The Idiocy of King George
President George Bush's most recent remarks on Iran, as usual fact-challenged and unhelpful, have finally made the transition from the politically contrived to the downright stupid. The media rushed to question the White House on Mr. Bush's comments, made in an interview to Radio Farda, the U.S. government radio station that broadcasts into Iran in Farsi, specifically on the president's clearly false assertion that Iran has "declared they want to have a nuclear weapon to destroy people--some in the Middle East." The White House backtracked somewhat, claiming Mr. Bush "shorthanded his answer" according to national security spokesman Gordon Johndroe, and although that explanation falls far short of convincing, few seem to be concerned with the implications of what Mr. Bush said, but more specifically to whom he said it.
This wasn't a speech to the American people, or to a section of the electorate that might be swayed into believing we must confront Iran militarily. It wasn't a speech to allies, and it wasn't part of a political campaign of fear. No, Mr. Bush's words were to the Iranian people. His words undoubtedly came as a surprise to Supreme Leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who has final say on all matters of state, and who has in the past not only denied Iran's quest for weapons of mass destruction but has also actually issued a fatwa specifically banning the development and use of nuclear weapons. (Ayatollah Khamenei, presumably a religious and Allah-fearing man, does not issue fatwa's lightly.) But more importantly, there is not an Iranian alive who doesn't know about the fatwa, or doesn't know that his or her government has spent the past five years adamantly denying that they are developing nuclear weapons. However, Mr. Bush said to those Iranians that their government has not only "declared" that they want a nuclear weapon, but that they want to use it "to destroy people"? Get this: some in the Middle East, and so presumably some elsewhere. Huh? What exactly are the Iranian people supposed to think? That Mr. Bush is an idiot? That he's a liar? Maybe they're thinking, "oh my gosh, it's worse than we thought. Could he actually bomb the crap out of us because he actually believes his own nonsense?"
Radio Farda is a propaganda station, and uh, propaganda doesn't work if it's patently false, George. If the idea was to get the Iranian people on your (or our) side, if the idea was to convince them that their government is acting foolishly and dangerously, then you just scored a big fat zero. Might as well stop funding Farda and save some much needed bucks, for whatever little credibility it had inside Iran (and believe me, it was always slight) just got thrown out the window. So what exactly was the point of George Bush's statement? And what are the implications? Well, only Georgie knows what the point was. And as for the implications, for Iranians who were the intended audience, it was simply that we really do have an idiot with his finger on the button.
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LOL...We all know how good the neo-cons are at winning the hearts and minds of people.
One wonders when enough is finally enough. This assumes there is a point at which clear evidence of mental incapacity requires immediate action to save both the individual and others from the dangers presented by such delusion. Immediate impeachment is required. Instead, we will all remain at grave risk while Congress finds new ways to surrender to any insane initiative he may take. We may complain, but as the VP would say, "so?'
" Immediate impeachment is required."
Yes. We can't allow this Bush administration to set these precedents. They MUST be challenged.
most americans aren't on bush's side anymore. I suspect Alqueda would be if there was such an entity except for the globalists.
Al qaeda doesn't really exist. It is just a term that Bush (and McCain) use to describe "the enemy", who ever it is.
Bush is held to the lowest standard of honesty of any modern president ever. He lies outrageously and no one questions it. People wonder if he just does not know or, as the article suggests, he believes his own nonsense. It is probably a combination of ignorance and believing what his sycophants want him to believe and thinking he can damn well say anything he wants. His, and by inference, the nation's credibility is then shot as a serious actor on the world stage. Countries and their people think this administration has an agenda and will act on it at any cost and likely we will. Bush is a disaster. Ler us hope an unthinking, limited, incurious man such as he, never wins the presidency again. Our nation is at risk!
"His, and by inference, the nation's credibility is then shot as a serious actor on the world stage."
... except that he has his hand on the red button. Everyone has to take that seriously.
Credibility and Bush's ability to do more harm than he has to date are two different things, especially as he just removed Admiral Fallon from the Middle East command. Fallon was an opponent to a war with Iran.
Bush thought he was speaking Babylonian, ya know, when you talk to babies. Baby Talk. Baby Bush.
'The White House backtracked somewhat, claiming Mr. Bush "shorthanded his answer"... '
Is that what they did when they lied about WMDs in Iraq -- just, "shorthanding"? WTH does that mean anyway, "shorthanding an answer"?
I wager that as soon as the Bush/Cheney Nightmare leaves office, oil will go down in price. The Saudis are just waiting for someone with some sane judgment and intelligence to lead the wealthiest, most powerful nation again -- or else, just write us off as has-beens.
What does it say about our country, when statements made by Irans leaders have more credibility and intelligence than by that of my own [the USA]?
I recently listened to a Benjamin Fulford interview by [Project Camelot]. He came up with the idea of targeting the head of this beast we confront [the Rothchilds and the Rockefellers]. He claims they are the ones calling the shots on these wars we have been fighting, and profitting from both sides of the conflict. First you have to know who your enemy is.
" the idea of targeting the head of this beast " ???
What beast?
I refered to an interview : Benjamin Fulford interview by [Project Camelot].
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He explain's it a lot better than I can.
"To destroy people--some in the Middle East" is code for "Israel, and maybe all the Jews." Bush is trying to tell the Iranians that they wish to commit genocide against the Jews without actually using the word "Jews" which might be inflammatory. Thing is, it was western Europe that made the only serious attempt at genocide against the Jews, and until the Jews took over a chunk of Arab real estate, Muslims had no such intention. But there is an ongoing attempt to make Iran worse than it actually is in regard to Israel, just so that we can have an excuse to attack them (and their oil fields.)
"until the Jews took over a chunk of Arab real estate" ???
so it IS all about real estate! Therefore, the solution is all about real estate.
