dogma. Correctness does not make you a better person if you stoop to the level of the person who you think is wrong. Your understanding of patriotism, which is largely defense of the intellectual pursuit for improvements in peace, freedom and equality, and principled reasoning against the dogma and propaganda of the imposers of power, is as bad as jrs. You're just as much of a pawn as he is. When was the last time you read a political memoir or a broadsheet newspaper? When was the last time you properly researched the history of leaders or nations being discussed in the national forum, or looked at a full speech instead of a quote taken out of context?
          • dildoolielly, on 11/11/2007, -0/+2What is your point? Where is the rebuttal? All I read here is drivel.

            Yes, tell us about "Pariotism". You do not possess patriotism, a love of America, or any of those high-minded ideals as you would like to believe. You possess the qualities that allowed bush to hijack your free will to do his bidding. You were used, and he did it by playing to the personal shortcomings that most people try to hide. Like Samuel L. Jackson's character at the end of the movie Unbreakable, you become aware, only after the fact, of the disgraceful role that you were destined to play. You will come to realize that you are history's bad guy. Like the McCarthyites or the brownshirts, you will serve both as a symbol of shame and a warning to future generations.

            Yes, show us what you call "Patriotism". We can pretend all we want
        • RemiMonster, on 11/14/2007, -2/+0You're blaming Republicans? What's the difference between R & D these days? Hillary or Obama are not going to change a damn thing. Ron Paul received more donations from our brave men and women in service, why don't we get behind them and put an end to America's police actions around the world.
          • dildoolielly, on 11/11/2007, -0/+2You're just the weak little kids cowering at the feet of the big bad liberals from the way you talk.
            But you know what? Repukes have had the majority of the political power in the country for the last 6 years so I think, wait...yes that's correct, you are todays grand prize winners of a lifetime supply of "Shut The ***** Up!"

            It goes great with pork and and hot air!
      • AriaStar, on 11/10/2007, -0/+1There's a difference between a just war, defending yourself, and starting as war without just cause. Your level of idiocy baffles me. How is it achievable? These men and women volunteered (though many have been detained unvoluntarily past their time) to defend this country, not to go fight someone's private battles or for someone else's gain.
      • soulkitchen, on 11/11/2007, -0/+1you know, you're right. They did volunteer to serve this country in a capacity that they knew was extremely dangerous. Because of this their honor, duty and loyalty remain wholly intact and they should be held in the highest regard. But you are gravely wrong if you think that the members of this forum are the ones using the troops as "pawns".
    • Pritchard, on 11/11/2007, -11/+1http://i.today.reuters.com/pictures/galleries/Stor ...

      Go Now, my Apprentice! Bring Luke to me. *star wars theme*
    • Tearlock, on 11/11/2007, -14/+1PHOTOSHOPPED!!!
    • sporg, on 11/10/2007, -0/+1Kurt lemon thought the sunshine was killing him and for him it was the final truth.
    • EditorResponse, on 11/11/2007, -1/+1You have to think before voting! Think about what the stakes are.

      At this time the three major superpowers are jockeying for control of the remaining oil reserves. This includes the United States of America, Russia and China.

      Peak Oil Supply, which was supposed to have been reached in 2000, is driving wars throughout the Mideast and Africa today. The United States of America would eventually have to go into the Mideast and Africa before the peak oil supply has been reached so as to secure it otherwise it would become the property of Russia and China. IF the oil falls under the control of China or Russia all FREEDOMS from ALL nations would be at stake. NOT just the United States of America. In spite of Russia having an ample supply of oil for itself don't think that Russia is not interested in other oil supplies. Russia is already leveraging its control of oil against Europe and Baltic nations.

      These events are just the beginning and will expand for the next thirty years until the majority of oil is removed from the Mideast and Africa. Gradually the oil wars will shift to Asia and South America where the fields are being heavily developed now.

      If you do NOT think that the United States of America should NOT be in the Mideast at this time then immediately QUIT driving or riding in gasoline powered bus, car, motorcycle or moped. Start using a bicycle or walking. Prove to yourself that you do NOT need the United States of America to fight for and equal share in the oil remaining globally wherever it happens to be located.

      Never mind bashing Bush. DO SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR USEAGE OF GASOLINE!
      • KidSupreme, on 11/11/2007, -0/+1What makes you think the US has the right to the oil in the middle east?
        • EditorResponse, on 11/11/2007, -0/+0It seems like you have your mind made up already....after all you've probably been out riding a bicycle for the last several decades. So tell me. What are you going to do when the oil you need isn't around to fuel the military or for pharmaceuticals?

