The Gilbert and Sullivan charade of statesmanship played out by George W. Bush and his enabler, Condoleezza Rice, as they wander the Middle East is a fitting end to seven years of misrule. Despots stripped of power are transformed from monsters into buffoons. And this is the metamorphosis that is eating away at the Bush presidency…It is the end of the road for George Bush. The world takes less and less notice of him. He strutted and swaggered across the stage. He bellowed and raged. He plundered and murdered. And now he wants to be anointed as a peacemaker. His presidency, like his life, has been a tragic waste. But he at least he has a life. There are tens of thousands of mute graves in Gaza, Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan that stand as stark testaments to his true legacy. If he wants to redeem his time in office he should kneel before one and ask for forgiveness.
That's Chris Hedges. He wrote a pretty good book.
In 2003, Americans booed him, and turned their backs on him, and shouted him down, and finally unplugged him to shut him up.
Some people in the audience even cried, because he insulted war, which in 2003, was an American value.
Though, you know, everything he said was true.
Dude's spot on again.
Chris Hedges is awesome, great writer, great thinker.
Posted by: somebody | January 16, 2008 at 11:03 AM
Yeah. But USA USA USA! Don't you see?
Geez. Liberals are so dense sometimes.
Posted by: slag | January 16, 2008 at 05:17 PM