Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

To: AuntB

Ma’am, you clearly don’t know what the hell you’re talking about.

I was detailed to the Bush White House immediately after 9/11 and, while there’s plenty about which we can criticize his administration, treatment of veterans isn’t one of them. The chief of his USSS protective detail is a very good friend of mine and told me that, almost once a week while he was in office, GW visited Bethesda/Walter Reed to personally visit wounded veterans, pin their medals and just speak to them. He personally did things for and with veterans that have never seen the light of day - things that no other president has ever done - and he wanted them to be private, with no media present.

While maybe not as notable as service to veterans, he also did things for his protective detail and the White House staff that were highly unusual, done entirely out of a sense of service and appreciation for those who served him.

The Veterans Administration has been an abject mess for decades and no one, not George Bush or even Donald Trump can single-handedly fix it. You should be utterly ashamed of saying such a thing when you clearly have no idea what the hell you’re talking about.

Oh, and I am a retired Army officer.


58 posted on 02/16/2016 10:37:08 AM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies ]


To: ManHunter

Since your reading comprehension does you no good, here are pics! This was all over the news.

GEORGE W. BUSH screwed plenty of vets! I’m glad it wasn’t you.

2008...SHAME
http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/2008/04/shame.html


68 posted on 02/16/2016 11:47:33 AM PST by AuntB (Illegal immigration is simply more "share the wealth" socialism and a CRIME not a race!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 58 | View Replies ]

To: ManHunter

+1


69 posted on 02/16/2016 11:54:21 AM PST by 1035rep
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 58 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson