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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: rich4eagle who wrote (294099)	9/7/2002 9:29:05 AM
From: GROUND ZERO™	Respond to of 769670

If it weren't for the United States, the rest of the world would be speaking German right now, so who cares what the rest of the world "thinks"... the fact is they don't know how to think... GZ

To: rich4eagle who wrote (294099)	9/7/2002 10:09:06 AM
From: Baldur Fjvlnisson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Bush Watches Mel Gibson Movie; Understands Horrors of War - Finally. bobfromaccounting.com WASHINGTON, DC — George W. Bush finally understands the horror and gravity of war after viewing "We Were Soldiers" on DVD last Saturday, according to White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer. "It was a very tender and emotional moment," said Fleischer who made the mistake of interrupting the President during the closing credits. "He screamed at me and told me to look away, that his tears 'were no indication of womanly cowardice."' A self-proclaimed "war buff," President Bush has seen every major war movie from the past 25 years and still gets excited when a new one appears on the shelves of the Pennsylvania Avenue Blockbuster. According to Bush, the last four years have been a golden age for war films “Spielberg brought it all back with Saving Private Ryan which was awesome and now we’ve got Blackhawk Down, Hart’s War and Windtalkers, which I'm told has some kick ass action even though it has a bad ending. I'm just glad our country is finally honoring our soldiers like we’re supposed to.” Despite having seen dozens of war films since childhood and even hearing first hand accounts from his father's heroic actions in World War II, Bush feels he never really understood the true meaning of war until he watched the recent Mel Gibson vehicle, "We Were Soldiers." “I’ve seen heads explode, I saw that guy in Blackhawk Down get that whole rocket stuck in him, but I have never seen a scene as stirring as that part in 'We Were Soldiers' when they try to pick up that burnt guy, but his skin tears off down to the bone. After seeing that skin rip off, I don’t know if I’ll ever see war the same way.” Added Bush, “There was one scene where a guy got this stuff on his cheek which burned through his skin like acid. Another soldier had to cut his whole cheek out with a big-ass knife to save him. If I hadn’t seen that scene, I don’t know that I would have enough respect for what our soldiers go through.” Following The President's private screening of the film, his staff noticed an abrupt change in hiss behavior. “I was asking him what he wanted to do tonight but he just look dazed,” said Vice President Dick Cheney. “I asked him what was wrong and even offered him a cigarette but he just muttered, ‘I don’t think that’s appropriate right now.’ Then he locked himself in the bathroom where I heard him wailing loudly.” Bush plans to buy the DVD of "Soldiers" so he can watch those pivotal moments again. He also plans on using some of Mel Gibson's dialogue from the movie during speeches at military bases. "Mel Gibson has changed me and I can never thank him enough," Bush said. "He's a national treasure."