Look Who is Talking!

'Destroying human life in the hopes of saving human life is not ethical. And it is not the only option before us.'

President Bush after vetoing a bill that would have eased restrictions on federal funding of stem cell research. That American Digest item from June 24 prompted a batch of responses from readers who seem to feel that Bush still has some explaining to do:

Have we fallen asleep? Have his speech writers fallen asleep? Is the irony lost on us, or are we too beaten down to speak? Ben Sargent, where are you? - CAROL VAUGHAN, Austin.

When I first read that quote, I thought it was by an anti-war activist. I was quite surprised that it was said by our warrior president. Strange that President Bush believes that stem cells have more value then the innocent human life in Iraq. - JAMES C. OBERKROM, JCOberkrom@att.net, Austin

If only he utilized this same moral compass in regard to the "pre-emptive" war he started in Iraq. Thousands of U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians have died in this campaign whose very basis, according to the White House, was to stave off future bloodshed. This administration's hypocrisy knows no limits.- DAVID KARABINAS, Cedar Park

He was referring to stem-cell research, but he could have been talking about Iraq. After all, aren't we killing them there so they won't kill us here? Aren't we destroying human life in the hopes of saving it? - KEITH KEALEY, Wimberley

Well, George, does this apply to the invasion of Iraq and destruction of human life there? - PHILLIP PETERSON, phillippeterson@yahoo.com, Lockhart