Bush Visits Ft. Bragg

The rumble in the news media was, 'Why didn't the troops at Ft. Bragg applaud President Bush's speech?" It was an amusing thought. Bush traveled to Bragg on a calculated media mission to support his war in Iraq. What he didn't fathom was he was going to address all the fighting men and women that are dying in his war for oil. I was sickened listening to his propaganda about Iraq. Here in front of them, their Commander and Chief , went on and on about the "people" of Iraq, the importance of Iraq, the security of Iraq for Iraqi people. Never once did he say "Thank you" for dying in MY war. He wonders why the troops didn't applaude. Well first, they were at attention being briefed by their CinC. It wasn't really a pep rally in the eyes of working men and women. There is a faction of people in the US that work for a living and live the real life. It is not Hollywood, affluence, fraternities, sororities, high society, politicians, etc. It is real life, and that probably is best represented in the American South. Afterall the birthplace of America's only native art form, Jazz, was an extension of the slave experience in the American South. Feelings run deep in the South, the Bible Belt, host to the Macon County Line. That old "Fruits, flakes and nuts" about California might even be true. Try growing up in Fayettenam, host to hate crimes and redneckism on a stick. Bush failed when he came to Ft. Bragg. He failed to thank and acknowldege the families and friends of those dying in a war that was entered under false pretenses, his false pretenses. Ask any grieving mother why they should applaud a man that seeks "Weapons of mass destruction" and a ruthless dictator that was never proven to be linked to Al Quieda. Yes, we are happy there is a Department of Homeland Security, I guess. It took the British how long to find all four bombers? But considering how unpleasant it is to fly these days, and the bankruptcy of most major airlines, life in the US sure ain't what it used to be. ..