[Blue Collar Christian]

Can this be for real?

[An Old Man]

Yes, it was for real, and unless your heart is made of stone you would most likely have done the same.

After some time passed (less than 24 hrs.) the father apologized live on TV for what he characterized as words spoken that should never have been uttered.

[MIgramma]

I agree!
But, that having been said, I expressed similar thoughts last night and some got kinda huffy.
I still do not believe the father honored his son's memory by whoring for the Dem's on national TV.
Flame away!

[snippy_about_it]

As your name suggest I would hope you could have compassion for a grieving soul and understand grief is worked out in many different ways. The father may not always feel this way but right now he is hurting and perhaps needs someone to blame.

This really wasn't worthy of a thread btw, imho.

[applemac_g4]

It probably is for real, unfortunately.

The only families that have the right to blame Bush are the families of the one dead and 16 injured members of the 101st Airborne injured in yesterday's grenade attack.

A lack of clarity about Islam and it's goals on part of our President and congress allowed that attack to occur - and will allow others like it to take place in the future.

[grb]

Cut the Father some slack. He's devestated right now. I admit when I saw it on TV, I thought the same.

[Mears]

I can't believe that the father is saying this, because his son was a volunteer,not a draftee.

[budwiesest]

Heard the original statement and the one that followed later, which was an attempt (though feeble) to reduce the emotion in the first. Still, the damage is done- Bush sends blacks to die in an unpopular war.

Only two options:
1. Make the war popular, or
2. Make the president black.

[rs79bm]

Father of Son, with all due respect is being childish. If he or his son did not believe in the cause of American Freedoom, then he shouldn't have enlisted.

[AwesomePossum]

Let the man grieve.

If anything, it is a reflection of the constant hate against Republican/Conservative/White that is served up to Black Americans by Black and White socialist in America. Many Black Americans do not have access to, or do not know where to go for the truth. And, even if they were to see the truth, they would most probably reject it, because of the 24-7 barrage of hate that is presented to them as "truth". If you are going to blame anyone for this, blame the socialist leaders who are spreading the hate.

Again, let the man grieve.

[AwesomePossum]

Let the man grieve.

If anything, it is a reflection of the constant hate against Republican/Conservative/White that is served up to Black Americans by Black and White socialist in America. Many Black Americans do not have access to, or do not know where to go for the truth. And, even if they were to see the truth, they would most probably reject it, because of the 24-7 barrage of hate that is presented to them as "truth". If you are going to blame anyone for this, blame the socialist leaders who are spreading the hate.

Again, let the man grieve.

[Captiva]

He took it back the next day. Blamed it on emotions. This isn't a flame, just helping you with facts.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

This happened on FRIDAY. There were several threads about it.

The father then apologized on Saturday.

Why are you starting a thread about this 3 days after the fact and after an apology?

[doug from upland]

The father apologized the next day. The grief was certainly unbearble and he has our prayers for the loss of his son. I hope he will honor the memory of his son and know that he was a hero.

[muir_redwoods]

Leave the father alone. He just lost his son. Give him a few months or years. He'll never get over the loss but he'll get a perspective. His grief is unimaginable. Of course his son is a hero but any father would have rather taken the bullet than have his own son die.

Walk a mile...

[HighWheeler]

Was this guy verified to be the soldier's father? In this environment of anti-war, lying, sodom lovers, I don't trust people who talk like the enemy.

[TommyDale]

It's too bad this father cheapens his son't heroism for his own personal political agenda. Those of us who have also lost loved ones in combat know what it feels like, but we didn't play into the enemies' hands by criticizing the President.

[FryingPan101]

I read that article too. I couldn't believe it. It also mentioned that they were "naturalized" Muslims. Huh?

[hoosierskypilot]

The article here:

The father of a U.S. Marine killed in Kuwait is expressing anger at President George W. Bush.

Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Waters-Bey died along with three other Americans and eight British Marines in a helicopter crash in Kuwait.

Waters-Bey's father, Michael, said he opposes the war.

When asked what he would say to Bush he said, "This was not your son or daughter. That chair he sat in at Thanksgiving will be empty forever."

Waters-Bey was the only son among five children in his family; he was married to a woman who serves in the Navy, and had a 10-year-old child from a previous marriage.

[Porterville]

I saw this guy, disgrace to his sons memory. In respect to his son he is a hero and his loss is tragic; may we liberate Iraq and spread democracy through out the Middle East.

[gcruse]

No flame from me. The father is among those who think Bush is in office illegally, who against the war, and who think money spent on the war would be better used enabling welfare louts and padding the pockets of victimologists. Of course he blames Bush.