While we sit back and weigh the effectiveness of President Bush's words about Iraq, an alert reader at NRO's The Corner writes from the front line and speaks to a key concern about our commander-in-chief: is he not sensitive to the cost of this war?
The pain of having to give orders that result in the deaths of good men is second only to that of the family itself - except most families only face it once. Commanders face it again and again and again. Bush is a good commander, and he knows that pain exquisitely. Knowing that it must be done does not erase the anguished sense of responsibility. These fools worry about whether Bush feels my pain? I surely hope not. He has more than enough of his own and I wonder if they have the sense to feel his.Posted by Alan at June 29, 2005 12:17 AMGod bless him, but I surely wouldn't want his job.