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On a Mission From God

My God, but it frightens me to think that the most powerful leader in the world is hearing things from his Almighty.

It brings to mind those oft-heard news reports of murderers who were certain that God commanded them to slay their victims in one way or another. Now far be it from me to accuse President Bush of being a mass murderer...unless you're obligated to count the 2100+ coalition soldiers and tens of thousands of civilians killed as a result of his obsession with invading Iraq. But who's counting?

Now it has surfaced that in a June 2003 meeting with Abu Mazen, Palestinian Prime Minister, and Nabil Shaath, his Foreign Minister, Bush expressed how he came to invade Iraq, as well as some of God's other plans for him. In an interview with the BBC, Foreign Minister Shaath declared,

"President Bush said to all of us: 'I'm driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, "George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan." And I did, and then God would tell me, "George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq." And I did. And now, again, I feel God's words coming to me, "Go get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, and get peace in the Middle East." And by God I'm gonna do it.'"

Later Bush told him: "I have a moral and religious obligation. So I will get you a Palestinian state."

When I read about many of the Old Testament Prophets, they sounded to me a bit more..how can I put it...psychoactively exuberant than the average person. Today, I suspect that some of the more powerful anti-psychotic elixers would quell the commanding voices in their heads. Granted, the Bible would be that much less dramatic without these characters, but let's face it, meshugana is meshugana!

So when I hear about a man who spent more years inebriated than his daughters are old getting his orders from the Supreme Universal Commander, it scares me to think we've entrusted the welfare of our planet to this guy. And so far, his record is pretty much of a massive cock-up on whatever level you care to view it. Maybe something's getting lost in the diety to mortal translation.

So George, if you will listen to some advice from a less other-worldly source than what you're apparently used to, I'd say...please come down to earth. Those voices in your head are nothing more than the alcoholic remnants of your years of self-abuse. Us mere mortals must rely for real leadership on some small part of your rational mind that might still be active. But honestly, after five years of waiting for it to surface, we don't hold out much hope.

God willing, however, you'll do right by your earthbound minions yet.

posted by mauiloa @ 1:35 PM