Democracy Hypocrisy, Part 5

Bush talking about the Democrats (on November 2, 2006):

"If you listen carefully for a Democrat plan for success, they don't have one. Iraq is the central front in the war on terror, yet they don't have a plan ..."

This is President Bush, who is speaking while campaigning for Republicans. If Bush has a plan, it is to increase chaos and violence in that poor country. It is only the ‘central front on the war on terror’ because he made it so. Talk about creating your own reality!

Here is someone else’s take on Bush’s “PLAN” in Iraq:

OPINION: Bush Has A Plan, And It Is Working

So, does the Bush administration have a plan for Iraq, and if so, is it working? The answer to both questions could well be "yes". But it's not a plan that Bush could publicly boast about, despite the fact that it’s working like a charm. …….. A strategy of fomenting chaos makes perfect sense in a twisted sort of way: a stable, autonomous Iraq means oil will be pumped, bringing down international crude prices, and that's the last thing the Bush administration's backers want. Who are the administration's backers, and who has a hotline to the presidency, via Vice President Dick Cheney? Big Oil.

On Rush’s show, President Bush said this in November 2006:

“Anybody who is in a position to serve this country ought to understand the consequences of words”

Bush said: “BRING ‘EM ON!!!” in July 2003 while our troops were directly in harm’s way. And he has the nerve to tell other people to understand the consequences of words! That phrase was used in an insurgent’s video of attacks on US troops. This is an outstanding example of hypocrisy!

Here’s another Bush comment from October 2002:

“America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens us. When these demands are met, the first and greatest benefit will come to Iraqi men, women and children.”

Well, it seems that all demands were met – before the invasion actually. That is, all the STATED demands about not have a WMD program were met. Yet, oddly enough, Bush shows no interest or concern about what is happening to the Iraqi people. His officials said “stuff happens” when civil society was breaking apart at the seams and “we don’t do body counts” in comment to civilian casualties. Even today, they show no interest in seeing what is happening to the Iraqi people or even counting how many have been killed by this war and occupation.

Okay, technically, what Bush said in October 2002 isn’t hypocrisy – it is just a lie. But the hypocrisy comes in when the Bush supporters make statements that those of us against the war and against Bush policy WANT to see Iraq fail and the Iraqi people suffer. This is total nonsense to think that we went out on cold February days and protested just because we want to see Iraqis suffer, but the true hypocrisy lies in the fact that BUSH DOES NOT EVEN NOTICE THE IRAQI PEOPLE’S SUFFERING!! I’m not sure he knows they exist.

More Deadly Than Saddam

The final indignity, if you are an Iraqi who was shot for accidentally turning into the path of a U.S. military convoy (they thought you might be a terrorist), or blown apart by a car bomb or an airstrike, or tortured and murdered by kidnappers, or just for being a Sunni or a Shiite, is that U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair will deny that your death happened.