Tornoe's Toons: Bush sacrificed golf for the troops

[img_assist|nid=2497|title=|desc=|link=popup|align=left|width=420|height=310]As the violence continues in Iraq, George W. Bush told Politico and Yahoo News in a joint online interview that he in fact made a great sacrifice in the name of our troops: Golf.

"I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf," he said. "I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal."


According to the interview, Bush made the decision after the August 2003 bombing of the U.N headquarters in Baghdad. The attack killed Sergio Vieira de Mello, who was the top U.N. official in Iraq, as well as the organization's high commissioner for human rights. 21 other members of his staff also died in the bombing.

The whole thing kind-of reminded me of this famous Bush statement after announcing his serious stance on global terrorism.