So we're going to war.

Great. Fucking great.

I'd love to just leave it at that, but I have an obligation to you people to bitch about anything and everything whenever humanly possible, so here we go:

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George Bush is a bad president.

I know. I know. That's a bold statement to make. But really... Jeez.

The man has had himself wrapped in the American flag ever since September 11th, saying that his goal was to ensure our safety and make sure it never happened again.

Did I miss something here? Did we ever get Bin Laden? Did Bush's cronies decide that they would never find him and instead of taking the rap for that they suddenly decide, "Hey... What's Saddam up to lately? We haven't heard from him in a while." And I imagine Dubya, with his beady little monkey eyes glistening, looked at his compatriates, and said with the most serious tone of voice, "Who's Sod-Damn?" The cronies then all probably looked at the young Bush, and their eyes glazed over (I'm sure a few of them actually tried to find a window that they could throw themselves out of).

The fact is, Dubya isn't the smartest thing in the world. We all know. And he's a fuck-up too. In all honesty, I like Bush for his earlier flaws than the ones he's made in office. He was a drunk driver and a C average student and had a drug problem... but Christ almighty, he overcame adversity, fought the odds, then eventually begged his dad for a job. And next thing you know he's president.

I wish my dad was an ex-president. I'd like to see what I could do with one day as a president. Probably wouldn't be much, but it couldn't be too bad.

I'm getting off subject though. The only reason we're going to war right now is because we haven't caught those responsible for the attacks against America, poverty is at an all-time high, employment is at an all-time low, and Bush's approval ratings are in the shitter.

The same thing sort of happened with the elder Bush (Or as I like to call him, "Big Mac Daddy Poppa King Kooka-Muga Bush"). His approval ratings were dropping to dangerously low areas, and suddenly we were in the Middle East. "Desert Storm" was everywhere. We were patriotic again! We were sending men off to some godforsaken desert to fight in a war over... gas prices.

Gas prices.

Let me repeat that. Fucking gas prices!

Okay, so after we "won" that war, Bush approval ratings went through the board, and he stayed on top until the end of his presidency.

Well if daddy can do it, why can't Monkey-Boy Bush do it? Eh? Ehhhhhh?

Wait... didn't the elder Bush give Bin Laden money when we was president? Lemme check real quick... Hmm... yep... looks like he sent funds to them... Of course it's not his fault... he had no idea it'd come back and bite him in the ass.

The point that I'm trying to make here is that... When did Saddam become the biggest threat to America again? Is it because he hates America? Lot's of people hate America. Because they have nuclear weapons? Well, no. There are places that have far more bombs than he has. What... what could it be? All I see is circumstantial evidence.

Yes, this man is dangerous, and I could understand that in this neo-facist, highly paranoid atmosphere that the mantra we chant is "Fuck them before we be fucked our damn selves." But to me... Saddam's a bad guy... but he's like a rattler snake.

A rattler snake can be dangerous as fuck. But for the most part, a rattler will recoil from human advances. It's only when you start fucking with a rattler that it will promptly launch itself at you, sinking it's fangs into your eyeball, and pumping all of it's venom into you.

Saddam's the rattler. And here comes some twelve year old little Bush, decked out in Red White and Blue Osh Kosh B'Gosh coveralls, swinging a big old stick around to try and hit Saddam. And Saddam's starting to get nervous. And his venom sacs are starting production.

If we're lucky, Bush will hit Saddam before he strikes out against us. If we aren't lucky? Well... I hope Dubya is wearing protective eye wear.

The point I'm getting at is that Saddam wasn't really a threat until we started treating him as a threat. And what he's doing now can be qualified as "being defensive."

Like I said though, I'm not saying that Saddam's actions (Past and present) are excusable. I'm just saying that the way Dubya is heading, he's going to be the most famous president ever.

Because, as far as I know, no other president has completely fucked this country up as much as he has in the past two years.

My conscious is clean though. I did my duty as a conscientious objector, reported my views, and now I'm going to go jerk off and fall asleep.

Because it's the American way.