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Big Brother Bush

Posted on October 25, 2005 in Bush Effect by Andy @ Yellow Swordfish3 Comments »

Can you remember those scratchy television images of US airmen captured during the first Gulf War? Can you remember the ‘confessions’ they broadcast and the revulsion we all shared that such statements had been beaten out of them? Wind forward to the current Iraq action. Have we seen kidnapped, terrified people reading statements that we know they do not believe? You know we have. And you know one of the countries that protests loudest about such manipulation? You got that too. The USA.

Now go read my friend at The Naked Truth – A Voice Silenced. Then answer the question: Why is America wanting to export US style politics to Iraq when it has imported Saddam style politics for use at home?

3 Responses to “Big Brother Bush”

on 20 Dec 2005 at 7:41 pm1The Naked Truth » Blog Archive » Quote of the Day: US Politics

[...] From Yellow Swordfish: Why is America wanting to export US style politics to Iraq when it has imported Saddam style politics for use at home? [...]
on 04 Mar 2006 at 11:49 pm2Ed Bremson

Interesting points. The USA certainly does not have the moral high ground in many respects. That’s too bad because we, as a nation, want to have the moral high ground. Tsk, tsk.
on 05 Mar 2006 at 12:29 am3Andy @ Yellow Swordfish

Well – let’s be honest here Ed. I don’t think any country is really wearing that badge at the moment. I know damn well mine isn’t.