Bush Consumed By Envy

"I must say, I'm a little envious. If I were slightly
younger and not employed here, I think it would be a
fantastic experience to be on the front lines of
helping this young democracy succeed. It must be
exciting for you ... in some ways romantic, in some
ways, you know, confronting danger. You're really
making history."

-George W. Bush in 2008 describing his envy of US
soldiers serving in Afghanistan


"I was not prepared to shoot my eardrum out with a
shotgun in order to get a deferment, nor was I willing
to go to Canada, so I chose to better myself by
learning to fly airplanes."

-George W. Bush in 1994 describing why he avoided
Vietnam