          Mind you I've decided to leave it up to you. So what is your answer? Is China or Russia more important? Should we walk away and leave it to them? Or should we protect what is there so we are sure that we get some of it?
          • KidSupreme, on 11/11/2007, -0/+2I dont have a car because gas is too expensive for me. As price goes up further more consumers will be priced out like me. They will have to carpool, or use public transportation alot more. That is unitl technology catches up with affordable battery/solar/air pressured cars.
            Ofcourse as price goes up, demand for oil will fall, leaving enough for essentials such as pharmaceuticals!? Dont fool yourself in believing we need this war or else we gots no pills.
            US has spend almost a trillion dollars on this war, which could have gone a long towards R/D for alternatives to oil, exploration of oil, subsidizing gas, subsidizing food affected by rise in oil price.
            Even if it made economic sense to start this war (which it doesnt) it would still be unethical.
          • dawurz, on 11/11/2007, -0/+1Our President agrees with you! In last year’s State of the Union, President Bush said the “best way to break this addiction [to oil] is through technology.” Bush also said "For too long our nation has been dependent on foreign oil. And this dependence leaves us more vulnerable to hostile regimes, and to terrorists who could cause huge disruptions of oil shipments…raise the price of oil…and do great harm to our economy.” Bush II has pledged to reduce our energy dependence in every State of the Union he has delivered since taking office, but his actions do not match his words. His 2007 budget proposed funding less than half of what his energy bill promised for renewable energy and energy efficiency, the two most readily available opportunities to break our addiction to oil.. At the same time, the United States has become increasingly dependent on foreign oil, from 58 percent of oil consumed in the U.S. in 2000 to 70 percent in September 2006. U.S. dependence on OPEC nations for oil imports has risen to its highest level in 15 years. Gasoline prices have more than doubled since 2000, the same year the President pledged to 'jawbone' OPEC nations like Saudi Arabia to bring down the price of gas.

            I'll take your homerun suggestions to ride a bicycle or walk, but if our President's actions are against our efforts to reduce oil dependence, who do you think has the winning hand - the oil? Or us?
    • KidSupreme, on 11/12/2007, -0/+4I feel anger for all americans that supported this president. At the time when he had 80% approval rating after 9/11. I blame those 80% of americans, you know who you are. His actions affect us as much as US citizens
      • EditorResponse, on 11/11/2007, -2/+1George Bush did the right thing by going into Afghanistan. The USA took out the Taliban who were running Afghanistan because they would NOT turn over Al Quida. The Taliban were aiding the people who attacked the United States of America. What we really need to do next is to go into Waziristan where the Taliban and Al Quida are attacking Pakistan from.

        As for going into Iraq, Iraq was disobeying all orders in the oil for food program. They did in fact have weapons of mass destruction too. The Iraq's had sarin and nerve agent gas....that remained after the war with Iran, and had additional supplies for several more tons of nerve gas. This was found but NO NUKES.
        • KidSupreme, on 11/11/2007, -1/+1Im guessing you were in the 80%
        • EditorResponse, on 11/11/2007, -1/+0I am not a huge George Bush fan, and voted for him not the first time but the second time around. I vote for the best candidate there was on the day that they polled us.

          I'm also not a fan of torture. I would have no problem joining the CIA however, I've even applied, and torturing anyone to get what information had to be gotten by any means necessary. I would have no problem and I would sleep very soundly knowing that I did my best.

          Where do you stand? With the fishes? What would you do to save your country?
        • ekin09, on 11/22/2007, -0/+1Wake up. The Taliban are still running around Afghanistan and Canadian, British and American troops continue to suffer casualties there.
  • BigBenKlingon, on 11/14/2007, -30/+973The only thing I see supporting troops nowadays are carbon fiber prosthetics.

    Also, according to statistics, at least one of the guys in this slideshow will be homeless in the coming years.

    But keep buying those SUVs and plastering a Chinesse made yellow flag on em America!
    • dclowd9901, on 11/12/2007, -12/+53It's almost a cruel joke for him to be there amongst those poor vets.
      • omababy, on 11/11/2007, -12/+11Well it is isn't it. You'd think they've given him enough already, now he wants more using them for his own selfish PR ends.
        • grason1129, on 11/11/2007, -7/+6Some of those brave men have no skin and even fox news reports the war is FUBAR but bush has the balls to pretend it's all roses
      • AriaStar, on 11/11/2007, -0/+3Almost?
      • kingfoot, on 11/11/2007, -0/+1wanna support the US economy? buy a toyota. yes they're foreign cars, but they are actually MADE here in the US.
    • bethehammer, on 11/10/2007, -4/+2This is kinda old but still true. Check it out
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmsOIjzQ1V8
    • zobs, on 11/11/2007, -1/+5***** Bush Day - worldwide, coming Monday should be....
      • goodkidyo, on 11/13/2007, -0/+1The fact that this comment is in the +'s makes me feel just a little bit better about the world.
    • pleetonboy, on 11/13/2007, -15/+2That's not how statistics work dumb ass.
    • jwedekin, on 11/11/2007, -5/+0Yes to the SUV thing! The more we buy those, the more American jobs created and the fewer unemployed! Of course, unemployment is already at an all time low thanks to the Bush tax cuts...
    • darkciti2, on 11/11/2007, -3/+1Absolutely! I own a 2003 BMW 330Ci, a 2000 VW Jetta, and a 1995 Ford Aspire.
      I drive my Ford Aspire to work because it gets 48 MPG (and small cars are quite fun to drive, I might add). THAT is how I support our troops. I WALK THE WALK. My ACTIONS and not rhetoric support our troops much more than any yellow magnet (that was made in China) stuck to a Black Suburban ever will.
      I drive the nicer cars on the weekends, etc.; but the vast majority of my driving is done in a tiny fuel efficient car. It's my way of saying ***** YOU to the Oil Execs. Few things are better than getting 320 miles from an 8 gallon tank and $15.00 (My Jetta and Bimmer are > $45 per fill up).
      • ErrorS, on 11/11/2007, -1/+1*****, you're only doing that to save a few dollars.. if you truly cared about using less oil for the troops, you would drive something that runs on ethanol. It's more expensive but since it's all about the troops, why not?
        An ethanol, even the least efficient, will get 150Miles per gallon of GASOLINE at worst. It might cost you more a mile in the end, but since it's for the troops why should it matter?
        Your 48MPG Ford Aspire really only gets 31MPG highway if you're driving an auto, 38mpg highway if you're driving a manual, you can do better with most diesels.

