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In reply to the discussion: This picture!!! [View all]caraher
(6,278 posts)39. Having researched the matter...
I think he views her as providing absolution for his sins. When he sees how well she and other wounded veterans who do things like join him for 100k bike rides are doing, in his tiny RW mind it means the wounded can all do well if they just try, and that his war left no lasting scars - in fact, it gave Americans a chance to rise to the occasion and be great.
Just watch his press conference (the woman whose leg is in the picture is the one with him in the video, and speaks briefly starting around 1:59):
http://bcove.me/yk2goltv
At one point W mentions how tough the ride was, "especially if you're 65" and Dan, another amputee, chimes in, "Or have just one leg."
Anyway, I'm sure he sleeps like a baby... like any other sociopath would.
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Apr 2013
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If he is scared of anything, it would be that he ends up being prosecuted for war crimes
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Apr 2013
#56