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archived: 9 - 15 Oct, 2005 Back Next UPDATED: October 12, 2005 THE CASCADE After Katrina struck, a cascading cataract of criticism came crashing down on George Bush and his radical neoconservative agenda to transform America into a military dictatorship that will dominate a global empire of subservient colonies. Reeling from the impact of the tsunami of opposition striking the president’s extremist agenda, the foreign and domestic media have launched into a feeding frenzy now feasting on any and every morsel of suspicion creeping out of the fissures in the fracturing and fragmenting carapace of Bush’s American gothic neoconservativism. There is a rapidly growing international concern for the mental health of America’s president. It is now confirmed that Bush’s pleas to Palestinian leaders invoked appeals to his status as a religious authority, a prophet, a holy man. This was no mindless gaffe, no innocent faux pas. The incident had the unmistakable aroma of mental derangement and certifiable delusion. A series of forensic interviews with indisputable sources confirm that Bush proclaimed himself in control of a direct hotline to, “God.” According to George Bush, “God” speaks directly to him in a voice inaudible to any other human. Worse. Bush claimed “God” ordered him to smite the Taliban in Afghanistan and then to smite Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Being a God-fearing true-believer in the fundamentalist interpretation of Biblical prophecy, the president smote them in abject obeisance to the controlling voice he hears inside his own head and to which he submits all temporal authority. In their haste to erect a firewall around their president to protect him from a firestorm of catcalls and criticism, the Bush-Cheney White House took the unusual step of denying in advance the soon to be broadcast account of a Palestinian diplomat confirming the president’s disturbing claims to divine prophecy which will soon air on the BBC. There can be little serious doubt that the White House was prompted to issue this extraordinary advance denial by the overly protective staff surrounding British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Bush’s primary, “partner” in his god-fearing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Prime Minister’s staff has fended off innumerable requests for comments arising from a steady stream of reports alleging that the two august leaders prayed together in the privacy provided at Bush’s Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford, Texas in the summer of 2002, the summit at which they decided to wage war on Iraq. Downing Street has maintained silence, but the reports of presidential prayer meetings with the prime minister persist. Oddly, these theological and psychological crises encircling the president and the prime minister come at the time of a new authoritative survey announcing that homicides, sexually transmitted diseases, divorces and underage pregnancies are more common in religious cultures like America than in more secular cultures such as Norway. In the meantime, the international audience is pondering the forgotten investigation into the hauntingly mysterious anthrax attacks that took place immediately after 9/11 and shook America to its core. A disgruntled, deranged and decidedly Islamophobic American scientist who worked on biological weapons at a top secret laboratory in New Jersey appears to be the source of the attacks that were disguised as Islamic in origin. At this point in time, the US authorities have erred on the side of caution, and the anthrax assailant is still incredibly at large. Fearing the potential of a future conversation between Bush and his loquacious “God” on the subject of Iran, the Nobel Committee awarded the annual Peace Prize to Mohammed El-Baradei, the Egyptian head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) who has been steadfast in his denial of the existence of a nuclear programme in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. This gesture may well complicate Bush’s plans to launch an aerial bombardment against Iran, even though Bush’s “God” may order him to launch a new phase of his wars. In Iraq, the Sunnis, Shias and Kurds are preparing for a referendum on a constitution that none of the voters have yet seen. You see, the authorities – including US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad – are still tinkering with the constitution. Even though the national vote is scheduled for this Saturday, the people of Iraq have not yet seen a final version, and there has been no effective campaign either for or against the passage of the controversial document. Bush’s suicidal statecraft has drawn fire from observers in the Middle East, who have compared his misadventures in their region to the account of the fall of empires by the great historian, Arnold Toynbee. In his writings, Toynbee explained the collapse of all empires through the exercise of what he termed, “suicidal statecraft.” The end of Bush’s imperial delusions may well threaten the stability, the security and the future of America itself. Sources
Bush: God told me to
invade Iraq
Blair tells Tehran: 'Stay
out of our business in Iraq'
BBC shies away from Bush
story
White House denies Bush
God claims
George Bush: 'God told me
to end the tyranny in Iraq' President told Palestinians God also talked
to him about Middle East peace
My heroes are driven by
God, but I'm glad my society isn't The evidence is clear that murder,
venereal disease and marital breakdown are all more common in religious
cultures
The Great American Anthrax
Investigation Fiasco
Fall of the Rovean empire?
Democracy's Power Fades as
Iraq Panacea / Some officials doubt the White House view that political
progress can end the insurgency. Acrimony reigns as referendum nears.
Atomic Agency and Chief
Win the Nobel Peace Prize
Sunnis Wary as
Turning-Point Vote Nears
Sunni leadership pulls
back from boycott of Iraq poll
Fall of the Rovean Empire?
By Sidney Blumenthal
Bush’s suicidal statecraft __________________ Since 1968, Michael Carmichael has been a professional political consultant. Beginning as a Student Coordinator for Robert F. Kennedy, he has worked in five US presidential campaigns as well as over 100 major American political campaigns for federal and state offices. In 1985, he founded The Oxford Centre for Public Affairs in the United Kingdom. In 2003, he founded The Planetary Movement Limited, a global public affairs organization based in the United Kingdom. He has appeared as a public affairs expert on the BBC, European Business News, NPR and many European television broadcasts examining American politics and culture. In addition to his column for The Political Junkies, he is a regular contributor to the Moving Planet weblog. See: www.planetarymovement.org and http://planetmove.blogspot.com/
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