Bush Told Military Aide "You're a Wimp!"
by existenz, Wed Jan 14, 2009 at 10:44:28 AM EST
I've published snark diaries in the past, but this is ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

In an obscure 2003 book titled "Air Force One: A History of the Presidents and Their Planes" by Kenneth T. Walsh, there is an incredible anecdote that sums up George W. Bush. Read it and weep:
Another innovation is Bush's interest in the board game Risk, in which players amass armies and try to conquer the world. En route home from Europe in July 2001, Bush supervised a particularly competitive game. The president encouraged each participant to take the biggest risks possible and to attack each other mercilessly. At one point, he goaded his military aide, supposedly an expert on military maneuvers and strategy, to take some chances. When he did so and found his armies annihilated, Bush teased the aide for being the first to lose. Supervising another game, the commander in chief yelled "You're a wimp! Go get 'em."
Risk is just a board game, not real life. But did Bush know the difference?






