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[Rose Siding]

U.S. President George W. Bush greets U.S. Marines from the 7th Marine Division on their way to Kuwait during Bush's refuelling stop in Shannon, Ireland, Wednesday, March 1, 2006.
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[CrazyOrangeCat]

1. . . .

:cry:

[Olney Blue]

2. Troops aren't gazing in admiration at their leader.

[kiraboo]

3. That brings tears to my eyes,

and I don't cry easily. Those poor soldiers.

[Imalittleteapot]

4. So many sad faces.

:grouphug:

[babylonsister]

5. In that first pic everyone looks like they want to get away from him!

Can you blame them?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

6. I'm gonna send all these boys to die

for my empire. heh heh.

[Rose Siding]

8. You can almost hear the chickenhawk whine: "Make 'em smile, Karl!"

[Swede]

7. They know they've been lied into a non-winnable war.

nt

[Lex]

9. Shall we compare?

[Sydnie]

11. and another

[AndyA]

10. A picture really does say a lot

I'll bet those soldiers he's got his hands on are just cringing inside. "That monster is touching me. I don't have proper armor, but that SOB has got his hands on me."

Not a happy bunch of guys, thrilled to meet the President. Not at all. I think they are a reflection of the way the American people feel about Bush.

Everyone, that is, except for the lost souls who can no longer think for themselves.

[ignatius 2]

24. You mean the 34% of deluded souls who apparently hate America and can't

wait for a better life in the sweet bye and bye? Those 34% freakin' disgust me!

[AndyA]

28. Yep - I would say they're the same 34%

We should encourage members of the 34% Club to drink the Jim Jones "Guyana" George Bush WTC Punch, and then lie down to take a nap. We could have those approval numbers in the low teens in no time... :rofl:

[silverweb]

12. Wow.

Those pictures really speak volumes.

:(

[mom cat]

13. These pictures say it all ... mission not accomplished.

[Janice325]

14. Jesus.

What a fraud.
K&R.

[Hardrada]

15. I thought the subject message meant some of them

were making discreet obscene gestures!!

[Catherine Vincent]

16. Not too many of them smiling!

Freepers will probably call them unpatriotic!

[Lerkfish]

17. Let's see him have a photo op when their bodies are returned.

let's see him pose, smiling among rows of flag-draped coffins. let's see him mug for the camera at a soldier's funeral.


let's just see that.


fucking traitorous warmongering bloodthirsty TORTURER, MURDERER, GENOCIDAL MANIAC!!!!!!!!!!


ok, got a little carried away there, sorry.

[leftofthedial]

20. you didn't get carried away

[wakeme2008]

18. Hey Freepers a picture is

worth a thousand words. :)

Here is another

[johnnypneumatic]

19. the condemned, and their executioner

the executioner, the one in black, just hasn't put on his hood yet

[CrazyOrangeCat]

21. good point.

[ignatius 2]

31. OMG, you are exactly right..he looks like an executioner. His PR

people must have fucked up bigtime.

[Maraya1969]

22. My first thought was that they looked like POWS - which in a way they are

[Nikki Stone 1]

29. Yes, they looked like prisoners

which, in some respects, they are.

[understandinglife]

23. Bush -- you are hated. Get it ....

Peace.

[bleever]

25. A year ago I sat in an airport with a bunch of these guys on leave

and sitting next to them, or watching them get Burger King, all I could think was how young and fragile they looked.

God be with them.

[FreedomAngel82]

26. A lot of them are missing smiles

Their eyes look so drained. :(

[FreedomAngel82]

27. Compare them with Clinton

[NMDemDist2]

30. how many times have those poor soldiers deployed? n/t

[arikara]

32. He must be standing on a box

He's not very tall is he? Probably packs a royal box around for photo ops.

[Harald Ragnarsson]

33. Some have hair, some don't.

Like they're straight out of bootcamp. Seems strange.

I've read that masses of immigrants from other countries are offered citizenship for going in the military and I serously wonder if that is not what the large group of fresh shaved fish are. Iraqis post pictures on the net of mass graves filled with men wearing American uniforms buried in bodybags. I bet they don't even notify their families back home.

This is not a good thing. People with no concept of what being an American is that gain their citizenship this way would turn their guns on you or me in a heartbeat if told to do so.

Edit: guys with hair on the right, guys without hair on the left. Guys on the right, obviously American and you can even see the one guy looking at them out the corner of his eye in one pic. I think this is photographic evidence of a batch of foriegners offered citizenship for service, head shaved and shoved out into Iraq for soe "real world" training.

[Skidmore]

34. Little Boots is sure having himself a fine time!!!

Whoowhee!!! Gets to play CoC--in costume, too.