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Bush quit golf 'out of respect to families of Iraq soldiers'
US President George W. Bush said on Tuesday he quit playing golf in 2003 out of respect for the families of Americans killed in the war in Iraq.
- Agencies
- Published: 09:41 May 14, 2008
Washington: US President George W. Bush said on Tuesday he quit playing golf in 2003 out of respect for the families of Americans killed in the war in Iraq.
Bush said in an interview with Yahoo and politico.com, "I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the Commander-in-Chief playing golf."
He said, "I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal."
Bush said his last round of golf was in August 2003 when he was informed that a truck bomb had wrecked the UN headquarters in Baghdad, killing 22 people, including UN envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello.
"They pulled me off the golf course and I said, it's just not worth it anymore to do," Bush said.
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