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Wonder if he’ll make it. So soon after his wife’s passing. Reports are saying he’s responding to treatment.
GHW Bush Hospitalized
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MomentsofSanity
Lifer
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He’s in intensive care. Just came to post this. He won’t fight. There’s nothing left to hold on for.
Hayabusa Rider
Admin Emeritus & Elite Member
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It's common for spouses to die close together. He may not, but his move is gone and there's not the same reason to remain.
MomentsofSanity
Lifer
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Honestly I think it would be more comforting for the family to have them go together. I can’t imagine life after 73 years suddenly being so different. Not having the person you loved so long there with you.
Puffnstuff
Lifer
- Mar 9, 2005
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Me too and people who have been married for most of their adult lives and were well bonded have a tendency to die close together.
ivwshane
Lifer
- May 15, 2000
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HW Bush was the only Bush I liked and probably the last Republican president I had any respect for.
Sheik Yerbouti
Lifer
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My parents passed within a week of each other, my mom died unexpectedly, my dad followed shortly after, his passing was not a surprise. 63 years of marriage.
kage69
Lifer
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I always gave him shit over his view towards atheists, but I still liked the guy.
I passed him and his security detail jogging on the old highway in Tavernier, The Keys once, when I was in my teens, over by where the Sears store used to be. I yelled out that the bonefish were hitting, and that he should try the flats oceanside half a click south from Cheeca. He and a couple others smiled, and he gave me a thumbs up as they jogged on. Unlike his son, not a coward.
If I saw W I'd just wave my middle finger.
kage69
Lifer
- Jul 17, 2003
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Damn Sheik. I'm sorry. That must have been a kick to the gut I don't even want to think about. Losing my dad was a lot harder than I anticipated. I can't imagine losing both in such a short time.
One more reason I look up to Al Yankovic. Only child, very tight with his folks. Loses them both to carbon monoxide poisoning, finds out hours before having to do a show. Does the show. I'm still in awe. I wish I could be that resilient when it comes to family (I'm not).
IronWing
No Lifer
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ivwshane
Lifer
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Sheik Yerbouti
Lifer
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I'd say it was rough, but that's a criminally weak description of it. But it was, and pretty much every other negative emotion you can muster up, but this time, you get to share them with siblings. My oldest brother started to criticize my mourning. THAT was an interesting 'discussion' about how long I should be mourning and how I should be doing it. Closest I've come to punching my brother in the face, and hard.
IronWing
No Lifer
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ivwshane
Lifer
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Wasn't that approved by Congress?
More CIA meddling in foreign affairs, of which Bush was apart of but I don't know if I'd go as far as to say he committed war crimes.
BoomerD
No Lifer
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ivwshane
Lifer
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IronWing
No Lifer
- Jul 20, 2001
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Counts range from 2400 to 4000 killed in Bush's invasion of Panama. The invasion was a war of aggression. Whether or not Congress approved has no bearing on the invasion being a war crime. Constitutionality is a separate issue. For example, Clinton's intervention in Kosovo was unconstitutional but it wasn't a war crime as the intervention stopped a genocide.
I didn’t know Congress decided what a war crime was. Thanks for the new found knowledge
hal2kilo
Lifer
- Feb 24, 2009
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My Dad only lasted 2 months after my mom died. They were both in the same nursing home. He ultimately died of a sepsis infection (which I think Bush has) and he sort of rallied then just gave up. This is not uncommon for what I call co-dependent relationships. Not sure why co-dependent has such negative connotations.
hal2kilo
Lifer
- Feb 24, 2009
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I was thinking he wouldn't last anymore than six months. I think it will happen very shortly. My dad ultimately died from a sepsis infection just 2 months after my mom died.
ivwshane
Lifer
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That's debatable. Who was killed first? US military personnel that were legally allowed to be there or panamanians?
An example of a war of aggression would be the invasion of Iraq.
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