What Kind Of Man Would Do Such A Thing?

At Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington DC recently [April 2003] the Sergeant Major of the Army, Jack Tilley, was with a group of people visiting the wounded soldiers. He saw a Special Forces soldier who had lost his right hand and  suffered severe wounds of his face and side of his body. The Sergent Major of the Army wanted to honor him and show him respect without  offending, but
 what can you say or do in such a situation that will encourage and uplift?
 
How do you shake the right hand of a soldier who has none?

There was a man in that group of visitors who had his wife with him to visit the wounded. He seemed to knew exactly what to do. This man reverently  took the soldiers stump of a hand in both of his hands, knelt at the  bedside and  prayed for him. When he finished the prayer, he stood up, bent over the  soldier and kissed him on the head and told him that he loved him.

A powerful expression of love and Christ-like example, for one of our wounded heroes.

 What kind of a man would do such a thing?

The wounded man's Commander-in-Chief, George W. Bush; President of the United States.


This story was told by the Sergeant Major of the Army, at a Soldiers  Breakfast held at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, and recorded by Chaplain James  Henderson, stationed there.

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The above was received by email and I visited several sites in an attempt to verify it before posting.  I turns out is not 100% true but has enough truth in it that it should be posted.

See the following link that refers to this story:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/injured.asp