Bill Sykes' Newsletter
from America.
(August 2003)
An ex-Brit gives his views-(without fear
or favor)---of the American Scene
The Travelling President.
I’ve asked this question many times before
and I still want to know "Who is who is running the
White House Administration?", as it certainly cannot
be President Bush as he spends so little time in Washington
D.C. He must be the most travelled President this country
has ever known.
He is constantly on TV and there never seems to be a single
day when he is in residence at the White House, so can
one surmise that Vice President Cheney and his cohorts
are running the show, and as portrayed in the film "Wag
the dog" conveniently arrange for Mr. Bush to be
out of town on a constant basis.
This trip to the African continent, where he visited
several countries such as Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa,
etc, failed to take him to the highly dangerous trouble
spots of Africa, such as Liberia, (which has been the
focus of the White House’s political strategy in
recent days), the Congo, and Zimbabwe, which fortunately
for him were not on his travel itinerary.
President Bush is currently considering sending a token
force of American troops to Liberia, and also promising
a $15B package to fight the dreaded disease of AIDS. I
would suggest that sending a small token force to Liberia
could embroil those soldiers in another disastrous episode
such as the Somalia incident.
Late breaking news: Fighting has escalated
in Monrovia the capital of Liberia and missiles have rained
down upon the city. The civilian death toll is rising.
Two mortar shells fell in the grounds of the American
Embassy compound but there currently are no reports of
American casualties, The insurgents blame the increased
hostility is directly related to the American intervention
in their countries civil war.
Could one say that President Bush’s trip to Africa
was aimed at taking the spotlight off the chaos in Iraq
and part of a strategy to reduce anti-American sentiment
around the world and combat the growing unrest at home
amongst the people of the United States who in their naivety
expected that the war would be easily won in a short period
of time with a minimum amount of casualties, (which it
was), and that the people of Iraq would welcome peace,
prosperity, and Democracy brought to them courtesy of
America and Great Britain, (which didn’t happen).
Unfortunately the people of the United States failed to
recognize that the aftermath of the war would bring civil
unrest and that Coalition Forces would have to fight a
long and protracted guerrilla war conducted by Saddam
Hussein loyalists in which American and British soldiers
would be killed on a daily basis.
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