You all know that Resident Bush took his farewell tour to both Iraq and Afghanistan a little while back. In Iraq, he was greeted as a liberator with a sized ten shoe thrown at his head by a journalist. To bad the shoe missed.
From Watching America we get a read on the thoughts of someone from Egypt on Bush's tour to the region.
Al Ahram, Egypt
Get the Hell
Out of Here!
By Salwa Habib
How can the departing American president believe that anyone in Iraq would want to see him for the last time? Isn’t he satisfied with the war crimes he committed?
Translated By Asmaa Sharaf El Deen
21 December 2008
edited by Lauren Abuouf
Egypt - Al Ahram - Original Article (Arabic)
From now until his departure on January 20th, President Bush needs to spare himself the trouble of performing “false” tasks and duties.
It is useless and does harm to him and his country.
Last month, and at the APEC summit with Asia’s leaders, Bush looked alone, confused, pale and rejected—exactly like a “lame duck”.
But who suggested that he secretly visit Iraq and Afghanistan to bid the two countries farewell, countries that suffered under the yoke of war, all because of his catastrophic policies.
Did he miss being a newsmaker?
Or did he go there to celebrate a false "victory," a security pact rejected by all Iraqis, or to harp on a tailored democracy, freedom, which only brought about disaster, death and destruction?
How can the departing American president believe that anyone in Iraq would want to see him for the last time?
Isn’t he satisfied with the war crimes he committed?
Obviously, his visit was meant solely to shamelessly defend a war that claimed more than 500,000 victims, and to announce that the war is still going on.
This, undeniably, ignited a volcano of anger, aggravation, and hatred in a way hard to condemn, when Arab public opinion rightly regarded it an astonishing victory for Iraq and all Arabs.
In fact, Bush was lucky that none of his soldiers in Camp Victory, where he went afterwards, was bold enough to stand up and refute his repeated lies and accusations about the late Iraqi President Saddam, and bold enough to remind him that he was responsible for the American invasion of Iraq, claiming that the war was necessary for fighting terror.
Instead, Bush ought to have expressed his sorrow and regret about the blunders of the CIA, and about claims that Iraq possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction, and for the horrible mistakes, and lies, he and his administration made.
Then, during his last visit to Afghanistan, Bush was not even shot when he talked about the thriving democracy there. I wonder what kind of democracy can develop in an environment of violence and unprecedented chaos!
Please, Mr. Bush, go to the White House, your temporary home, and shut yourself inside it. No one wishes to bid you farewell, not even the Americans themselves, because of the shame you have brought upon them.
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