Comments on: Bush Awards Peter Pace Presidential Medal Of Freedom, Makes No Mention Of Iraq War

By: biashawk

biashawk — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:34:14 +0000

Might I provide a bit of insight? For one, calling someone a chimp is highly disrespectful, especially to someone who’s been working for the better of your country for 30-something years. Also, I’d like to ask you all for proof about how the medal was given as “hush money.” Do any one of you have any actual proof of this or is it just conjecture that best suits you? On a third point, what’s been going on in Iraq has nothing to do with this medal. As said above, the Medal of Freedom is a CIVIL, not COMBAT, award. Pace has been making the U.S. a more secure place for a while.
Final point: If Pace resigned in disgrace as a protest against governmental affairs, why would he take a bribe to shut him up? Just a little something for you all to slam me on.
Let the insults begin.

By: edwcorey

edwcorey — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:52:40 +0000

Scum rises to the top.

By: jepaco

jepaco — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:36:51 +0000

What a disgrace! George W. Bush appears to give compliments and make awards not based on any merit but based on how much it will irritate his critics. Peter Pace was a pawn as Joint Chiefs and is a pawn again in accepting this medal.

By: stateofthedivision

stateofthedivision — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:23:57 +0000

And might the next recipient be Paul Wolfowitz? He currently holds a Silberman like position:

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2008/jan/99684.htm

By: spearNmagicHelmet

spearNmagicHelmet — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:47:39 +0000

i look at that and i see shame. nothing but shame.

By: Tired of being lied to

Tired of being lied to — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:37:20 +0000

I guess Bush and Co. have cheapened and/or bastardized and/or broken every other aspect of our government, why not also reduce the MoF to little more than costume jewelry with a pretty blue ribbon.

Too bad for all the previous recipients for whom this award really meant something.

By: Max-1

Max-1 — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:28:58 +0000

… Because nothing says freedom like a Fascist Tyrant… NO?

By: Zimzone

Zimzone — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:26:50 +0000

Peter Pace Poked a Pack of Pickled Peckers to get the MoF.

By: rmwarnick

rmwarnick — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:26:40 +0000

The solution is simple. Rename it the “Presidential Medal of Failure” and Pace, Tenet, Bremer, and Franks can wear it with honor.

By: stateofthedivision

stateofthedivision — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:24:59 +0000

“And for flying nuclear tipped missiles over the domestic heartland while shipping key components for nuclear weapons to Taiwan, I now award you this Medal of Freedom…”

Yes, these events caused Pentagon Chief Bob Gates to terminate the top two Air Force leaders and they occurred on Peter Pace’s shift.

By: RUCerious

RUCerious — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:20:14 +0000

IINB ~ are you invoking the name of that lil demon? Be careful what you wish for!!

By: RUCerious

RUCerious — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:19:33 +0000

dhirt? OK, shirt, but I actually think dhirt was a freudian slip@

By: RUCerious

RUCerious — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:19:08 +0000

And Pace didn’t receive the “I kissed W’s ass daily and all I got was this lousy medal” T-dhirt?

By: IgnoranceIsNotBliss

IgnoranceIsNotBliss — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:11:34 +0000

Wait a minute…..A thread that mentions homosexuality and no post from Daryll?

By: regular_joe

regular_joe — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:53:09 +0000

Of course Preznit Chimp didn’t mention the war — it pisses off voters.

The war in Iraq is unpopular. The chimp’s handlers told him not to talk about the war. So he doesn’t.

Same reason the Repugs who are running for office don’t mention the chimp: he’s unpopular.

Typical Repug electioneering: don’t mention ANYTHING that’s likely to piss off the voters unless you’re blaming it on the Democrats, and it’s hard — really hard — to blame the Dems for Preznit Chimp and his war.

By: techsong

techsong — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:51:55 +0000

Failure is rewarded again in the Bush administration. How many now? Since this a civilian award, what merits as a civilian qualifies him? He was just forced out of command as a soldier last year in disgrace. This is just a joke, as is Bush’s whole presidency.

By: Leftside Annie

Leftside Annie — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:47:26 +0000

Hurrah for the Toady Awards!

By: upside99

upside99 — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:45:58 +0000

5th Estate,

No worries, Being a Vietnam combat vet, I hold the MoH in very high esteem, now, the MoF, not so much.

And your comments are right on, and you can add George Tenet to that list as well, which further degrades its value.

By: 5th Estate

5th Estate — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:41:27 +0000

#10 Upside 99

Thanks for the correction.
After my comment I looked up Medal of Honor and was about to go on a huge jag about how Pace etc couldn;t possbily qualify for it and then I realized my mistake and took a chill pill.
But as yo can see from the Medal of Freedom qualifications, I STILL don’t see how peter Pace (or Bremer etc) qualify.

By: kasinca

kasinca — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:40:48 +0000

Peter Pace made Semper Fi a laughing matter, in my humble opinion. I never thought I would see a Marine kissing the asses of cowards, liars, and crooks the way he did.