In the waning days of the Bush Administration, Israel has launched the most massive attack on Gaza since the 1967 War. In a move hastened by the imminent swearing in of Barack Obama, the Israelis are using the final days of George W. Bush to make as many advancements as possible against the Palestinians before they are reigned in by the new President.
As the causalities mount on both sides, the lasting and final legacy of the Decider is an Israel unbound and unleashed, devoid of military and political restraint from the Oval Office. The reticence of Dear Leader at a time of carnage is a testament to his and the Republican’s commitment to Israel.
A strong Israel, unlimited by a moderate White House, able to plow over its neighbors and attack its enemies with impudence, is all important to the conservative time table for Jesus’ return. As long as we can keep Israel fighting, encroaching on surrounding land, and pissing off the entire Muslim world, we can ensure a unified Jerusalem, and an ample supply of Arab acrimony to fuel the final battle called Armageddon when the Jews will be thrown into the eternal lake of fire and Republicans will be rewarded with whatever crap we have been promising those morons who have been voting for us for years.
So as we go into the final weeks of Bush’s reign, the Israelis are taking this moment to play while the cat is away. And no absent cat is more conspicuous than President Bush. Taking phoning it in to a new height, Bush has been MIA more often than he was during his little stint with the Alabama National Guard. And everyone understands it is a fire sale, with just 24 days until the store is under new management.
Israel will not be the last to take advantage of our Commander Guy’s slow slide into home plate. In the coming days I suspect Russia will launch a new incursion into Georgia, the Commie one, not the Redneck one. Iran may take this moment to push further into Iraqi politics. And a whole host of other nations slowly simmering squabbles with their neighbors may make a move in the final three weeks of W’s administration to put down “insurgencies,” from the Turks with the Kurds, to the Greeks with the Macedonians, to the Pakistanis with the Indians and Kashmir.
And so the real lasting legacy with George W. Bush will be that he kept the world going–going on the same violent downward spiral, which has marked so much of human evolution (the magical Jesus kind, not the fantasy Darwin kind). In the coming years, as we look back fondly on the Bush II administration, we will reminisce and wistfully want for the days of never-ending violence, war, and carnage. And as Republicans, we will long for the days of eternal Middle Eastern flareups as we suffer through the long, peaceful Presidency of Barack Obama.
So when the history is written about 43, it will state that no other American President–with the possible exception of Richard M. Nixon–kept the fires burning, kept the casualties mounting, and kept the military-industrial complex humming along quite so perfectly. The dymanic duo of Bush-Cheney will be missed for their tireless efforts to keep economies rolling, from Smith-Wesson to Glock to GE to Lockheed-Martin. They kept the world safe for blood diamonds, AK-47’s and M16’s. And they will be missed–by almost 20% of the American population.
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