In light of policies which now allow for torture, I thought this was an interesting clip.
Wallace: “The President remembered the courage and humanity of American soldiers and he grew emotional.”
Bush: “My favorite picture is a picture of American soldiers surrounding a guy whose been in a foxhole, Iraqi soldier, and the American guy says, we’re not going to harm you, we’re American soldiers.” (fights back tears)
Bush: “… See, that side of the war never got — the fact that we treated those people with respect in spite of the fact they were the enemy, it’s really good.
Video clip here.
My comment: It's not abut who they are. It's about who we are.
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