Bush the hero?
Poor Doc! Has he became so alienated from the real world living in posh Santa Barbara that he equates Bush with the hero?
I will rather much understand this as the warring general of the Greeks, the one so brilliantly described by Hanson: the warrior that comes home after a brilliant campaign, followed by its citizens-soldiers, and is immediately judged by his peers and condemned - war is no easy thing, and the winners are often the ones carrying the heavy moral burden, even if they were justified in their actions.
Exception made, of course, by the fact that Bush is neither directing the campaign, nor is justified in it, and lacks the moral support for it. Trifles, it may seem.
Why this intent on justifying this attack? We all have seen the parade of companies with strong ties to Cheney, getting ready for a clean-up and reconstruction of Iraq. We all have seen the tremendous damage that Bush assertions and attitude had caused the international community, where it is evident that the UN has become irrelevant – not by their stance on peace, but by the defiance with which the US has regarded its resolutions and authority.
Fifty years of political work, building trust despite the obvious strength, avoiding compromising easy solutions and involving other countries as partners, in order to achieve a political scenario in which everyone has a voice and direct participation. Fifty years of tradition, of easily defended values and moral superiority, thrown down the drain.
Mr. Bush seems to think that silencing the press during this attack would guarantee his political survival – he forgets that, after all is said and done, the witnesses that remain alive will come back to haunt him and his associates. An then, what about the political will of the USA's allies?