Bush Consoles Family Members

Family mebers of 33 GI's killed in Iraq met with President Bush for
some consoling words. They were separated into five private rooms where
Bush talked with each of the victim's families.

"Tell me about Mike," he said immediately. "I don't want my husband's death to be in vain," she told him. The president apologized repeatedly for her husband's death. When Owen began to cry, Bush grabbed her hands. "Don't worry, don't worry," he said, though his choking voice suggested that he had worries of
his own. The president and the widow hugged. "It felt like he could have been my dad," Owen recalled to NEWSWEEK. "It was like we were old friends. It almost makes me sad. In a way, I wish he weren't the president, just so I could talk to him all the time."

Bush has met with about 900 families of 270 soldiers and requests to speak with family members that have lost a soldier when he visits military bases, which he does about ten times a year.

The President, when meeting with family members said, "I will never feel the same level of pain and loss you do. I didn't lose anyone close to me, a member of my family or someone that I love. But I want you to know that I didn't go into this lightly. This was a decision that I struggle with every day."
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Is this the same heartless crook that took us to war for oil? The same one that Michael Moore shows as having no concern for the poor or working class? I think not! Our President is a man with moral principles and a man of honor. He sticks by his decisions, but also shows humility and empathy when his decisions have effect on the people he leads.