        If it's for the enviroment or money, fine, enjoy your Aspire.. but don't try to act like you're doing it for the troops.
        that's what I'm getting sick of, all of this "I support the troops" garbage, but there is always an if.

        "I support the troops" ... "if it's convienant"
        in your case:
        "I support the troops" "... if I can also save a few dollars at the same time"

        Send their family some money, send the troops a ***** postcard or a letter.. DVDs, videogames, it's all stuff they can have and it's all stuff they would LOVE to have when they get a few minute break from kicking the enemy's ass. A letter is usually enough, just to show there are people back home that are proud of the job they're doing.

        That's somethign my father taught me, someone who serves in the military.. most of you have no clue how much a soldier enjoys a simple "Thank you" gift from America. There are lots of 'adopt a soldier' sites you can go to that will show you how to get started. It's a great way for most Americans to show they support the troops ...without going to extreme measures of course...
      • goodkidyo, on 11/11/2007, -0/+3I have many leather bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.
      • gvolt9amer, on 11/11/2007, -0/+1Out of curiosity is the Jetta a diesel? I drive a 91 diesel Jetta....
  • wtfersk8s, on 11/14/2007, -107/+1210He doesn't look sincere at all. ***** that mother *****.
    • _skin_, on 11/11/2007, -12/+37Seeing this just makes me more pissed off. That is ***** horrible what those guys had to go through! And they have to live with that THE REST OF THEIR LIVES! DUBYA has to live with it for what... Another year if he is lucky.

      wtfersk8s - You said it best! "***** that mother *****."
      • FutureGuy, on 11/11/2007, -1/+4And that smirk on his face makes my skin crawl. Ohh he should be thrown in the middle of Baghdad along with every American who still supports him!!!
      • snyperr2s, on 11/11/2007, -0/+2he actually looks disgusted at the guys, like they could of done something about the condition they're in
    • Ananda725, on 11/11/2007, -13/+8If reincarnation exists, where will the Decider be re-born? My guess is.....wait for it........IRAQ
    • 666dorado, on 11/13/2007, -61/+5people misunderstand bush. deep down he really is sincere. he's just pretending to look not sincere so he can be a regular joe.
      • Dumbledorito, on 11/13/2007, -2/+27You voted for him because he was someone "you could have a beer with," didn't you?
        • cfulp, on 11/10/2007, -0/+2I've herd that statement kicked around a lot. But, i would much rather have a beer with Bill Clinton, he seems like he'd be a fun guy.
        • Akronos, on 11/11/2007, -0/+2Clinton might be a good guy to drink a beer with as long as you don't take your wife along.
      • bonk2k, on 11/13/2007, -0/+13Since when is a "regular joe" a heartless prick?
    • Theycallmetak, on 11/10/2007, -3/+11Word.

      Look at the "sincerity" on his face as he "hugs" Sgt. Chris Edwards. He looks like he was waiting for the photographer to take that shot so he could hurry home to his ranch and shower. How about putting your arms around a ***** to show you appreciate the fact that he got injured doing your ***** pointless, dirty work...

      @ dorado

      I hope you're ***** joking.
    • blackinthmiddle, on 11/12/2007, -1/+27I don’t oppose all wars. And I know that in this crowd today, there is no shortage of patriots, or of patriotism. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. What I am opposed to is the cynical attempt by Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz and other arm-chair, weekend warriors in this Administration to shove their own ideological agendas down our throats, irrespective of the costs in lives lost and in hardships borne.

      What I am opposed to is the attempt by political hacks like Karl Rove to distract us from a rise in the uninsured, a rise in the poverty rate, a drop in the median income – to distract us from corporate scandals and a stock market that has just gone through the worst month since the Great Depression.

      That’s what I’m opposed to. A dumb war. A rash war. A war based not on reason but on passion, not on principle but on politics.

      Barack Obama, October 26th, 2002
      Full text of speech here -http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Barack_Obama's_Iraq_ ...
    • acephreak, on 11/11/2007, -2/+14I hate Bush. He and Cheney should take a rifle and go fight themselves.
      • ventralnet, on 11/11/2007, -5/+1Only one could go fight, one needs to be protected so we have a functioning government
    • NoStoppingUs, on 11/11/2007, -24/+3this is what the left has resorted to? "***** that mother *****"?

