Dubya's Best Friend
The value of friends can never be under-estimated. The main characteristic that separates them from others is that we choose them and they choose us. Friendship is totally voluntary and hence sincere.
There are exceptions to that though. Take for instance George W. Bush's best friend - Osama bin Laden. We know that the bin Ladens and Bushs have many business relationships. But not in his wildest dreams would Dubya have expected so much assistance from Osama. He shored up the Bush regime. Already, many Americans saw Bush as a President chosen not by the people but by his father's Supreme Court buddies. His legitimacy was always in doubt if not questioned openly. The economy was going downhill and his Tax-Cut proposals were being debated fiercely. Then came 9/11. In 20 minutes of mayhem and murder, Osama struck fear into the hearts of Americans. A fear which Bush capitalized on to bludgeon his opponents into submission, to push the economy, as an issue, on the back-burner. He used the fear to get approval for controversial bills like the Patriot Act. He used the fear to lead Americans into a bloody and failed war in Iraq. (I don't care what Dick Cheney says. I like to put my faith in facts. In fact in a sane country, a person making such a statement with so straight a face would have been declared mentally unstable and hence unfit for public office) And by declaring that if the current regime is not re-elected, Americans can expect more terror attacks, he is using this fear to try and get the public to give him a second term. As a matter of fact if 9/11 hadn't happened, I seriously doubt the Republican Party would have given him a second shot at the Presidency.
And now, just three days before the election, Dubya's best friend has issued another tape. A tape warning Americans that they can expect more terror attacks. A tape, universally believed, to boost the President's chances. But then, what are friends for?
Whatever Osama may be, he is not stupid. He too knows that such a tape will help the current President in his re-election bid. Maybe, after having seen the Bush Regime for four years, he feels he has a better chance of surviving and striking at an America ruled by Bush rather than Kerry?
There are exceptions to that though. Take for instance George W. Bush's best friend - Osama bin Laden. We know that the bin Ladens and Bushs have many business relationships. But not in his wildest dreams would Dubya have expected so much assistance from Osama. He shored up the Bush regime. Already, many Americans saw Bush as a President chosen not by the people but by his father's Supreme Court buddies. His legitimacy was always in doubt if not questioned openly. The economy was going downhill and his Tax-Cut proposals were being debated fiercely. Then came 9/11. In 20 minutes of mayhem and murder, Osama struck fear into the hearts of Americans. A fear which Bush capitalized on to bludgeon his opponents into submission, to push the economy, as an issue, on the back-burner. He used the fear to get approval for controversial bills like the Patriot Act. He used the fear to lead Americans into a bloody and failed war in Iraq. (I don't care what Dick Cheney says. I like to put my faith in facts. In fact in a sane country, a person making such a statement with so straight a face would have been declared mentally unstable and hence unfit for public office) And by declaring that if the current regime is not re-elected, Americans can expect more terror attacks, he is using this fear to try and get the public to give him a second term. As a matter of fact if 9/11 hadn't happened, I seriously doubt the Republican Party would have given him a second shot at the Presidency.
And now, just three days before the election, Dubya's best friend has issued another tape. A tape warning Americans that they can expect more terror attacks. A tape, universally believed, to boost the President's chances. But then, what are friends for?
Whatever Osama may be, he is not stupid. He too knows that such a tape will help the current President in his re-election bid. Maybe, after having seen the Bush Regime for four years, he feels he has a better chance of surviving and striking at an America ruled by Bush rather than Kerry?
posted by Avinash | 10:17 AM
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