"I've been to war. I've raised twins. If I had a choice, I'd rather go to war."--US president George Bush Jr. on sacrifice as reported by Houston Chronicle, January 2002

"I had other priorities in the 60s than military service"--US vice-president Dick Cheney

We live in a world of hypocrisy and the corrupt embedded elitists of any colour and of any religion have only one thing in common, GREED, that is the misplaced love for money and power. Bush&Co. export their branded democracy to the world and use their war machinery to kill thousands of people in Iraq so that this country can be securitized by the corporative interest of the Carlyle Group and the like.

Bush&Co. have no motivation for a world of peace, their branded democratic priority is the ultimate vision of GREED, where the common goods of water and air are securitized and their share sold in the Free Market. Let us be frank, but do we really have to believe in the democracy of the Free Market in the presence of the American war industrial complex?

President Bush believes that he is guided by God and that he liberates the people of the world by the doctrine of pre-emptive wars. Do we really believe president Bush is guided by God in waging wars to pre-empt future wars?

President George W. Bush Jr. and vice-president Dick Cheney are two men who avoided their patriotic tours in VietNam, and now they display their patriotism wrapping themselves up in the American flag and sending American troops abroad to liberate Iraq. Again, do we really believe president Bush and vice-president Cheney want to liberate Iraq because of their patriotic fervor?

For me, an aspect of democracy is our effort to end our hypocritical behaviour. Civilians are being killed in Iraq and stock analysts are discussing the 'fundamentals' of the stock market and predicting higher stock values for Carlyle and the like. Do we really have to believe to the fundamentals of the stock market as the lives of children are pre-emptied?

American troops have taken a presidential palace in Baghdad and the embedded media has immediately reported on the luxuries of this palace, including 'pirated movies', and compared the life style of Saddam Hussein against the destitute lives of poor Iraqis. But GREED is not the monopoly of Saddam Hussein, and in fact, Bush's envoy to the United Nations, Prince Negroponte, is renting a palatial apartment at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel for a mere $168,000.00 per month.

Bush&Co. cannot export democracy as they have further bundled (fasciato) their God with GREED, that is more hypocrisy than ever.

References

Pertinent articles published in Ensign

Shadid, Anthony Hospitals Overwhelmed By Living and the Dead (PDF) April 8, 2003 Washington Post http://www.ftlcomm.com:16080/ensign/desantisArticles/2002_700/desantis783/IraqHospitals.pdf

MotherJones We were Soldiers Once? The Bush War Record February 2003 http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2003/02/ma_217_01.html

Glaser, James Yes, I Do Get Mad September 5, 2002 James Glaser's Web Site, http://www.jamesglaser.org/2002/p20020905.html

The Portual News US Arms [Carlyle] Group Heads for Lisbon April 4, 2003 http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0404-13.htm

Carver, Tom Bush puts God on his side (PDF) April 6, 2003 BBC http://www.ftlcomm.com:16080/ensign/desantisArticles/2002_700/desantis783/BushNGodBBC.pdf

Center for Economic and Social Rights SPECIAL REPORT: WATER UNDER SIEGE IN IRAQ Human Rights Group Warns US/UK Military Forces Risk Committing War Crimes by Depriving Civilians of Safe Water. April 5, 2003 http://www.cesr.org/iraq/waterundersiege.htm

Zoroya, Gregg Palace attack hit Saddam's 'center of gravity' (PDF) April 8, 2003 USA TODAY http://www.ftlcomm.com:16080/ensign/desantisArticles/2002_700/desantis783/palace.pdf

Schwam, J.G. The Adventures of Crown Prince Negroponte April 8, 2003 Liberal Slant http://www.liberalslant.com/jgs040803.htm