{"id":1907,"date":"2007-03-30T17:02:05","date_gmt":"2007-03-30T21:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/wordpress\/?p=1907"},"modified":"2007-03-30T17:02:05","modified_gmt":"2007-03-30T21:02:05","slug":"why-george-bush-is-insane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=1907","title":{"rendered":"Why George Bush is Insane"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Harold Pinter, ZNet, 30 March 2007<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Earlier this year I had a major operation for cancer. The operation and its after-effects were something of a nightmare. I felt I was a man unable to swim bobbing about under water in a deep dark endless ocean. But I did not drown and I am very glad to be alive.<\/p>\n

However, I found that to emerge from a personal nightmare was to enter an infinitely more pervasive public nightmare – the nightmare of American hysteria, ignorance, arrogance, stupidity and belligerence; the most powerful nation the world has ever known effectively waging war against the rest of the world. “If you are not with us you are against us” President Bush has said. He has also said “We will not allow the world’s worst weapons to remain in the hands of the world’s worst leaders”. Quite right. Look in the mirror chum. That’s you.<\/p>\n

[Read the essay<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n

God Bless America<\/strong>
\n<\/a>
\nHere they go again,
\nThe Yanks in their armoured parade
\nChanting their ballads of joy
\nAs they gallop across the big world
\nPraising America’s God.<\/p>\n

The gutters are clogged with the dead
\nThe ones who couldn’t join in
\nThe others refusing to sing
\nThe ones who are losing their voice
\nThe ones who’ve forgotten the tune.<\/p>\n

The riders have whips which cut.
\nYour head rolls onto the sand
\nYour head is a pool in the dirt
\nYour head is a stain in the dust
\nYour eyes have gone out and your nose
\nSniffs only the pong of the dead
\nAnd all the dead air is alive
\nWith the smell of America’s God.<\/p>\n

Harold Pinter January 2003<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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