      if at first you quickly run out of facts, name call!...
      • diatonic1, on 11/10/2007, -0/+11That's not coming from the left, it's coming from the left, right & center. Ron Paul is further to the right than Bush. Support for the Bush Administration is not 'conservative'.
      • mrfunktastic, on 11/10/2007, -0/+12You don't have to be on the left to think Bush is a sick person.
      • dawurz, on 11/10/2007, -0/+1Pathetic. The stars of the conservative media traffic in nothing BUT name calling (and distortion, falsehoods, misinformation, character defmation). To name a small sample: Rush Limbaugh, Ann Colter, Michael Savage, Neil Boortz, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, Tucker Carlson, Glenn Beck, Matt Drudge, Neil Cavuto, John Gibson, Brit Hume, Fred Barnes, Mort Kondracke, Charles Krauthammer, Howard Kurtz, Melanie Morgan, Kathleen Willey, Steve Doocy, Charles Colson. The idea of a "liberal media" is mythical canard, like "GOP" and "fiscal responsibility" or "GOP" and "morality and family values" in the same sentence.
      • harajukukei, on 11/10/2007, -0/+1bush has a 10% approval rating u retard, this isn't a left/right controversy. the right hates bush too, because there has never been a less practical leader in the US. he spends all the countries money to fight a war that has nothing to do with america's safety. he should be imprisoned for 10 lifetimes, calling him a ***** is more than called for.
    • hiphoc, on 11/10/2007, -0/+12I noticed in some of the photos he has this look on his face like "Why the ***** am I here? Where is Jeff Gannon?"
      • rnreekez, on 11/14/2007, -1/+2holy *****...that's awesome....hahaha. A lot of people forget about his little butt buddy.
    • GhostyBoy, on 11/11/2007, -14/+7Please listen everyone: We can stop this.

      I know that there is a Ron Paul bury brigade or whatever but please hear me out:

      The neo-cons are scared of Dr. Paul and his supporters. They are trying to divide and conquer us. They WANT the Ron Paul supporters to split up and support Kuccinich.
      They release these pictures so that we are disgusted with Bush and want him and Cheney impeached, even though they are BOTH puppets. Earlier today CNN did a report on UFO's and all these high ranking people saying they were real.

      They are trying to INCREASE Kuccinich's popularity because they think it will divide the Ron Paul people.
      Please digg this up and spread it around.

      They are scared and trying to use last ditch efforts to stop us.

      We can beat these neo-con a$$holes, but we have to stand together!
      • Myakka, on 11/11/2007, -0/+3This is my fantasy: Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinch run as pres/v.p. on an anti-war and sane government ticket. Who the hell cares that one is a Republican and the other a Democrat? Do it anyway -- it has been done before...
      • Kmartian21, on 11/11/2007, -1/+0i wish people would stop pretending that they love Ron Paul
    • peterkatheter, on 11/11/2007, -11/+6Ron Paul may still suck my hairy balls
    • ummagummas08, on 11/11/2007, -1/+4What I don't understand is how those soldiers can just sit there and act happy to see the guy who made them give up their legs and arms for some pointless war.
      If I was one of those dudes, I would have just killed that little dickwad! Just been like 'YOU MOTHER *****' and tackled him and broken his neck in half. Or rip his head off.. Knowing how strong these guys must be, it seems like a great possibility..
      • SJKat, on 11/11/2007, -0/+2They probably picked the ones that were hit in the head to some extent. Good company for Bush.
      • Monkeywithacold, on 11/11/2007, -3/+1Im not saying I support the war (i don't), or saying that I like bush (I don't) but not everyone hates him as much as we do here at digg.
        I also thought bush looked mostly sincere in the photos...Digg me down for it.
    • bsmang, on 11/10/2007, -0/+1Let alone be sincere..........
    • Wolf3235, on 11/11/2007, -1/+0I totally agree. He's a ***** *****, he just looks at them and thinks, "ITS WORKING"
    • AriaStar, on 11/11/2007, -0/+6I tried to find any sincerity in these photos, any at all.

      In #9, he put his jacket on someone, but he kept a distance and his face was one of disconnection. In #13, he half-hugged someone, but it's only that he was blinking that there's even pseudo-sincerity. These two men are those least disfigured in the photos. Look at his interaction with the burned ones. He doesn't even want to touch the guy in the last picture.

      I want to hug these guys, and he clearly is waiting to go home.
    • jxfallout, on 11/10/2007, -0/+2http://i.today.reuters.com/pictures/galleries/Stor ...

      DON'T THEY ALL LOOK SO HAPPY?!
  • sickoo, on 11/12/2007, -55/+90Reckless cruel person ever.
    • absurdist, on 11/11/2007, -8/+23MOST reckless cruel person ever.

      There, fixed that for you.
      • simpleid, on 11/12/2007, -6/+1without you, i would have never understood what he was trying to say. /sarcasm
        i thought you were on strike?! HUH?! you don't really contribute anything new, you're just an arrogant puss, f*** off.

