It’s so easy to write a blog post about George Bush – it’s called “Bush Bashing” – and it’s simple because it’s easy to pick on a donkey.  But here are a few of my thoughts.

How responsible is George for the state of the World today? You could say that he fucked the World up economically and humanly better than anyone else could have done, and you would be right.  Was he responsible on his own for this? No way.  But who *was*?

The stupid people of the United States were. Ok, they elected him the first time and it was a mistake, which we are all entitled to make, but not the second time!  Then you will hear folk say that the second election was rigged, but as far as I know, it was only rigged by 1 or 2%. How did he even get that close? You, the people of the United States who voted the moron in the second time are every bit as guilty as him for the huge amount of human suffering that you have caused, and the economic wellbeing of the whole f*cking planet. Your money has been spent on killing innocent human beings and you *voted* for this.

Is an army democratic or is it the case when you sign up to an army you lose the power of your actions?  If there was a secret vote taken by the troops who are in Iraq and Afghanistan, what would the outcome be?  If the outcome was that this was a wrong war to be fighting, would they have the freedom to leave Iraq without losing their jobs as soldiers which they use the income to provide for their families?

Any decent human being, in my opinion, has a right to earn an income as a soldier, to defend their country or fight against right and wrong in the human race, but they were led into battle under the pretence that Sadam had the power to take out England and the States with nuclear power.  The fact is he hadn’t the power to even take out Iraq and when the Allied Forces realised that, should the soldier on the ground not have the power to decide to go home without facing court marshall, or the threat of losing his job?  He was sent there under the pretence of protecting his people, which is why he signed up to the army in the first place.

I remember watching live TV of the invasion of Iraq and thinking to myself “what is going to happen here”? I, like everyone else, thought that the Allies were really up against it and that anything could happen to the whole World, with all this nuclear power.  I couldn’t believe my eyes when, not long into the war, I was watching the US troops pulling down a statue of Sadam in Baghdad and then putting a US flag on top of it, which was the real feeling amongst a lot of the US troops on live television.  Obviously someone realised quickly that this was wrong and the flag only lasted about 30 seconds.  I won’t forget that 30 seconds ever.  It made a huge statment to me.

It’s also my humble opinion that Bush should face a court for his *war crimes* and that he be imprisoned accordingly.  I also feel all those who voted for him should pay the price as well, even though they already are, in as much as US citizens are welcome nowhere now and are looked upon as, at the very least, very stupid, arrogant people.  This of course is not true of all of them as there were an awful lot of them who did not vote for Bush the second time around, or even the first.

The Irish side to this story was highlighted on Paddy’s Day when Bertie Ahern was pictured smiling like a Cheshire Cat giving Bush a bowl of shamrock, which is now flushed down the sewers and has ended up in some waste facility in Washington.  We all know how much the the American economy contributes to the Irish economy and that without that support we are doomed – but let me tell you now (as Ian Paisley used to say) that the companies and their MDs in the States that have manufacturing facilities in Ireland are not stupid, and they know that this war is ridiculous.  When Bertie goes and looks so comfortable with Bush, I hope he knows first of all that he is not representing 99%of the Irish population, and second of all, that he is not fooling the people who really matter in the US, as far as the economy goes.  Bertie, if you smile and mix with a fool, you could very easily become one.

Us Irish have great connections in the States and a lot of good connections with very honourable people.  We should not promote or be seen to endorse the a*seholes over there who believe that this war is justified, because then the decent US citizens won’t have any regard for us – and rightly so.  On the other hand, when we are so reliant on the US, I can understand the way of thinking “let’s stick with Bush, as there are only 9 months of the moron left anyway”.  I think my first point stands up better.  It would be much better for Bertie to say to the citizens of the States that we are 100% behind the States in any way that is correct, but regardless of how much we depend on ye, we will not endorse a stupid war like this.  I feel we would command a lot more respect from the real people that matter in the States just by being honest, and for our honesty long after Bush is gone and hopefully locked up.

Finally, I do believe that Bertie also thinks that this war and Bush are a disaster, but he feels that it would be the wrong thing to come out with it. I could be very very wrong here presuming so much, but I doubt it.

The next piece I want to bore you with has to do with why wars happen anyway, in my opinion, and the human condition that causes them.

Another day.

Murphy

P.S. George, if by any chance you still have that bowl of shamrock, shove it up your anal passage until it reaches your false teeth.
Lots of love from the Irish on Paddy’s Day!