I've tried very hard to keep Mr. George Bush out of my mind but it has been very difficult. Not because I am very fond of him. Far from it. I leave that entirely to the American people who elected him, though I have a strong feeling they are fed up with him. I finally found out why he is stuck in my mind. He reminds me of this elementary school bully whose dad had drilled it into his head that he comes from a family of very brave men and women who never run away from a fight. And as a fact should be either the cause of the fight or at the centre of the actual fight. The dad never told him how to win the fight or how not to get in unnecessary fights.
Regrettably, in the case of Mr. Bush, he gets others to do his fighting for him and worse still to die for him. And he is not even at the scene to egg or cheer them on. He hides under presidential cover. One thing I cannot understand though is his inability to to grasp the reality on the ground- that the Iraqis do not see him as a liberator that he thinks he is. Even though the thought of liberating Iraq was not the main reason for his invasion of the Iraqi people's home. This popped up when his theory of the Iraqi government harbouring weapons of mass destruction fell flat. It is a good thing that he now has to contend with the new congress and the American people's sudden realisation that he invaded Iraq for no good reason. He also has to contend with the morale of the men on the gound in Iraq. Knowing Mr. Bush as much as we all do it is vain to imagine that he understands any of these issues. The men and women on the ground, the Iraqis who want to rebuild their country, the Americans, the British and all other nationales who are collectively trying to rearrange things with the hope that the country will get back on its feet are all infected with low morale. The dead do not have such luxury.
I have never believed in resoloving misunderstandings, disagreements, arguments, conflicts and any other form of difference in opinion through violence. violence is just a timid way of settling scores that leave more scores to be settled. There is no just war. War is primitive and portrays humans in their worst state. Someone please educate Mr. Bush on this. Let that be.
Mr. Bush has failed at the war front. Let us get him back to the admission of this fact so that he can see that now is the time to fold in his tail and flee or retreat, any which way he likes to call it. My dog, Raymond, does that all the time and we still think he is a good dog, we all love him and laugh it off when he does it. The truth is that Mr. Bush is in a thicket, he can't go forward but he can retreat. Tell him to get people's children out of harm's way and in thesame move save the lives of the Iraqi children. And let the Iraqis rebuild their lives. But if he insists let him pick up a rifle and head towards Bahgdad, I am certain he will have a lot to defend himself from. On the records he is not exactly a brave man. If my memory serves me well there was a time he wiggled his way out of a war, lay low in the National Guards until it all blew over and then snuck back to his "regular brave guy" life with his little secret tucked away some place in his memory. Typical bully approach. Running from Iraq won't be strange to him, what do you think?
It would not be such a pain if he was a success at the home front. you get what I mean? And it would not be so bad if he did not drag a few nice guys down with him. Tony Blair became Tony Blur overnight just for hanging around him. Talk of bad company, mom did warn you against them didn't she, Tony?
Sorry to go a bit personal but no war was ever caused or started by an A+ person. They, A+ persons, have always had inteligent ways of resolving issues. We should be cautious about who we elect into offices. Serious offices that is.
You have a great day and don't let yourself get caught in a thicket.
abbah r. agor-agalanga
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