        no i'll tell you what, people on youtube have worse grammar, go play super hero over there so we can be left alone. we here are smart enough to assume what most people are trying to say.
    • NoStoppingUs, on 11/13/2007, -15/+1MORE RHETORIC PLEASE!
  • GuiBRZ, on 05/15/2008, -23/+194War sucks. Thanks Bush. I'm sure their families feel the same way.
    • blackinthmiddle, on 11/11/2007, -1/+10It would be more palpable if they were fighting for *something*. Well something other than Haliburton!
      • LukasSmith, on 11/10/2007, -3/+1I think we obviously seem to be fighting to keep iraqis from killing eachother in thier Civil War. Im sorry but the idea that US troops are going out and massacring civilians is a lie. Plus if you think they do you should be ashamed.seriously.
        • Tuto, on 11/10/2007, -0/+1Yeah killing 20 civilians is a massacre, but when you get one terrorist along with 20 civilians that's something else right.......?
          • LukasSmith, on 11/10/2007, -1/+0well they can at least make an excuse it was a mistake. I dont think someone with a bomb strapped to them can. Actually they cant considering they are dead after it goes off.
      • yodaj007, on 11/10/2007, -0/+1Do you mean "palatable"? Palpable makes a little sense, but I think it has the wrong denotation.
    • NoStoppingUs, on 11/11/2007, -4/+2have you even ever been to walter reed? i had the extreme privilege of going to visit injured soldiers with a member of congress. obviously, you've never stepped foot in there. otherwise, your statement would be MUCH different.
      • Monkeywithacold, on 11/11/2007, -0/+1I don't know why you are being burried. You're right.
    • jhaks, on 11/10/2007, -1/+4He should go and apologize to all the civilians in Iraq who were similarly maimed in this war. I guess that part of the war is not shown often.
      • LukasSmith, on 11/10/2007, -4/+0I think we obviously seem to be fighting to keep iraqis from killing eachother in thier Civil War. They were not maimed by Bush or US soldiers. If they want someone to blame they can go talk to the terrorist in little pieces that strapped a bomb to his chest to kill 50 or more people. Im sorry but the idea that US troops are going out and massacring civilians is a lie. Plus if you think they do you should be ashamed.seriously.
    • LukasSmith, on 11/11/2007, -3/+4I dont actually see them saying ***** you Bush. Of course they may not be able to speak but still. I think those men realize that any military situation is dangerous. What do we even have a military for? planting roses? singing songs while holding hands? I mean seriously people if they never go into combat we might as well just disband our military. Oops then 3/4 of them would be on the street because the military is all they have. dang. You democats are too cruel. Also note alot of those soldiers will end up with a big cash handout from Uncle Sam. And if not how many 100's of disabled soldier funds do you not realize exist? This guy served three years in panama and returned with 0 injuries but still is on the streets oddly and I quote"Ben, at 51, is honest enough to acknowledge that some problems of his thirties and forties were of his own making." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7087267.stm. He also mentioned when he joined military there was no money and he had a PREVIOUS medical condition. He also mentioned he got help only from a place that didnt test for drugs or alcohol. How many other soldiers do you think have this same situation? Of course back in his day maybe the military didnt offer the moon for you to join like they do now. All Iim saying is that I would like to see a report that says 1/4 of Iraqi soldiers end up on the streets because with the perks the military hands out these days to even get someone to join I highly doubt it. I think many of those soldiers on the street were a. from decades ago who werent offered much when they joined or b. are just ***** ups who did drugs or drank away thier money or commited a crime. I mean just because your a vet doesnt mean your an angel of God.
      • yodaj007, on 11/10/2007, -0/+1Calm down. And use paragraphs for godsake.
        You're using anecdotal evidence to support your views. It was very easy for me to do a google search. Perhaps you can do the same?
        http://www.google.com/search?q=1%2F4+of+soldiers+e ...
        (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21678030/
        • LukasSmith, on 11/10/2007, -2/+0Um dumbass read full sentences. Im not trying to prove 1/4 of homeless are not military. Im trying to point out they are not as blessed as our troops in iraq who are offered tons of ***** for serving there. Plus take into account the fact that military perks havent always been given. Though more have these days to draw up new recruits. Im also pointing out that not all thes vets are saints either. Some may have put themselves in thier situation such as the guy on bbcnews.
      • yodaj007, on 11/10/2007, -0/+1"I dont actually see them saying ***** you Bush. Of course they may not be able to speak but still. "
        Are you suggesting that *any President* would allow themselves to be caught in a picture next to someone cursing at them?
  • Napoleone, on 11/14/2007, -21/+796If you could bottle whatever helps that man sleep at night you'd be an overnight millionaire.
    • christopheles, on 11/14/2007, -7/+73Liquor?
    • mokayogi, on 11/14/2007, -8/+69I didn't think you could bottle a hellish soul.
    • Dumbledorito, on 11/10/2007, -3/+17Powell said 'everyone' was on Ambien.
      • martalli, on 11/11/2007, -4/+33I knew Ambien could cause you to walk in your sleep, eat in your sleep, even screw your wife in your sleep. Maybe it can cause you to screw your country in your sleep, too.
      • durasoul, on 11/10/2007, -1/+0From the Wiki on Ambien, a.k.a. zolpidem:
        "Alcohol has cross tolerance with GABAa receptor positive modulators such as the benzodiazepines and the nonbenzodiazepine drugs. For this reason alcoholics or recovering alcoholics may be at increased risk of physical dependency on zolpidem. Also, alcoholics and drug abusers may be at increased risk of abusing and or becoming psychologically dependent on zolpidem. Zolpidem should be avoided in those with a history of Alcoholism, drug misuse (illicit or prescription misuse), or in those with history of physical dependency or psychological dependency on sedative-hypnotic drugs."

        Gee, wonder if our "former" coke and booze sucking Prez is included in that "everyone." 'Cause that would just be spiffy. But what are the odds that someone with a known addictive personality, under a great deal of pressure, would be inclined to take and abuse a drug that his coworkers are all taking?
    • Lane, on 11/11/2007, -11/+39No one would buy mental retardation in a bottle... well maybe he would.
      • Voide, on 11/10/2007, -21/+2You're an idiot.
        • Metis2be, on 11/10/2007, -0/+3No, the point was that bush is an idiot. Maybe you misread the comment. Did you learn to read under bush's no child left behind distorted schools? That would explain it.
        • yodaj007, on 11/11/2007, -0/+3You can cure ignorance, but stupid is forever.
    • Subvexer, on 11/10/2007, -8/+12Ignorance is bliss.

