That speech seems a little odd to me. He is talking about current day conflicts and trying to justify them, when isnt veterans day suppose to be about those that have fought/fallen in War? And paying respect to them? Just seems to me he is playing a little bit of politics with it, which doesnt sit right with me. Compare Bush's speech with John Howards Memorial Day (marking the end of WW1) speech;
"If I might slightly refashion a well-known phrase of John Kennedy’s, Australians have never asked others to do for us what we have been unwilling to do for ourselves. Most recently, the Australian Government demonstrated that approach in making our decisions on East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq."
Thats all he mentions of Iraq. The rests of the time he payed respect to thosed who fought/fallen in war by talking about thing like:
"And yet it’s Simpson with his donkey who brought wounded from the firing lines at Gallipoli and Sir Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop, the doctor whose dedication saved countless lives during a long and cruel captivity along the Burma-Thailand railway – both unarmed and unlikely warriors - that stand in bronze as symbols of the Australian military tradition and character." Howards full speech.
Maybe its just me, but I have this thing about people showing respect where its due. And when people like this
idiot do things like that it really rubs me the wrong way.
[ 11-11-2003, 09:23 PM: Message edited by: dragon_lord ]