Hmmm Tech, I try and see your political posturing from your eyes, yet at times you miss the Big Picture. Your writing talents would be best served as closing arguments for a defense lawyer....one where the accused IS guilty. You are good back-tracking. You'd write a really good closing on people like OJ Simpson.

>"Bush 43 saw only too well how his dad was played by Europe and the Saudis".....

Of course, that's why we saw photos of him and Prince Abdullah holding hands (he is so outraged by them......so "played").

And THIS one is really heady. I can't believe you are re-writing the Iraq war as this:
>"He thought to himself "Why not get rid of the Saddam threat and create a democracy in the middle east - one that treats its people fairly and does not oppress women?"

Do you know how ridiculous this sounds??
An illegal pre-emptive war for what? Idealogy??!
Sorry, modern day dictators with large armies are NOT allowed to WISH how things should be........anywhere in the world; even if in your mind, those reasons for war are "noble". Heady stuff here, Tech1.

Or this;
>"Our 'allies' .... were corrupt to their eyeballs in bribes, smuggled oil, human rights violations galore."

Oh, and we're so.....perfect? We threw out the Geneva Convention and started to torture. Took all the money in their banks and looted their museums of priceless artifacts and secured their oil fields.....all within the first week. Oh, and we also paid off the Republican Guard and told them to get out of Bagdad so we could have a victorious photo-op.
(And these are the guys who are organizing the insurgency today.)

>"Bush's intelligence was mocked by folks in both Europe and the USA who are too dumb/uninformed to even understand what's going on around them."

Damn! And more than 50% of them believes George is full of it now.
Even his own party, and half his Cabinet! Gee, we're a stupid bunch.

>" I'm pointing .... banging my head against the wall with no result "

Whew! I often wonder, do you HAVE to think this way, just to block out the real consequences of us being RIGHT?? If you believe this deep down in your heart, then I'd have to say you are probably deluding yourself. I'm sending you a GWB blow up doll for Christmas!
;~)