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BASIC PROBLEMS WITH GEORGE W. BUSH

by Open-Publishing - Tuesday 24 January 2006
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Governments USA Peter Fredson

SOME BASIC PROBLEMS WITH GEORGE W. BUSH

By Peter Fredson

January 24, 2006

Like many Americans, I have spent much time in the past 5 years trying to figure out who George Bush is, how in the world he was considered to be Presidential Material, what he is trying to do, and why his character shows so many flaws but yet his supporters are willing to forgive, overlook, or disbelieve any of his negative elements.

Any analysis is difficult as he surely does not act alone, or with ordinary logic. Critics say he is surrounded by a bubble of support, flags, crosses, senators, fundamentalists, executives, etc., which isolate him from the ordinary perception that he is a very bad President.

Bush lives in a fantasy world created by his advisors and supporters, in which good progress is being made in all directions, and the extreme security force which surrounds him gives him the feeling of manic optimism. He is perhaps genuinely mystified that he is being criticized when all private indicators tell him that he is admired, beloved, and competent. This explains his explosive rages when some lackey dares to contradict his divine pronouncements.

I am greatly puzzled by his constant resorting to deception, secrecy, stealth, and arrogant attempts to claim special privileges which bear little resemblance to courage, wisdom, Constitution, law, compassion or decency. It does not seem proper that a President would rather govern with dirty tricks than with honesty or candor.

The administration penchant for secrecy may be connected with the hope his felonious and dishonorable conduct never comes to the attention of some judicial body that can either impeach or imprison him.

It is truly troubling to discover that he has no compunction in exploiting any situation, emotion, tradition or ideal for his immediate benefit. To him, it seems that deaths, misery or misfortune of the poorest of his subjects are punishments on them from his favorite god, because they, or some predecessor, was sinful at sometime in the past, so he must not interfere with the judgments of any Supreme Creator.

Some supporters claim he is not being cynical, merely under a strong delusion akin to imperial destiny, which sustains him and allows him to strut, and to smirk when his deceptions seem to work.

I find Bush exploiting patriotism, religion, flag, legalities, misery, floods, hurricanes, hanging chads, prayer, AIDS, beliefs, dogma, pledges, commandments, sexual pleasure, marriage arrangements of which he disapproves, emotions, dying patients, prisoners to be executed, and our most sacred traditions. Bush loves to exploit symbols and phrases.

He never seems to tire of referring to the disaster of 9/11, or to mention that he is “bringing democracy and liberty” to some benighted spot, although it is difficult to sustain the position by virtue of his delight in bringing death and destruction via shining cruise missiles, gun ships, bunker busters and cluster bombs. He likes the “BANG” of war and choosing to name his tactics “Shock and Awe” certainly reflects his childlike pleasure in sadistic surprise attacks.

His exploitation of the tragedy of 9/11 passes all condemnation by Hitlerian reiteration of what he mistakenly believes is his personal courage and heroism, permitting him to swagger, strut and smirk on every occasion in which he exhibits contempt for ordinary people and other cultures or beliefs.

His ambivalence in desiring approval but preferring to “go it alone” is apparent. In trying to show competence he always seems to choose incompetent or unsuitable cronies for vital posts.

Any person whose legacy depends on people like Ashcroft or Bolton must be unaware of consequences or is giving his thrusting finger to the world with choice epithets referring to impossible sexual acts. Either way, his choices remain of doubtful merit for any President.

His inability to capture Osama bin Laden was diverted by hyperbole and deception toward Saddam Hussein, a maneuver which has pleased his followers by his mass executions of Iraqi Muslims in their homeland. Shock and Awe suited the fundamentalists perfectly, as long as they did not personally shed any of their own blood.

It is notable that few people in his cabinet ever served their country as soldiers, although given many opportunities to do so. So the designation “cowardly warhawks” seems richly deserved and exemplifies their administration.

His successful war dances and saber rattling, his jingoistic hyperbole and speeches designed to create fear in America, together with similar performances by his entire cabinet, foisted his lies upon the entire country, and led the country directly into a precipitous and calamitous war upon a people who had formed no threat against our country. He is not bothered by bankrupting his country, or saddling future generations with crushing debt. In fact, he boasts of his failed exploits.

He even boasts of committing felonies and violating constitutional guarantees for his citizens, by alleging he is doing something about terror. He does not seem to know that terror is not confined to a specific territory, or that in fact every time he sends death and destruction to accomplish whatever he considers is his mission he is creating new recruits which intend, rightfully, to exact vengeance for their grave losses.

His fly-paper strategy is the most bubble-headed and nonsensical of all his schemes, but he spends much time explaining how he is killing off terror, inch by inch, until there is no more left to terrorize him. This fantasy sustains his regime and garners many votes from fundamentalists and people who courageously delight in violence, if it is not directed toward themselves.

His various changing explanations for the war he created give no legal basis for declaring war, murdering thousands of Iraqis, destroying their homes and cities, because they are all lies. Bush lied shamelessly in order to precipitously invade Iraq, and was aided by his entire cabinet of neocon Straussian sycophants.

Bush had NO right to invade Iraq, no right to murder thousands of Muslims, no right to seize the oil of Iraq and generously give it to a corporation once headed by his Vice President.

He had NO right to saddle Iraq with hundreds of advisors, thousands of mercenaries, thousands of highly-paid Christian contractors, and several hundred thousand troops armed to the teeth with the latest armor, weapons, and vehicles. The corruption of his corporations has come under no guiding supervision. They have gotten away with theft, embezzlement and mass corruption.

Several billion dollars are missing but few Republican senators even comment on this peculiarity. After all, he IS in Iraq, fait accompli, and the money keeps flowing to the corporations, so Republicans are delighted and will not deign to further question the legitimacy of invasion or occupation. It’s like the will of God, not to be questioned.

Neither Bush no U.S. troops should even be IN Iraq. Any explanation that they must remain to prevent civil war is a shabby pretext to remain in Iraq and continue to destroy Iraqi lives, property, resources and culture. Bush’s “stay the course" will not allow him to to withdraw for fear his strut and swagger as a war hero may suffer. He is there illicitly, illegally, feloniously, arrogantly just because he could.

Perhaps there still remains some land, resource or property that he can seize in the name of an all-powerful Unitary Executive who is not beholden to any document, law, or body of people. We know he still plotting the demise of Iran and Syria, seeking any pretext to replay the war dances and saber rattling that put America into this quagmire in the first place.

On the other hand, it also shows his iron determination to continue with his New World program for world domination, and to demonstrate the supreme egotism, carelessness, and stupidity shown during Katrina.

Noble purposes? Who is so gullible, brain-washed, sheep-like fundamentalist, that they even can pronounce the sarcastic combination of those words without bitter laughter? It is vomit-time.

Is it too late to say: “Heaven help us all?”

Forum posts

  • The one party (GOP) is in power. The justice, especial the general attorney Gonzales was appointed by Bush.

    You are doomed!

    If people would come together and decide to overthrow the current junta in America, they would face their own military - the one they are paying for with their taxes and they one they support in Iraq.

    Unlikely to happen - may be Hollywood makes a movie out of this, so Americans can feel good again.

  • I, too, have wondered who this man really is. There’s a website that has finally answered all my questions about him. I recommend www.texemarrs.com for an inside look at what motivates G. Its fascinating and so far is the only explanation that makes any sense.