I have very few to say about the quote. Except that any country that sends out such messages, is being ruled by sick individuals. That out of principle, I refuse to visit it.
I remember Mr. Bush recently told a reporter something like: “Men … my job is to protect you, to protect America”. What a piece of bullshit. “US bombs the world”, “To protect America”.
Maybe should the US start to “listen” in stead of “bombing”, “to protect America”. But don’t count on them listening to this advise. Words don’t sell, weapons do. Lives don’t matter, money and power does. Let’s make sheep people afraid of the damn damn terrorists! And call every country that isn’t 100% pro us, the terrorists. The so-called axis of evil! What a piece of bullshit.
In the eyes of Mr. Bush, I’m probably a terrorist. I blog terrorist things. Let’s bomb me. Terrorist terrorist terrorist. Everwhere terrorist. Ridiculous. I call the way how Mr. Bush calls everything and everybody a terrorists, a pure disrespect for the victims of for example events like 9/11. As if their death can be used to sell his agenda to frightened people. It’s actually embarrassing for many of the fine people who have to live under his rule.
Fear, it’s your only God. Don’t let some dude easily feed it. Don’t let some dude abuse your fears to gain more power. Teach your friends and family to independently think. To vote intelligent, in stead of steered by fears.
Have you threaten to blow up yourself somewhere? If you dont, you’re probably not a terrorist…
:-)
There is plenty of valid reasons to criticize the US without having to make these logically incoherent blog entries.
You say, “…any country that sends out such messages, is being ruled by sick individuals.” The message in question is quoted in a 60 minutes interview of the “president” (via military coup) of Pakistan Musharraf in which he states, “The intelligence director told me that (Armitage) said, ‘Be prepared to be bombed. Be prepared to go back to the Stone Age,'”. In response, Armitage claims he never said that.
So, you make the logical conclusion that the US is “rules by sick individuals” based on a quote of an assistant secretary, 5 years after the fact, as remembered by a third party, where the principals denies having made the quote, for an action that *never took place* (ie: the US never did bomb Pakistan).
You next quote Bush (from memory) saying that it is his job to protect Americans. From this, you illogically connect Bush’s statement to the topic of the previous paragraph to say “US bombs the world”, “To protect America”. (I’m not sure why you used quotes around “US bombs the world” since not even Musharraf claims Armitage said that in the meeting.)
Let’s assume that you are using the phrase “US bombs the world” to summarize the fact that the US invaded both Afganistan and Iraq. By using hyperbolic phrases like “US bombs the World”, you immediately polarize the issue. Because it is simply not true. The US did *not* bomb the world. The US bombed Afganistan and Iraq. Stick to the facts, and you make your case stronger. In the situation of US foreign policy, the facts are bad enough, there is no need to use hyperbole.
You next paragraph is so ful of hyperbole and errors, it is tought to discuss. “…call every country that isn’t 100% pro us, the terrorists. The so-called axis of evil!” Well, I think most countries in the world would fall into the “not 100% pro us” camp, and Bush has *not* said that these countries are a part of the axis of evil. His idiotic “axis of evil” speach was directed at specific countries. What he actually said, and says, is bad enough. Why muddy the issues (and weaken your position) by claiming that he (or the US, it isn’t clear in your statement) calls countries that do not 100% support the US terrorists and part of the axis of evil. It is simply not true.
“Bush calls everybody and everything a terrorist”. Uh… okay. You comments start to move into la-la land for the last few paragraphs, let’s just leave them out of this commentary.
Well maybe not completely factual you are on the right track and kudos to you for actually speaking your mind about this. The fact is, the Administration and policies in the US, sucks the big hind tit.
Well, I agree with jpl that I might “interpolate” certain facts to the extend of getting at an hyperbole where there’s probably just a … anyway, enough math terms mixed with mind speaking.
My intention with this blog entry was not to make a factual correct one. Rather one where I speak what I think, my mind, about the US foreign politics. I know Bush doesn’t call everybody and everything a terrorist. It wasn’t really a serious sentence based on purely facts. He does, however, calls “a lot” countries and people terrorists or “helpers of terrorists” or whatever.
But I do agree with jpl that we don’t need to try making our case stronger. What he actually said, and says, is indeed bad enough.
My point has been made. I will go back to trying to reduce the amount of political blog items, and increase the technical ones. Which doesn’t mean that I’m going to shut myself up.
I do have a strong opinion on the subject.
Hyperbole means to excessively exaggerate, hyperbola (with an “a”) is the math term.