Posted on 08/31/2010 10:33:44 AM PDT by STARWISE
President Barack Obama called former President George W. Bush Tuesday hours before he was set to deliver an Oval Office speech on the drawdown of U.S. troops from Iraq, the White House said.
Obama made the call aboard Air Force One on his way to Ft. Bliss, Tex., where he will visit U.S. troops.
White House Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton said the “private” call lasted “a few minutes,” but declined to give further detail.
Obama telephoned Bush in February 2009 before announcing his plans for withdrawing troops from Iraq.
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I bet you don’t... ;)
I hope the day had some cautious jubilation
and well-deserved raising o’the glass on our
side for a long and hard slog of a job well
done ..!
You saw it through, girl. You set your heart
on doing it to completion, and YOU DID! God
love you and bless you on your remaining days.
Then .. time for the book ... ;)
Hugs, my next cocktail raised, hearty
congrats and great admiration back to ya!
Thank you for these great pics. I don’t recall seeing most of those. There is a BIG difference in our troops reactions to their REAL C-i-C and that lying, ineligible poe!
I don't know if I've ever see the skies so crowded with helicopters before today.
And the street closures....we're all getting our exercise walking today. :)
So far, the "neighbors" have been quiet.
The "Bushbots" on this thread have responded to you with well thought out, informed posts chronicling why they support President Bush.
All you have done is spew your OWN very biased opinion and hatred, with no supporting evidence to support even one of your vile claims.
Perhaps you should spend a little time here and familiarize yourself with the verbiage you are usuing.
Wow, I’m flattered that you would take the trouble to look at my profile page. Could you not come up with something a little more original than “BushBot”? All your vitriol would be better saved for the current “president”.
Amen, LUVW! So proud of him, too!
Amen, LUVW! So proud of him, too!
I have to admit that I never gave thought to GWB spending time with the troops after his presidency. It makes perfect sense, though, that he and Laura would do what they are doing. Being CIC was his favorite part of the job--of course he would want to greet his troops coming home or help raise money for them! We all know, being the man of honor that he is, that even though he believes he made the right decisions sending troops to war weighed/weighs heavily on him. I can't imagine what it is like for him to visit the wounded or comfort grieving families knowing that it was because of decisions he made their lives are forever changed.
George W. Bush does not number among them.
Now ZULU, deep in your heart of hearts, you understand that I am a consistent, principled conservative. You know I am an activist, across the board full throttled conservative who walks the walks and has worked harder for conservativism than most of your hate-Bush buddies here. (I don't know if you do anything but type at your computer, so I'm not including you. Maybe you're the exception to the BDS gang, and you actually DO something for conservatism. I don't know).
But this "RINO" garbage has gotten old and stale, and is completely inaccurate.
Use your brain and not your loins and think for a minute.
The reasons millions of solid conservatives support and admire President Bush are obvious.
THINK. And stop making yourself look like a ninny and a leftist like you've done on this thread.
You've more than proven your point here, ZULU.
You are an expert at meaningless ad hominems, and your emotions have blurred your mind, exactly as they have your counterparts/mirror images on the far left. And you're a first rate whiner who throws punches but can't take one.
Enough of your mindlessness. You're hopeless.
Oh.......and sometime you can let me know if you actually have lifted a finger for conservatism, or if you think being a conservative 'purist' consists of sitting at home at your computer and screaming BUSHBOT!!! to everyone on this forum who has some sense. I suspect that's all you ever do.
We now have a new General and we are in Operation New Dawn. What a great ceremony! Even Biden wasn't obnoxious.
I guess the war is over. ;-)
That is saying a lot!
I guess the war is over. ;-)
Hope the 'neighbors' know!
Stay safe.
FOCUS
We have a Marxist, baby-killing, troop hating, America hating PUNK in the White House who has selected two Marxists incompetants to the SC, and is running the country into the ground and to the precipice of hell.
When you see a thread that talks about Obama and Bush, set aside your irrational hatred of the man of honor, and focus on the hideous beast who is destroying the country.
It will help your wretched relationship with the real conservatives on this forum. People like ME.
You might actually find you like being rational and never go back to being the troll-imitating ninny who posts garbage like you did on this thread.
I'm sure glad that the wonderful Obama-Biden team brought that awful Bush war to an end, just by their magic touch.
Pretty amazing, isn't it?
Now we only have one overseas, and where he's going next scares the daylights out of me.
Sigh......why couldn't I have 'normal' kids?? ;)
*Falls off chair in front of keyboard*
:-)
Never thought I’d tear up over a past Presidents photo....seems of late I’ve been doing this more than not when Bus is pictured. How I miss his leadership....and as much the respect and love the troops and he shared for one another. They knew well who their Commander was.....and Bush fully knew who his troops were and are to this day.
Our troops deserved far far better than Bo’s speech gave them...after all these years and the great sacrifices...the many victories they won and still win to this day....Bo did them little justice. Shamefully so!
I actually never thought about whether or not he would keep greeting troops or visiting the wounded (remember he was the ONLY CinC to go to Ft. Hood), but it's completely in character, isn't it?
The 'Stan?
Other son, not in the military, and yes.
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