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“It's important that we celebrate a peaceful transfer of power . . . You can be equally concerned about our troops in Iraq and those who suffered at the tsunamis (and) with celebrating democracy,” President Bush said in a CBS News interview on Jan. 17.
Yeah, but $40 million worth of celebration (Bush inauguration) is obscene. Millions are suffering in Asia, and the troops in Iraq lack the necessary armor to keep them safe. Our “wartime” president should step forward and prove that he is genuinely concerned over the troops and recent world events.
U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-New York, has urged Bush to ask donors to redirect their inaugural contributions to equipment for troops in Iraq who have scrounged for scrap metal to protect their vehicles. According to Weiner, the money could pay for 690 Humvees and a $290 bonus for each soldier serving in Iraq.
Fat chance of that happening.
Carl W. McBrayer
Midvale