      Planet filled with mostly idiots + majority rules = Mr. Bush
      • WallyAnti, on 11/10/2007, -0/+1Haha, oh the irony. You're getting dugg down for hurting their feelingings.
    • Spoomeister, on 11/13/2007, -6/+50It's called oil. You can bottle it. If you have enough, it does make you an overnight millionaire.
      • crodragn, on 11/10/2007, -0/+9Either that or the US Army on your doorstep
    • ifm1989, on 11/11/2007, -11/+3Holy Water
    • theXenon, on 11/10/2007, -1/+7You won't find what helps him sleep in a bottle, but a tiny little operation to remove the heart, and voi la!
    • zakatov, on 11/11/2007, -15/+14It's called "Religion" and that's what got us into the war in the first place
      • gmprunner, on 11/11/2007, -2/+6Religion didn't get us into this war any more than oil did.
        • Derrekito, on 11/10/2007, -4/+1oil? What oil? You know how much it costs me to get gas?
      • crawf061, on 11/10/2007, -0/+1Come again, guvna?
      • coyoteblue, on 11/11/2007, -0/+5I'm sick of this ***** talking about religion. maybe it's not real Christians who are to blame for this *****. Maybe it's people who twist the words of a very good man and claim themselves to be Christians and use it to promote hate. Kind of like the people who twist the words of Allah to kill thousands in his name.
    • bonk2k, on 11/11/2007, -1/+8Are you kidding me? Ventriloquist dummies don't sleep.
    • khpmli, on 11/10/2007, -1/+7lack of soul?
    • strel1337, on 11/10/2007, -2/+2I think the secret ingredient is case of dumb-dumbs, short attention span and absence of short and long term memory.
    • maelstromwar, on 11/10/2007, -6/+3Strictly speaking, it's called Melatonin.

      Digg me UP if I'm being too nice.
    • jnosanov, on 11/11/2007, -4/+5It's called religion. It lets you justify and avoid moral responsibility for anything, because someone else will be judging your actions after you are gone.
      • McHoffa, on 11/11/2007, -1/+3not true... the things he has done are not supported by his claimed religion.... it's purely greed and money that justifies everything he does... he just uses religion as a cover...
    • EmperorAwesome, on 11/11/2007, -0/+10Puppy blood?
    • jwedekin, on 11/11/2007, -2/+0Integrity. Systematically doing what you believe is right regardless of the consequences. That same integrity founded this country and united it.
    • snyperr2s, on 11/11/2007, -0/+1our trillion dollar deficit?
  • Malarie, on 11/14/2007, -53/+385May these brave souls be at piece one day.
    ***** You Mr Bush.
    • NSMike, on 11/13/2007, -7/+92I seriously hope the use of "piece" over "peace" was not intentional.
      • Malarie, on 11/11/2007, -0/+13Oh *****, what an ugly typo from my part. I am sorry.
    • Lyght, on 11/10/2007, -3/+9Does he even deserve to have the title, "Mr."?
    • statikuz, on 11/10/2007, -16/+2Saying "Mr." doesn't make you look anything but foolish. The title is "President," whether you agree with him or not is irrelevant.
  • jogleby, on 11/13/2007, -20/+415This makes me sad. I can't imagine the horrors those people went through. It makes me sad that president can even look those veterans in the face after he sent them to war and then cut their benefits.
    http://veterans.house.gov/democratic/press/109th/3 ...
    • HonestAbe, on 11/10/2007, -0/+7And they're honored by his presence and give him a T shirt?

      http://i.today.reuters.com/pictures/galleries/Stor ...

