George W. Bush - The Reviled American Hero?

It's the end of an error - ah..era that is, the GWB. No, not the bridge (for those of you living in New York) but the 43rd President of the United States of America, the man, the Boss - George W. Bush. With just about two weeks left of his presidency, the world joins together to celebrate his final day in office and welcomes the new "change" in President-Elect Barack Obama. Americans rightfully got fed up of two terms of his presidency, that's eight whole years that culminated in: failed foreign policy, increased security problems, suspension of civil liberties, a failing war, and as a final gift - the worse economic crisis since The Great Depression. I can already hear the sigh of relief the moment Mr. Bush sets down from office on January 20th, 2009. Many will look to the years of his rule that provided us with a constant source of perplexment, anger, entertainment, and yes, comedy. The term "Bushism" was coined as a moment whenever the president would slip up during a press conference or during a speech that both gave the world a few laughs as well as minus points for America as a nation to be taken seriously as we once were. The hard work of 232 years of American presidency, heritage, and legacy - all "flushed down the drain" as some would put it, just within these eight years. And now, as free and democratic Americans, we finally get our chance, our moment to correct the blight that has stained and tarnished our name and image across the globe and set about correcting Mr. Bush's wrongs into red, white, and blue rights.

He's been called every insult you can think of in the book. A war-monger. A fascist. A redneck. An oil tycoon. A religious nut. A pimp. An imbecile. A crack-head. A hypocrite. A blind man. A neo-con. A thug. A war criminal, etc. Americans have laughed at him, foreigners have cursed him. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez calls him "the devil." Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinajad refers to him as a "bully" and he's even smoked weed with Harold & Kumar. Blunder after blunder, and lies upon lies have exposed him for what he is - lying, cheating, filthy scum. He set new lows for the office of presidency. He has had the lowest approval rating of any U.S president in history. His exit from office, from the view of the American people is a victory. But as for Mr. Bush, it is a sad, sad exit from his view....

But if we had to examine the cornerstone of the president's terms in office, it would have to be the War on Terror and his fight with Al-Qaeda. So we were lied to about Iraq, but it was true that Bin Laden was behind September the 11th, I mean the videos show him taking the credit for it, don't they? Come to think of it, Bin Laden hasn't released a new video for a very long time....Could he be dead? What if he died a few years back, and the videos that we saw during the presidential elections in 2004 were all just a hoax? What if it was all an elaborate plan by U.S Intelligence to cover up the fact that we actually defeated the Al-Qaeda leader many years ago, during the bombing raids of Tora Bora, but we still needed Bin Laden as a trump card to invade Iraq and all the other plans we had for the region? Was it all for oil? Democracy for the Middle East or only for oil rich countries? Al-Qaeda would be our convenient American Express card to do whatever the hell we wanted, where ever we chose to...but by killing the world's most notorious terrorist, we just shot ourselves in the foot now didn't we? We would need to continue the lie that he was still alive. For Bin Laden is most likely dead; if he was still here, why didn't he come out with a video when Obama won the election? When that Iraqi guy threw his shoes at Bush? If Bush can be globally humiliated by the image forever ingrained in the minds and hearts of this generation by having shoes thrown at him right before leaving office, it would be the absolute nail in the coffin for Al-Qaeda to make one last taunt at Bush before he steps down, essentially proving that he didn't accomplish anything during his eight years, right?

But what if we were wrong about President Bush all along? What if he really did accomplish his goals? What if Al-Qaeda is really, for all intents-and-purposes, non-existent? If Bin Laden really was killed in all this, it would mean that President Bush actually fulfilled his promise and protected our country and the world from this most heinous threat. But he couldn't just come out and say that, not after all the lies and fabrications - no, he would have to go along with the official story put out by the CIA. It would mean that, for the sake of our countries needs, no matter the ugly lies we would have to use, we would put it out there for the sake of our future needs and so, we went to Iraq, Afghanistan, and in Pakistan, all in the ruse of democracy but under the tables with the goal of securing much needed resources for our future so we can continue to rock the world for the next century or two. But the question is, who could possibly take the blame for all this? Who would bear the brunt of ire from the international community?

He was stupid, goofy, silly, simple, and above all - perfect for the job. Yes, President Bush would take the blame! The whole world would come to curse him, revile him; it worked perfectly - they think he's stupid, he makes "convenient" mistake after mistake, all the while we as a nation benefit in the background making a killing on the black market. Yes, now it all makes sense. He officially goes down in history as the worst president of the United States of America, and as a war-monger and a criminal. But what's the pay off? We receive billions upon billions from the War on Terror, resources beyond imagination, security stations set up all across the world - the stage has been set for America's new century and it is all thanks to President Bush's sacrifice- but the sad reality is, no one will ever know. The sad look in his eyes tells the tale of a man who gave up all he had for the sake of his country, and no one will understand him. But that was the secret mission given to him. That was his duty to his country, his final mission. Despite condemnation from the entire world, he had to turn his back on them and continued on for the sake of America, a lesser man would have been crushed with such a heavy burden. He swallowed his pride and honor, being cursed and spat at from all angles, with the weight of the world on his shoulders - only he was strong enough to bear such a blame. The taint of disgrace will follow him to his grave. Future generations will revile him, but he still did it all for us, he wanted to see us saved and free for the next century so that we can continue the example of democracy in the face of tyranny and evil. He sacrificed his life in office so that we could continue being the America the world depends on.

He was a true American soldier.

He was the dark knight,

he was the anti-hero we loved to hate,

he was a real hero, he was, a true....





....PATRIOT!




...or maybe I've just been playing too much Metal Gear Solid.





Here's Bush's farewell present: