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George Bush is the Commander-in-Chief of the mightiest military force the world has ever known, and he has the military sophistication of a ten-year-old boy who has gotten all his knowledge from reading comic books and watching war movies. He has started two wars and can start another, if he is so inclined. He doesn’t seem to like Iran. He should be locked away in a padded cell with Dick Cheney until their terms are over.
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The words of Nicole Wells are from an article published in the Birmingham News on March 18, 2007. The words of George Bush, in bold type, are from several newspaper reports, dated March 13, 2008.
Nicole Wells was driving home late one evening in March 2005 when she got a call from her brother.
Uniformed Marines were trying to find her. They had visited her family's home in Atlanta after failed attempts to find Wells at her work and home in Orlando, he said.
She pulled to the side of the road. Wells, 33 at the time, said she knew immediately that her husband, Marine Warrant Officer Charles G. Wells, a Montgomery native, had been killed in Iraq.
Speaking to a group of military and civilian personnel via teleconference, Bush said, "I must say, I'm a little envious,"
Talking about her husband, Nicole said, "He had been through so much that it never dawned on me this could happen. It shocked a lot of people. When they say a Marines' Marine, it was true. I thought he could walk through a wall of fire and not get burned."
Bush said. "If I were slightly younger and not employed here, I think it would be a fantastic experience to be on the front lines of helping this young democracy succeed."
Nicole found that the disbelief led to a need to see her husband's body to confirm he was gone.
Bush told his audience, "It must be exciting for you ... in some ways romantic.”
Cierra Wells, aged 5, had just lost her father.
"They wouldn't let me see him because he was so bad off. They knew he had lost body parts. He had suffered severe head trauma and they would never present a Marine in such a bad way. We had a closed coffin. A Marine was sent to guard his body and stayed with him until he came home to Alabama. I never got a chance to see for myself and that is the part I hate. It was very difficult when you were having discussions about what to do in the event they found body parts.”
Bush continued, “ in some ways, you know, confronting danger. You're really making history, and thanks," he said.
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