that arrogant prick...

I just turned on the tv in time to hear George Bush tell the Iraqi people they owe the United States a rather large amount of gratitude that apparently hasn't come fast enough for his liking. I suppose they should thank us for Saddam Hussein and the war with Iran. Or perhaps thank us for the bombing campaigns in Desert Storm which annihilated their civil infrastructure. Or perhaps a big thank you for the lack of medicine, clean water and the like they have had for the last few decades compliments of our efforts, exacerbated by the most recent war of the month. Or perhaps for the brutal civil war we have left them in with thousands of deaths a month. Yea George...thanks better be forthcoming. When will we ever learn that we are not the be all end all of civilization and everyone must thank us for showing them the light (which often comes with a big boom and a few deaths).

...and now they are reporting he is reading a book on France's efforts in Algeria. The most significant historical lesson of modern times on fighting an insurgency...and he decides to bone up on it a few years into the affair. This is supposed to be our leader...no wonder everything is so royally fucked up.

But its ok...he personally signs every letter to the families with a son or daughter or husband or mother or sister or brother coming home in a box from his misbegotten war.

Well Mr. Bush...on behalf of the Iraqis, the people of the world and the American people. Here is a message for you...albeit not quite the one you were expecting.

Fuck you.