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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: John Carragher who wrote (415559)6/17/2003 12:42:32 PM
From: JDN  Read Replies (2) of 769670
 
Dear John and other Freedom loving people: Read this, what a wonderful President we have: jdn



At Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington DC recently the
sergeant Major of the Army, Jack Tilley, was with a group of people
visiting the wounded soldiers.

He saw a Special Forces soldier who had lost his right hand and
suffered severe wounds of his face and side of his body. The SMA
wanted to honor him and show him respect without offending, but what
can you say or do in such a situation that will encourage and uplift?
How do you shake the right hand of a soldier who has none? He decided
to act as though the hand was not missing and gripped the soldier'swrist
while speaking words of comfort and encouragement to him.

But there was another man in that group of visitors who had
even brought his wife with him to visit the wounded who knew exactly
what to do. This man reverently took the soldiers stump of a hand in
both of his hands, bowed at the bedside and prayed for him. When he
finished the prayer he stood up, bent over the soldier and kissed him
on the head and told him that he loved him.

What a powerful expression of love for one of our wounded
heroes! What kind of a man would kneel in such humility and
submission? It was the wounded man's Commander-in-Chief, George
W.Bush; a true leader.

This story was told by the SMA at a Soldier's Breakfast held at
Red Arsenal, AL, and recorded by Chaplain James Henderson, stationed there.

Pass it on...the press won't.
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