"The Last King of Scotland" is a movie about a man who became president of his country by means more violent than hanging chads. Amin just killed his opposition directly. He didn't need Diebold machines.
Amin could be charming, cajoling the press into thinking he was a good guy, and then turning on anyone who dared challenge him - stinging insults were the least of his repertoire - not unlike Bush telling a reporter that he had a good face for radio.
Amin exported violence across town and into prisons; Bush exports violence across the ocean and into prisons.
Amin demanded total loyalty; anyone who disagreed with him was shot and shut up for good. Bush demands total loyalty; anyone who disagrees with him is fired, not fired on - although I'm sure he misses the days when he fired on his annoying little brothers with his BB gun.
The film tells the story of Nicholas Garrigan, a Scottish physician who is fascinated and flattered by Amin. He becomes President Amin's enabler much like the American press is the enabler of President Bush. The enablers fear the president's reprisals - Amin's by violent means; Bush's by denial of access.
Dr. Garrigan was also seduced by the bully - much like the American people who were seduced by a more subtle bully into thinking the war in Iraq is necessary and just.
Go to the" The Last King of Scotland" and see how long it takes before you're reminded of George Bush. Amin was directly responsible for the deaths of 300,000 of his own people. Bush, at least according to scientific reports in the British medical journal Lancet is already responsible for killing at least twice that number of Iraqis.
Bush is able to sleep at night, not troubled by the kind of nightmares that beset Amin. Although Bush may seem like a kinder, gentler despot, perhaps this makes him an even more frightening monster.