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Where Was George II?

A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY

As American soldiers lost their lives in Vietnam, where was George?

Bush, after his father's influence got him into the National Guard and made him safe from the draft, did not bother to show up for his final year of service.

Source: Toronto Star [LINK]
More info: Talion.com [LINK]
More info: AWOLBush.com [LINK]

While terrorists planned the worst attack on American soil in history, where was George?

Taking a month-long vacation on his ranch in Texas, the longest presidential vacation in 32 years. In his first year in office, Bush set the all-time record for most vacation days taken for any president.

Source: Alternet.org [LINK]

On August 6, 2001, when a report was delivered to the president detailing the possibility of airplane hijackings by Al-Queda, where was George?

He knocked off early that day and went fishing.

Source: NY Times [LINK]
Source: Commondreams.org [LINK]

When nearly 3,000 lives were lost at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, where was George?

Bush sat in a classroom and listened to a group of elementary school students read, as scheduled. Only when the photo-op was finished did he begin to react to the attack. He then flew to two different Air Force bases, trying to figure out what to do next.

"I mean, I was trying to get out of harm's way," Bush said in an interview later.

Bush's administration pinned the blame for his flight from the 9/11 attacks on a "specific" threat to the White House that included knowledge of White House codes. This claim later proved to be false.

Source: LA Times [LINK] or [LINK], "Bush Fled 'Harm's Way' With 9/11 Flights," by Edwin Chen; Los Angeles Times; May 22, 2002; pg. A.18

As the buildings smoldered that night, where was George?

In bed by 10:21 pm.

Source: September11News.com [LINK]

While the Saudi Arabian government was hustling a witness connected to the 9/11 bombings out of the country and away from the FBI, where was George?

"The President, from the first day, has been very satisfied with the actions of the Saudi government and the Saudi people," said White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer after a Sept. 20, 2001 meeting between Bush and Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal.

Source: White House [LINK]
Source: Washington Post [LINK]
Source: Truthout.org [LINK]
Source: Truthout.org [LINK]
Source: SF Chronicle [LINK]

As Osama Bin Laden escaped U.S. forces, as the Taliban regrouped in Afghanistan, and as terrorists worldwide planned new attacks on America, where was George?

Spending all his time and effort drumming up a case for war in Iraq.

Source: CNN [LINK]
Source: CNN [LINK]

In August 2003, as U.S. casualties in "peacetime" Iraq passed the number of soldiers killed during the fighting, when the nation suffered the worst power blackout in its history, the federal deficit reached an all-time record high, and unemployment was the highest it's been in 20 years, where was George?

Back on the ranch for another month-long vacation.

Source: CBS News [LINK]
Source: VOA News [LINK]
Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities [LINK]
Source: AP [LINK]

So when the next crisis hits...where will we find George?

A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY