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04/18/2004 Archived Entry: "A letter to George W. Bush"
A letter to George W. Bush
From a father whose son is in Iraq.
My son is Spc. Christopher M. Bellotti, from the National Guard's 107th FA, based in Pittsburgh. He is 20 years old and a 2003 graduate of the Pennsylvania Culinary Institute. He wants to be a chef. He loves cooking, camping, music and life. He is a good kid, a great son and, I am sure, an excellent soldier. The Guard could do no better.I tell you this because I wonder if you think about the individual men and women who have paid the "ultimate price," as you so inarticulately state. Do you ever think about who these brave young men and women are? They who died for you and for country? Do you, Mr. President? My wife and I do. Your callous comment in Tuesday's news conference that "No one wants to see dead people on television" left me speechless.
I check out the Department of Defense Web site's "official" casualty count every day, while comparing it with accounts I receive from other sources. I read each new short bio of the casualties listed on the site, every one of them. I don't want to do this, but it is something I feel I have to do. The local newspapers don't report the names, unless there is a local connection. Have you ever looked at these men and women's names?
I want to know what their names are and where they are from. I don't want them to be anonymous casualty numbers. They mustn't be statistics that are bandied about, almost fecklessly, without regard to who they were. I read somewhere that these casualty numbers are like putting stones on a pile. One stone here, two there, three more stones another time, and before you know it you have a pile. This pile is growing at an alarming rate. This is your pile.
Replies: somebody speaks up.
This is your pile.
I could not have put it more succinctly or compactly myself.
But we all know that Bush would find a way to deflect ownership. What a turd.
Posted by Daddy-O @ 04/18/2004 07:45 PM NY
