2004: A relative's X-mas card depicts him shaking Bush's hand. 2007: He's being sent back to Iraq.

[Arugula Latte]

This relative (through marriage)is quite high up in the army, which is why he was photographed shaking Dubya's hand. He survived one tour in Iraq, and was assured he wouldn't have to go back. Sooo, of course he found out he's going back. Apparently, he's been crying since he heard the news.

I don't have a close enough relationship with him to ask him anything. Still,

I wonder what he thinks of his boy Bush now?

I wonder if people like him ever connect the dots?

I feel sorry for him, yes, but frankly not as sorry as I feel for the hundreds of thousands of slaughtered Iraqis.