Bush Unfettered, at Starlight News

[Nancy Waterman]

Like tiny islands spread out in some unfathomable sea, alone and disconnected from each other and the world, the various constructs that dwell within George Bush’s mind have no contact or even awareness of each other. On stage for all nations to witness on the day of his second Inauguration was the Evangelizer-in-Chief who proclaimed his God-given mandate to bring the One True Faith of Democracy to the oppressed masses of the planet. He clearly stated that the central purpose of his second term would be the promotion of democracy "in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world." Mutating idealism to the fantasy realm of a fairytale, Bush casually brushed aside the constrictions of the arduous and challenging reality in which we live.

Hiding in the wings on that same day, however, and insulated completely from the Crusader of Freedom and Democracy, was the Avenger of Evil, whose goal is to destroy all terrorists, no matter their cause, and hence all evil, from the world. In this corner of the Bush psyche, an alliance with several repressive and tyrannical regimes, such as Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, is appropriate and welcome. Unfortunately, the Avenger of Evil is unaware that many of these same terrorists that he wishes to annihilate see themselves struggling against what they experience as oppressive tyrannies, and they feel that terrorism is their only means of fighting against a high-tech and more powerful enemy. Granted their methods may seem repugnant and brutal to many in the civilized world, but their ultimate goal is often understood by them as liberation from the control of an outside force, in many ways similar to the goals so loftily and grandiosely described by the Evangelizer-in-Chief.

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