SHEALAH CRAIGHEAD/THE BUSH CENTER
BUSH
AT PEACE
I asked Bush if he felt responsible
for the injuries suffered by the men
he was hosting and riding with.
“Well, to a certain extent you
can’t help it, because had I not
made decisions I made, they
wouldn’t have been in combat,”
Bush said. “On the other hand,
every one of these men were volunteers. None of them are angry.
They themselves don’t blame anybody. And so I believe strongly
that the decisions I made were
the right decisions, you know? I
knew