Your gonna love this....
Subject: Fwd: Our President
I'm not sure who wrote this, but they did a wonderful job of describing
our incredible President.
"Our President" - Worth Reading
OUR PRESIDENT..... Have you noticed a difference in the salute given
by our military men and women as President Bush walks by? Most folks
would not notice anything, but military people see it right away.
Watch: When President Bush leaves his helicopter or Air Force One, the
honor guards salute and face him as he disembarks, then turn their
faces towards him as he passes by. They continue to salute his back as
he walks away. This kind of salute has not been seen in the previous
eight years, though it is customary courtesy to the Commander-in-Chief.
You see, soldiers aren't required to turn and face the President as
they salute. They are not required to salute his back. They are only
required to salute. They can remain face-forward the entire time. And
that is what they did during Bill Clinton's entire presidency. Our
soldiers were forced to obey Clinton's orders, but they were not force to
respect him.
From their salutes, we can surmise that they did not.
Why is such respect afforded to President Bush? He doesn't even know
how to bite his lower lip and not get teary-eyed whenever he speaks!
The following incident from Major General Van Antwerp may give us an
insight. Gen. Antwerp is president of the Officers' Christian
fellowship. He lost nearly all his staff when the Pentagon was
attacked Sept. 11. His executive officer LTC Brian Birdwell was
badly burned and in the hospital when President Bush visited him.
Our President spent time and prayed with Brian. As he was getting
ready to leave, he went to the foot of Brian's bed and saluted.
He held his salute until Brian was able to raise his burned and bandaged
arm, ever so slowly, in return.
The Commander-in-Chief never initiates a salute, except in the case
of a Congressional Medal of Honor winner. The injured soldier did not
have to return the salute. But he did, out of respect to his President -a
Soldiers' President.
Congressman JC Watts (R. Oklahoma) said, "Character is doing the
right thing when nobody is looking." The nation and world learned some of
what our last President did when nobody was looking. That President has
been disbarred-the worst disgrace (other than imprisonment) to a lawyer.
CNN will have a difficult time shining his or his wife's tarnished images.
In this time of war and danger, I am so grateful to have a President
whom the soldiers salute-fully.
On Special Report with Brit Hume, (hosted by Jim Angle), at the close
of the show when they normally have some funny video clip, they showed
President Bush and the First Lady on their way to Maine to leave for
Camp David for the weekend. As the video starts, the First Lady is
leading the way into the helicopter with the spaniel dog on the leash,
and the president is right behind her with the Scotty on the leash. As
the First Lady entered the chopper, the Marine at the gangway saluted
and held his salute. The Scottie the president was walking decided it
wanted to sit right when he got to the steps. The president pulled on
its leash, but the stubborn Scottie persisted in sitting. The president
bent down and scooped up the pooch and entered Marine One.
After he entered, the Marine cut his salute and returned to the position
of attention. Moments later the president reemerged from the helicopter
and out onto the steps. The Marine was standing at attention, head and eyes
straight ahead. The president leaned over and tapped him on the left arm. The
startled Marine turned his body toward the president and received his
our military people by our president!
He really does get it. Most any other person of his stature would have
just continued his journey, disregarding the neglected return salute.
Not George W. Bush. He is earning the respect of the military community,
not expecting it-as most have and would. President George W. Bush.
The man who admitted to having a drinking problem in younger years,
and whose happy-go-lucky lifestyle led him to mediocre grades in
college and an ill-fated oil venture. Who mangled syntax, and whose speaking
missteps became known as "Bushisms." He came within a hair's breadth of
losing the election in November. While votes were counted and
re-counted, Bush quietly but confidently waited at his ranch. Make
no mistake, his orders were carried out, but he stayed in the background,
faithful and confident. Bush named Jesus Christ as Lord of his life
on public TV. Not an Oblique reference to being "born-again" or having
a "life change." He actually said the un-PC-like phrase, "Jesus Christ!"
On September 11, he was thrust into a position only known by
Roosevelt, Churchill, Lincoln, and Washington. The weight of the world was
on his shoulders, and the responsibility of a generation was on his soul.
So President George W. Bush walked to his seat at the front of the
National Cathedral just three days after two of the most impressive
symbols of American capitalism and prosperity virtually evaporated. When the
history of this time is written, it will be acknowledged by friend and foe
alike that President George W. Bush came of age in that cathedral and
lifted a nation off its knees. In what was one of the most impressive
exhibitions of self-control in presidential history,
President George W. Bush was able to deliver his remarks without
losing his resolve, focus, or confidence. God's hand, which guided
him through that sliver-thin election, now rested fully on him. As he
walked back to his seat, the camera angle was appropriate. He was virtually
alone in the scene, alone in that massive place with God, just him and the Lord.
Back at his seat, George H. Bush reached over and took his son's
hand. In that gesture his father seemed to say, "I wish I could do this
for you, son, but I can't. You have to do this on your own. President
George W. Bush squeezed back and gave him a look of peace that said,
"I don't have to do it alone, Dad. I've got Help". What a blessing to
have a professing Christian as President.
Please take a moment after you read this to "pray for him". He truly
does have the weight of the world on his shoulders. Pray that God
will sustain him and give him wisdom and discernment in his decisions.
Pray for his protection and that of his family. After you have prayed,
send this to everyone on your e-mail list. Our President needs Christians
around the world to be praying for him.
As this makes the e-mail rounds, eventually there could literally be
millions of people praying for him.
AND PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR MILITARY. .
Bruce
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