      Oh, military. What you do to people.
    • blackinthmiddle, on 11/10/2007, -1/+9Well and that's the point of all of this. These vets don't realize that he's only there to use them for good PR. He'd come off as *somewhat* more genuine if he actually threw a couple of dollars toward the vets. When you find out that vets make up 11 percent of the population but 25% of the homeless population, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that when the dust settles, these guys just become forgotten collateral damage.
    • ronaldinho, on 11/10/2007, -0/+3It makes me so sad just by looking at these pictures......I really wish all our troops can come home now
    • Monkeywithacold, on 11/11/2007, -0/+1It makes me sad that I look at these pictures and all anyone is saying is "***** you Bush"
      I don't like bush either, but calling him a ***** head isn't helping ANYTHING.
      If everyone who was against bush (which is a lot of people, including myself) got together with positive energy rather than just telling him to ***** off...I really think more would get done. Either that or the government would take us more seriously.
      • LloydBentsen, on 11/11/2007, -0/+1In all honesty, I like your sentiments, but I think many people are well past the boiling point when it comes to this man.
  • grrrrrrrrrrrrrr, on 11/13/2007, -44/+133Bush, like his father and his grandfather before him, are brothers of the Order of Skull and Bones. 'The Brotherhood of Death'. A secret society whose members pride themselves on being soulless.
    http://preview.tinyurl.com/2ugvfr
    • aukxsona, on 11/11/2007, -3/+6So how come I didn't get to join? Because I'm a girl?
      • grrrrrrrrrrrrrr, on 11/10/2007, -1/+5No prob. You just gotta be a YALE chick
        http://preview.tinyurl.com/ysnma5
        • sickswaystop, on 11/10/2007, -0/+2hey u should e-mail me some more of those articles id really appreciate it
          my majors thesis is on capitalism and media power, i cant find anything on S&B (until today)
          • grrrrrrrrrrrrrr, on 11/10/2007, -0/+3Start with Googling for all of Antony Sutton's work on Fascism and Communism. Most of it is available as pdf on the web. His scientific and statistical conclusion, they both have a common source-Wall Street capitalism. Also search the real history of Time magazine and the purchase of Washington Post ca. 1930 by the Chairman of the Federal Reserve http://preview.tinyurl.com/2fpd5t That should get you started. Welcome to the matrix...
    • mwalker05, on 11/11/2007, -2/+13many former presidents are in that group actually
      • grrrrrrrrrrrrrr, on 11/10/2007, -0/+3Not many US Presidents. Only Taft, other than the Bushes (41 and 43), I believe...but very many influential politicians, industrialists, statesmen...oh, and John Kerry
        http://preview.tinyurl.com/pd7hz
    • Bamont, on 11/11/2007, -1/+7Don't taze me, bro!
    • samolition, on 11/13/2007, -6/+1No offense, I think this jackass is FAR too stupid to be in ANY secret society.
    • johnn11238, on 11/13/2007, -11/+5And you, sir, are a member of the Total ***** Crackpots of America Society.
      Now put down that dog-eared copy of The DaVinci Code and back..away...slowly...
      • Midvicious, on 11/11/2007, -2/+5"You can't handle the truth!" -- Jack Nicholson
        • grrrrrrrrrrrrrr, on 11/11/2007, -0/+1@johnn11238:
          "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results". ~Albert Einstein
      • Smaugrens, on 11/11/2007, -0/+3Show me where in that book that it talks about Skull and Bones.
    • quiznos, on 11/10/2007, -0/+1PDF alert
    • horscategorie, on 11/11/2007, -1/+3And John Kerry, for whom you presumably voted.
      • grrrrrrrrrrrrrr, on 11/11/2007, -0/+1I don't vote in US elections. Nice false left-right Pavlovian flamebait tho
    • EntangledPhysx, on 11/13/2007, -3/+1If its a "secret society" then why is it known about? Sounds like a crackpot conspiracy theory to me. This ruins the credibility of many anti-bush movements.
      • grrrrrrrrrrrrrr, on 11/13/2007, -0/+3Like your quotation marks should imply...it is no longer secret in a literal sense, although it was formerly a complete secret known only by its own members until it was exposed as per Antony Sutton's book in the pdf link provided. But given the Pravda-like behavior of the MSM it still remains a popular secret today. You should read and investigate more before you opine on things being "crackpot"...that hurts YOUR credibility
      • Smaugrens, on 11/13/2007, -0/+4Most conspiracy theories are labeled as crackpot because it's just too far out there for most sheeple to believe, especially if it shakes the foundations of their current beliefs. Truth CAN be stranger than fiction...
  • MisterWonderful, on 11/12/2007, -11/+93Picture 11 pretty much defines this man's presidency.
    • MewTwo, on 11/11/2007, -17/+8You know the soldier was presenting the shirt to him, right?
      • MisterWonderful, on 11/10/2007, -2/+17Yep.
        • naterpoke, on 11/11/2007, -25/+4then how the ***** does it define his presidency? what the *****?
        • HonestAbe, on 11/13/2007, -3/+44You're the guy with his face burned off. Giving the president a shirt. For burning your face.
        • petewiz, on 11/11/2007, -1/+6What's with the pokemon themed Bush supporters? Grow the ***** up.
  • Dumbledorito, on 11/13/2007, -27/+300Jeeze. How could he not break down after seeing the results of his actions? Does he have no conscience whatsoever?

    Bush has no soul.
    • caferrell, on 11/11/2007, -6/+27He stands there smiling at a fellow who's lost his face and his legs. He really has no empathy at all and he's too stupid to realize that he personally and unnecessarily disfigured all of those men.
      • blackinthmiddle, on 11/10/2007, -2/+3Well I'm sure they briefed him beforehand. "Look, you're going to see some people with horrible injuries. Whatever you do, don't act shocked or the press will have a field day. Just keep smiling!" They HAD to have briefed him. It's the only way that you can look at some of these HORRIFICALLY disfigured people and actually smile.
        • caferrell, on 11/10/2007, -0/+4not for a sociopath
        • bdhughes, on 11/10/2007, -0/+4Not only was he briefed, but iI bet they had photos and print outs of their whole story, where they were injured, family history, etc. No way did he go in there unaware or without being briefed and prepared for the horrors of these terrible injuries. Besides being a sociopath, he is a well-prepared, sanctimonious, self-righteous, remorseless, emotionally and spiritually bankrupt *****.

          ***** the ***** *****!
      • JustinPM, on 11/10/2007, -0/+1How bad would that make them feel if he burst into tears while looking at that guy? The best thing you could do is be respectful and carry on a decent conversation. I wouldn't have the heart to be there myself, I couldn't take it. My dad had a heart attack last year and it was hard to be in the same room. I've known the guy my entire life, but now he looks alien. Real hard. It'd be the same here.
    • NSMike, on 11/12/2007, -4/+48I'm NOT defending Bush or his choices.

