George Bush har letat upp en ”krigsmamma” vid namn Tammy Pruet som svar på ”fredsmamman” Cindy Sheehan. I ett tal han höll i onsdags (24/8) i Idaho, sade han följande:

There are few things in life more difficult than seeing a loved one go off to war. And here in Idaho, a mom named Tammy Pruett … I think she’s here … knows that feeling six times over. Tammy has four sons serving in Iraq right now with the Idaho National Guard — Eric, Evan, Greg and Jeff. Last year, her husband Leon and another son, Eren, returned from Iraq, where they helped train Iraqi firefighters in Mosul. Tammy says this — and I want you to hear this — ”I know that if something happens to one of the boys, they would leave this world doing what they believe, what they think is right for our country. And I guess you couldn’t ask for a better way of life than giving it for something that you believe in.” America lives in freedom because of families like the Pruetts.

Det är just detta som är fel på USA:s sätt att föra kriget i Irak, varför jag vill passa på att citera en av mina största hjältar: ”No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.” – George S. Patton.