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Old 10-31-2006, 10:12 PM
macallan25 macallan25 is offline
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Originally Posted by RACooper View Post
As insulting say, as making a joke about combat wounds/casualties in front of the wounded?

"As you can possibly see, I have an injury myself—not here at the hospital, but in combat with a cedar. I eventually won. The cedar gave me a little scratch."

Pres. George W. Bush, after visiting with wounded veterans from the Amputee Care Center of Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 1, 2006
I don't think Bush trying to ease a soldiers situation with a little humor is nearly the same as him calling them uneducated and dumb.
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