      But I remember a story Phyllis Diller told once.

      She and Bob Hope were visiting the injured soldiers, many of whom were just as injured as the ones in this set of photos. Phyllis said she started crying looking at one young man who had lost both legs above the knee. Bob took her aside and said, "Please, I know this is hard to look at, but try to keep your emotions in check. That's not what we're here for."

      And he was right. Those guys probably want no more sympathy for their situation than you would.

      That doesn't excuse the terrible decisions that were made that led to these young men getting injured. That doesn't excuse the shameless photo op. And since Bush isn't there to entertain, like Bob Hope and Phyllis Diller, It sort-of pulls that excuse out from under him too. But the last thing those guys want is to be reminded of what has happened to them and how tragic it is. They want to start adapting, and moving on.

      Now, what he did AFTER that meeting would be more telling. We don't have that story, though.
      • jggr, on 11/11/2007, -2/+13Good post. And I agree. Sure, this was a political movement, and I'm no Bush fan, but if he didn't visit the wounded vets, what would we all be thinking of him then. This wasn't a photo op (well, it was, but only partly).... This was part of his duty as a war president to be seen supporting those who he has called to war. I don't think this means Bush is heartless or that he didn't feel empathy for these unfortunate solders, he was just doing his job.
        /Not that Bush needs more evidence of his obvious lacking in morals, but I don't think this particular incident can be used as evidence of his evilness.
        • gmiley, on 11/11/2007, -0/+3I hate to agree, I really do, but you are both correct. :( He is still a douchebag.
      • VitriolAndAngst, on 11/10/2007, -0/+4I agree and disagree.
        Bush shouldn't be crying because it's going to make it tough for these guys.
        But I can also tell you, that he had no impulse to cry. These are just bags of meat to Bush -- he is a psychopath. He only has sympathy for himself. I don't say that because I don't like him, there seems to be a lot of evidence that he has no "connection" with other people, and rarely knows if a situation is serious or not - someone has to tell him beforehand not to tell jokes.
        He is probably also numb with anti-psychotics here.
        • Myakka, on 11/11/2007, -1/+2Bush felt for his rich friends who lost property in the Katrina disaster; but not the poor folk in New Orleans.

          From this I conclude that Bush's definition of "people" excludes 99.9% of us. If you aren't one of his rich buddies, then you are sub-human and expendable.

          Let's not wait for the next election -- let's kick this guy out now! Support Dennis Kucinch's drive for impeachment .
    • MASTERPL, on 11/11/2007, -1/+5It made me sick (sadness and anger) to see these pics. Bush is a ***** monster. I would be crying and apologizing on my knees to these guys. I think most soul possessing men would break down in his place, but he just smiles like a jackass.
    • jesuswuzanalien, on 11/10/2007, -2/+1All hail president Zom-bush!
    • coollettuce, on 11/10/2007, -1/+1No one has a soul.
    • zeero, on 11/10/2007, -0/+1puppets dont have souls
  • Arcesius, on 11/13/2007, -13/+366That's ***** hard to look at. Seriously =/
    • Damian91, on 11/11/2007, -2/+2Yea I didn't have the heart to like read the descriptions or continue looking. Just so sad..
    • blahbbs, on 11/11/2007, -2/+6I work at BAMC and I have to tip my hat to the doctors, nurses, and therapists that are trying to help these soldiers. Some of these guys are burnt over 90% of their bodies and would have been dead if not for some of the work they do at BAMC. One may question their quality of life, but that's not for us to decide. I don't support Bush's war, but I can't believe some of the comments that imply that Bush is not affected by this.
    • man3ster, on 11/11/2007, -0/+2very very sad
      • HollowMarkeD, on 11/10/2007, -1/+1Some of the most heartbreaking pictures I've seen on Digg. Bush is fundamentally mistaken in what he is doing, but I think he believes what he is doing is right, in some strange psychopathic way. You'd have to be Evil Incarnate to not be affected by meeting these war vets; those brave soldiers have to do it, its their job. I do see regret in his eyes as he meets them.
    • sittered, on 11/11/2007, -1/+7Not ashamed to say that I tear up when I see those faces.
    • mrtechbuzz, on 11/11/2007, -0/+7This is why we need to start protesting war with Iran... before it's too late! Bush and Cheney still have a year left and I don't think they're done. Iran is a much different place than Iraq and has a much bigger population!
    • JustinPM, on 11/11/2007, -0/+3It breaks my heart looking at those pictures. ***** tragic. Nobody deserves to have these kinds of injuries.
      • Akronos, on 11/11/2007, -0/+2Agreed. If I was president and knew I was responsible for their injuries and the deaths of their fellow soldiers, I'd end the war immediately and then shoot myself in the head. I seriously don't think I would be able to live with the fact that I have ruined countless other lives, American and foreign.

        I wish our media would actually show these types of things. Yes, it's graphic but numbers and statistics show nothing compared to these pictures.
  • DeadRooster, on 11/13/2007, -21/+451It makes me sick to think that if Giuliani is elected president, we will see even more...
    • cmpshotty, on 11/12/2007, -9/+46And Hilary and Obama won't pull the troops out either.