The Cherry Orchard

USA President George W. Bush appeared dejected and defensive in tonight’s televised address to the nation. The fight against Islamic fundamentalism, Bush said, will be the decisive ideological struggle of the 21st Century, but many viewers will wonder if the struggle against the type of antiquated chauvinism this president represents won’t be just as difficult.

“Incompetent” remains the best word to describe the presidency of George W. Bush, but “antiquated” is rising in the ranks as well. Evidence:

• Bush speaks of the children who lost parents on 9-11 as never being able to “hug their daddies”. Umm … mommies too, George?

• Bush urges Arabs to “leave the desert of despotism”, as if he doesn’t realize this type of quaint “Lawrence of Arabia” stereotyping has got to go.

• The man who barely knew the difference between Sunni and Shiite Muslims when making the decision to invade Iraq now says that we will not leave the war until “the extremists” are defeated. This shows that he is still not well-informed about the situation in Iraq, in which “extremism” plays a minor role behind territorial and political confrontation.

• Our beloved president evokes World War II yet again, despite the fact that if he had been President in World War II he would probably have attacked Quisling or Petain instead of Hitler (that’s what his record against Bin Laden shows, anyway).

I recently posted a suggestion pleading with George Bush and Dick Cheney to just stop giving speeches, because the experience is incredibly painful and frustrating to those of us who have to listen. The decisive ideological struggle of the 21st Century will be against militarism, chauvinism and stupidity of all kinds, and George Bush better think about which side he’s on.

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