The nation of Israel could move to some other place than Jerusalem.
They could build a New Jerusalem in Utah, for example.
Do you think that Israel would ever be willing to move away from Jerusalem?
Bush = carrot
Cheney = stick
Please do not underestimate the utterly ruthless, utterly sociopathic danger that our nation is now in.
Nations fall from within, not from without.
This Is Not A Drill. Repeat: This Is Not A Drill.
I agree, these two nuts will bomb Iran, before leaving office. Cheney with his sneering, "so"? when told that 2/3rds of the American people disagreed with our invading Iraq, is all we need to know. Seymour Hersh, believe him, says we are on our way to Iran. We can spread more hatred around the world toward the U.S., bankrupt our almost banrupt treasurey, then gut whatever is left of the Constitution and civil liberties. It is not a question of if, it is a question of when.
And the fact that the reporters are "bored" with this administration is even worse. This is the position the administration wants: no questions, no interest. That way, they can run up the attack on Iran while everyone else watches the election. And then they'll usher McCain in to finish the 100 years war. This is all being carefully orchestrated and we must pay attention to prevent WWIII!
You're right -- once again Bush demonstrates that he is probably less qualified to be a world leader than any one of my four donkeys out in my corral. But why does Bush continue to make such ridiculous statements (I admit that our next President will not be nearly as entertaining)? I don't think Bush is as stupid as we think. I think he's immensely arrogant and stubborn in his views of the world. He seems to think that by saying something repeatedly, the rest of us should, if we will come to our senses, eventually accept it as reality. And that kind of personality trait is far more dangerous than any ignorance or stupidity because it shows that he stopped learning anything significant decades ago.
The book "Everything I Need To Know I Learned In Third Grade" defines Bush. In fact, that could be the title of his biography. We laugh at Bush because it is so easy to do so. But I agree, he is very dangerous. He looks at the presidency as an emperor of old would, and whatever needs to be the truth, the emperor must just keep repeating it and eventually it would be recognized as the truth. Then Bush can act on the non-reality he has created. The press just seems to go along for the ride. They can no longer be counted on as a bulwark against strong man rule. Bush bullies, twists, cajoles and we all play along, as if it is some game.
It's called catapulting the propaganda.
Apparently Little George does not understand the difference between regime change (which is what the Iranians actually said) and genocide. Maybe that's where he went wrong in Iraq.
You asked "What exactly are the Iranian people supposed to think? That Mr. Bush is an idiot? That he's a liar? Maybe they're thinking, "oh my gosh, it's worse than we thought. Could he actually bomb the crap out of us because he actually believes his own nonsense?" "
Why shouldn't they think all of those things? If you look around here in the Presidents country you'll find that WE all think those things.
and speaking of the American people ,we had better get ready for what the idiot is going to do next.....l
Good piece, Hooman. It is good to read the comments here in spite of the one Zionist , Schmuck who, just like Bushy boy, repeats the false allegations that Ahmadinejad had threatened to wipe "Israel" off the map while the FACT is he had said wipe off the "Zionist regime" which make a big difference. Glad no one trusts Zionst propaganda either.
Wow. Thanks for that clarification on the remarks of Ahmadinejad.
So once again, the comments made by Iran's sabre rattling Holocaust denier do not count, because if the top clerics in Iran speak to the contrary, it is OK for the secular leader to want to blow us and Israel off the face of the earth. Neville Chambelain, if he were still alive, would be declaring peace in our time based on the promises of Iranian leaders, at least the ones he chose to listen to. Why American liberals are willing to overlook the statements of their gay-denying, head in the sand friend in Iran is amazing and makes Bush's world view reasonable in comparison.
Khazar????
Ahmadinejad has also said "Iran is a threat to no other country, including the Zionist Entity". Of course, I'm only supposed to believe him when he says something that helps make our case for attacking Iran, which we wanted to do long before he became President.
What you fail to realize is that the prime minister of Iran has, for all practical purposes, no real power.
Although George W and his cabal believe that if you say a lie enough times it becomes truth, the incompetent President of Iran never said that Israel should be wiped off the face of the earth in some nuclear holocaust. He actually quoted the Ayatollah Khomeini from two decades earlier and said "the Zionist regime occupying Jerusalem should pass from the pages of history." Doesn't have the same Dr. No flair so the let's-demo
Meanwhile, the short sighted Iran demonizers continue to dominate the American response to the Islamic Republic and play right into the hands of the Iranian conservatives, depriving any reformist of the oxygen they would be provided in a less confrontational atmosphere or one in which economic trade actually created a constituency for reform a la China. A hearty thanks from the Iranian people.
Thank you.
Iran called for regime change in Israel - not wiping them off the face of the earth. (BTW, we've called for regime change in Iran ourselves, so this isn't too radical a statement).
the iranians are not stupid, they are fully aware that israel have nuclear subs off their coast that could wipe out most of their population
I am not afraid of the "paper tiger" Iran, as you say. I am afraid of the maniac Bush.
The Cheney/Bush-Admin have no doubt sunk considerable US Tax monies into covert PR and Agents now busy causing internal division within Iran, however Iran and most of the world (informed) by now are not going to be swayed by more slander and lies of Bush.
I listened about a week ago to the Iran ambassador at the UN speaking on the IAEA investigation and recent report essentially clearing Iran of the charges made by Cheney/Bush-Admin, and although not a top story in America, no doubt is well known in Iran.
My hopes for our future are pinned entirely upon the Congressional (only) elections upcoming, in hope that the heirarchy of DEM/GOP politicians are removed, giving hope for a return to a Constitutional Gov of Law in America, and Fed-Investigation into Gov-crimes yet screaming for justice.
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