The Incompetence of an Alleged President Tom Hutchings

Didn't We Already Go Through This?

29 November 2006

Ho Chi Minh City -- As the world watched the horror that was the beginning of Bush's personal Iraq War, the looting of Baghdad and the realization that Bush lied about Hussein's stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, their attention was interrupted briefly.

On May 1, 2003, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln was stationed off the coast of California, near San Diego. Like a child with a new toy, Bush emerged from the back seat of a jet that landed on the carrier and strutted like a proud peacock in a flight suit.

As Bush made his speech declaring that combat operations in Iraq were over, he was posed in front of a huge sign that indicated, "Mission Accomplished." This was a huge red, white and blue banner produced jointly by the Navy and the White House.

Now, as Iraq is in their civil war, created by Bush's lies, he has said on November 28, 2006, he would not pull troops out "before the mission is complete."

Before the mission is complete? What did he declare on May 1, 2003?

Now the Taliban is increasing in Afghanistan, a country that Bush of his typical gross errors in judgments, and he diverted troops and funds for his lied-about war in Iraq. Now, Bush is beggin in Latvia for NATO to help in Afghanistan. This so-called President is becoming delusional and also refuses to acknowledge that Iraq has finally plunged into civil war.

Just like his ever-changing rationale for the war, Bush has no idea what he is doing. It is no small wonder the world deems him the most dangerous individual to world peace.

Blood on a Lying President's Hands Tom Hutchings

November 23, 2006

Ho Chi Minh City -- According to Sabrina Tavernise of the New York Times (11/23/2006):

According to the report, 3,709 Iraqis were killed in October, up slightly from
the previous high in July, and an increase of about 11 percent from the number
in September.

We know their blood is on Bush's hands.

Bush's Real Visit to Viet Nam Tom Hutchings

November 23, 2006

Ho Chi Minh City -- Last month, on October 24th, I wrote the following:

When Bush visits, the country will give him a dignified reception, though, because the Vietnamese have grace and style. Bush will think he is the man of the hour, but all will resume laughing at him when he finally leaves. When the Vietnamese pour out to see him in Ho Chi Minh City, I'll be there with my camera, but I'll be more concerned about taking the photos of many wonderful Vietnamese; not a disgusting rogue cowboy who does more harm than good.

That's exactly what happened.

As a resident of Ho Chi Minh City for the past two years, I am very close to the Vietnamese people. In fact, I have been close to them for the past 37 years beginning when I served during the American War.

President Bush’s camp reported warm, welcoming and cheering crowds that waved as he passed by and he warmly waved back. Nothing could be further from the truth. I saw the presidential motorcade speeding through the city at breakneck speeds. Side streets were filled with motorbikes and anxious riders who simply wanted to move on with their lives; perplexed at how one man can command such power to have traffic police clear streets and keep them free of people.

Other friends, at other places, also saw a speedy motorcade sans waving and cheering crowds. There was no waving or cheering that anyone saw or heard. There were only questions about the US not learning its lesson after Viet Nam and frustration with the Bush Administration and it’s retreat from democratic rule.

Bush’s presence and statements here were an embarrassment. Not only did he not bring the Permanent Normalized Trade Relations agreement with him, but his visit was completely sanitized and he had no contact with local people at all.

Everyone is glad he's left.

Saddam as Bush's Political Tool Tom Hutchings

Tom Hutchings
6 November 2006
Ho Chi Minh City -- International media reports that the world is divided regarding Saddam Hussein's sentence to death by hanging. Announced two days before the US mid-term elections, the sentence will give the spiteful Republicans something to cheer about and encourage their "eye for an eye" followers to get out and vote.

Bush, who must be living in the vacuum of a plastic bubble, announced the verdict is a

"milestone in the Iraqi people's efforts to replace the rule of a tyrant
with the rule of law."

Somehow, it doesn't seem to hard to reverse and replace a couple words for it to read,

"somehow the American people have replaced the rule of law with the rule of a
tyrant"

if one could refer to current US leadership (oxymoron) that way.

Sadly, this verdict, which is the decision of an American approved judicial system, will have far more ramifications in the world than Bubble Boy Bush and his lackies will ever imagine. If anything, the world sees the Iraq invasion as a means for America to gain more oil, and the oil profits are not going to the Iraqis. If anyone is murderous, it is Bush who set a record for most capital punishments carried out in Texas and the deaths of tens of thousands of Iraqis who had nothing to do with al Queda, as Bush kept incorrectly and purposely insisting.

When the leader of a country can maliciously and purposely use blatant lies to carry out a personal vendetta (After all, Bush did use the rationale for going after Hussein that "after all, he tried to kill my dad") against another country, then where is the fairness in a resultant death verdict for the former leader. Yes, Saddam is a horrific man. He deserves justice. But it begs the question, is the justice accomplished by a puppet court in a puppet American government? It somehow doesn't seem like justice.

The best thing America could do is to ask the Iraqis to give Saddam a life sentence under UN supervision; begin a systematic withdrawal of American troops from Iraq and allow the country to gain some equilibrium. It will take time, and during that time, the American people can begin focussing on the tremendous national debt that will bankrupt America within another 40 years. But, that's another story.