Bush laughs at Iraq WMD lies – military families not amused

At the annual dinner of the Radio and Television News Correspondents Association, Bush cracked jokes about Iraq’s lack of WMD during a slide show of himself looking behind furniture in the Oval Office. Bush told the audience, “Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere ... nope, no weapons over there ... maybe under here?” Laughter erupted from the crowd of journalists, politicians and their guests then and at other times during Bush's remarks. This isn’t surprising, given that the media repeated every single one of Bush’s lies without question to build support for the war.

George Medina, 43, of Orange County, who lost a son in Iraq, heard about Bush's remarks when his outraged daughter, an Army sergeant, called him yesterday. “She was very upset,” Medina said. “This is disgraceful,” Medina continued. “He doesn't think of all the families that are suffering. It's unbelievable, how this guy tries to run the country.” His 22-year-old son, Spec. Irving Medina, died Nov. 14 in Baghdad when an explosive device struck his convoy.

For a man who dodged the draft in Vietnam and went AWOL from Alabama, and for a man who told every single lie he could think of – from Iraq WMD to Saddam and Osama being buddies – to get Americans to support his oil war, he has a lot of nerve to be cracking jokes when GIs are still getting killed because he lied. The only thing he and his buddies Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, and Don Rumsfeld give a shit about is their money and power. They’re laughing all the way to the bank and the joke is on us.

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