Bush’s profound analysis:
They fear freedom

(I wrote this for Jan 8)

One of his own generals warns of a “spectacular attack” within the three weeks leading up to elections in Iraq. Bush can only respond with this:

“’I know it’s hard but it’s hard for a reason,’ Bush said, adding that the insurgents are trying to impede the elections because they fear freedom,” according to The Associated Press.

I guess in his fairy tale the “insurgents” are a different breed of human being, one that despises freedom and longs for hegemony, one-party rule, maybe despotism, kind of like what Bush and the right wing are attempting right here, right now in America.

Or maybe it's the Bush Brand of science: Some human beings fear freedom and would rather be told what to do, how to live. Is he getting his anthropology from Pat Roberson? Jerry Fallwell?

Maybe, just maybe, Bush made a mistake by invading Iraq. Ask him. It’s a tough question for him to answer. The press caught him off guard last time it asked him if he made any mistakes in his first four years. He still hasn’t been able to muster an answer. I suggest we bloggers and the mainstream press put it in writing as an essay question and give him a few weeks to respond. It’s hard work. He’s working hard. Tell it to the Army Reserve now facing forced service of up to two years in Iraq while their families fall apart at home. Tell it to two members of my family on their way back to Bush’s tragic mistake of a war. Tell it to the Iraqis without a country and without much hope for years to come. Tell it to the native police and military we’re trying to piece together—it is hard work, going to work everyday with the specter of getting blown to smithereens.

Countdown to the next presidential press conference, Day One.

I welcome all comments, especially from the fifty-nine million idiots who asked for a return of this madness.