State of the Pres
Reading the Iraqi newspapers, and it looks like Bush has confirmed Saddam’s martyrdom. His State of the Union address has created a large concern from almost every country around the globe, and the 3000+ year old area of Baghdad and Iraq and the people in it are feeling like some young bully has come along to try to usurp their heritage. Even if Saddam is killed or removed early in the game, (unlikely), the general population of the Middle East is not predisposed to western morals and ways. They’ve been doing it their way for many centuries, and the young people of Baghdad are informed and aware of the rest of the world. They don’t act or believe in things like North Americans, Brits, Chinese, or Hindus either for that matter – it’s like they are in a whole ‘nother country eh. One in which Americans will not be welcome, even if their was no oil and they were there with the best of intentions. It seems Bush is making the mistake of being the ugly american tourist to the rest of the world, except he’s brought his six shooters with him and he’s decided somebody is gonna die. He executed a record number of people as the governor of Texas, most of them blacks. Not much of a leap for him to be the judge, jury and executioner for whole other countries now.