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You're getting close Peggy.
Had never heard about the soldiers'/parents' reactions to Clinton after the "Black Hawk Down" incident. Thank you.
Clinton once said he "loathed" the military. Its pretty clear the feeling is mutual; as well it should be.
Wow. I need an antidote, quick! Hillary overload!
For me, it symbolized the utter contempt in which he holds the military; those who sacrifice life, limb, mental health, and the friends and family who suffer along with them.
We read that those such as the President, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz often visit the wounded without fanfare. How hard this must be to face these wounded, knowing you are the one that sent them off to battle. But face them, they do. I don't doubt they have tears in private moments.
Thanks Mia, we must never forget the lives that were needlessly lost due to the disgraced ex-President and his despicable wife.
Painful to the point of intolerable.
Can't you just post a story and links like everyone else?
The author fails to understand that a president who needs to ask himself that question is in the wrong job.--Mia T] 2
When I read the original, I just dismissed it as another piece of anti-Bush fluff and hardly gave it any thought at all. You make a good point, though. I remember one of the Clintons, I think it was Hillary, who said they (Clintons) would have liked to have lead the country like the Roosevelts during a time of national crisis, almost like she was disappointed that the Clinton presidency was uneventful, at least in the vainglorious sense. But she made it clear, it was not for lack of aspiration on her part.
Me, my favorite president was Calvin Coolidge. Nothing happened during his terms, the nation was at peace and prospered.