I'm actually quite surprised that Bush was re-elected. It's disturbing to me for a few reasons, all of which I won't get into at this moment, but here's a couple. Firstly, it bothers me that the very man who lied about the reasons for the war in Iraq has now been given permission by the American people to continue on his path of destruction. I thought it was common knowledge that Saddam didn't attack America and that Iraq posed no threat to American security. I thought it was also common knowledge that the weapons inspections worked and that there were no weapons of mass destruction found in Iraq. Even if Saddam was a nasty dictator, there was absolutely no grounds for war in that country, besides "humanitarian intervention", which I'll get into.
If George Bush was really concerned with freedom and democracy for all people, why is he ignoring the crisis and genocide in Sudan at this very moment? Ok ok, he's not ignoring it, in fact, this is his statement on the issue:
Bush, in a statement from his ranch near Crawford, did not suggest any military involvement to stop the violence. He warned that the U.S. government "will move toward normal relations with the government of Sudan only when there is a just and comprehensive peace agreement between the government and the SPLM," the rebel Sudanese People's Liberation Movement.
"New fighting in the Darfur region of Sudan has opened a new chapter of tragedy in Sudan's troubled history. The Sudanese government must immediately stop local militias from committing atrocities against the local population and must provide unrestricted access to humanitarian aid agencies," Bush said. "I condemn these atrocities, which are displacing hundreds of thousands of civilians, and I have expressed my views directly to President [Omar] Bashir of Sudan."
I don't know about you, but it sounds to me like although he was willing to invade (or "bring democracy to") Iraq, a country that was troubled indeed, he was not willing to invade (or "bring democracy to") Sudan, which is in desperate need of help. What is the difference between these two countries? I'll let you figure that one out. (For those who don't know what's going on in Sudan, check here.
Anyway, the other thing that bothers me about George Bush and all those, especially the fundamentalist Christians, who voted for him, is that they are proclaiming that they're doing God's work! Give me a break. If God told Bush to invade Iraq, he told the Pope a different story. It really makes Christianity look bad in the eyes of millions of people around the world. It's disgusting and I hate that if I tell people I am a Christian, I am associated with that. It almost makes me ashamed of the title. I wish politics could leave religion alone. And vise-versa.
Anyway there's too much going on in my head right now to make any sense of it so I'll stop for now. But I'll write more on this subject as time passes. That's all.
