However, psychoanalytic critics out there would constantly remind us that no matter how much you suture over it with the Symbolic, the Real returns with a vengeance (I can see Zizek sweating like a pig and looking near collapse on a podium somewhere...). In other words, the myth of origins is exposed as myth.
Yesterday, on the anniversary of 9/11, George Bush again tried to link his Iraqi boondoggle with the al-Qaeda terror attacks. Here's briefly a bit of what the idiot king said:
"Whatever mistakes have been made in Iraq, the worst mistake would be to think that if we pulled out, the terrorists would leave us alone," Bush said from the Oval Office, with a photo of his twin daughters and the American flag behind him.
"They will not leave us alone. They will follow us. The safety of America depends on the outcome of the battle in the streets of Baghdad."
That's an interesting idea that actually turns upside down the actual course of events in history. You see, the terrorists actually attacked us in fall 2001; that's -- oh let me see -- about a year and a half before Bush turned the streets of Baghdad into a terrorist training ground. As I recall in 2001, Saddam was sitting around stewing in his own juices as UN sanctions (leaky though they may have been) inhibited his economic freedom and "no-fly zones" inhibited his military control.
Let me try to reiterate for the sake of the morons out there (read: the 35 to 40% who still believe in this false prophet who sits in the Oval Office):
- al-Qaeda was responsible for 9/11
- No 9/11 hijackers were Iraqi; most were Saudi
- 9/11 happened BEFORE the Iraq War
- Saddam Hussein's secular regime and al-Qaeda's religious-injected form of tyranny mix about as well as oil and water (or about as well as "Bush" and "sensible foreign policy")
(Oh and as an aside...speaking of Saddam Hussein, he made an interesting outburst at his trial yesterday, telling the Court that "You are agents of Iran and Zionism. We will crush your heads." Iran and Zionism. There's some oil and water for you. Add to that one part Kids in the Hall.)
2 comments:
Do you think Bush is a really smart liar, like Nixon, or could he be truly paranoid? I can't bear to watch him speak anymore, but I used to watch him on TV whenever possible. He looks to me like he's on heavy psychoactives: the droopy mouth, the buzzed-out eyes. Something's wrong with him. I even searched out videos of Bush, Sr. to see if it's a family thing, but no, George Sr. always looked sharp as a whip, (as creepy as a drug cartel guy, but sharp.) G Jr. is just not all there. Scary.
Reya, I think he's so used to lying that it's all that matters. The lie is the reality. He's a sociopath.
I don't know if he's medicated or coked up again or both, but I firmly believe that when historians look at turning points in history, Bush's presidency will be heavily examined for its dinosaur-like inability to adapt to a changing world.
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