Bush convinced of his own lies
There’s a problem in our country today.
Corrupt senators and lobbyists are being indicted for selling their legislative influence for gifts and favors. This administration has entangled us in an intractable and irresponsible war. In their own way, both the bungled response to Katrina and the unsettling findings of the 9/11 Commision’s report attest to the president’s wanton indulgence and lack of accountability.
By his aggressive assertion of America’s dominance, Bush endangers America’s good name and damages her credibility within the global community. Blinded by self-righteousness, our dear leader has actually convinced himself Iraqi citizens will willingly embrace American-style democracy with open arms. The details of the war must be fatiguing to the invincible self-confidence of our president: the failed missions, the shameful torture of political prisoners, the deliberate murder of Iraqi civilians, the escalating casualty counts — yet, he still maintains his hypocritical faith in his misguided ambition of violently establishing a “New Middle East.”
We should not expect our leaders to be supreme or infallible, but neither should we believe it. The war is illegitimate, denounced by the U.N. and sold to the American people under false pretenses. In a March 2006 Zogby poll, 72 percent of US troops in Iraq said the military should withdraw within a year. In addition, the president and members of his administration broke the law and lied to the American people! District Court Judge Anna Diggs Taylor issued a ruling that the warrantless wiretapping of American citizens conducted in secret by our dear leader are illegal. To wit, “[t]he wiretapping program here in litigation has undisputedly been continued for at least five years, it has undisputedly been implemented without regard to FISA and of course the more stringent standards of Title III, and obviously in violation of the Fourth Amendment.” (FISA is a program implemented back in 1994 which enabled secret warrants for the wiretapping of suspected political criminals and was greatly expanded as a result of the Patriot Act.)
The president operates without transparency or reliability. The only master this administration serves is itself: their ideology does not seek a higher truth, their rhetoric and M-1 Abrams do not encourage peace, their greedy hearts do not truly care for the human community. Bush is a C.E.O. president who conceals his acute incompetence behind an authoritarian personality, falsehoods and a Texan drawl. Our present leaders are out of touch with the needs and hopes of average Americans. They are undeserving of our support, our consent or their authority.
Ladies and gentlemen, our democracy is in trouble. We must criticize and point out errors in the patriotic service of justice and America’s future. We’re in need now more than ever of good people who have hope for the future to get involved, to help organize, to resist. We can conquer the paralysis of hate and fear with the revitalizing power and indomitable courage of a positive vision of humanity.
Speak for yourself—while there’s still time!
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on Sep 8 2006. Filed under Other.
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