Bush said this in 2008, but it was in response to this question: Q Mr. President, you haven’t been golfing in recent years. Is that related to Iraq? THE PRESIDENT: Yes, it really is. I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the Commander-in-Chief playing golf. I feel I owe it to the families to be as – to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal. Q Mr. President, was there a particular moment or incident that brought you to that decision, or how did you come to that? THE PRESIDENT: No, I remember when de Mello, who was at the U.N., got killed in Baghdad as a result of these murderers taking this good man’s life. And I was playing golf – I think I was in central Texas – and they pulled me off the golf course and I said, it’s just not worth it anymore to do. This is in reference to the 19 August 2003 Canan Hotel bombing.