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A Deep, Deadly River of Hypocrisy © 2007 Bob Miller

Americans delight in reading and talking about how our ragtag army drove the bloody imperialistic British out of the Colonies. Don't know why, but we seldom mention the help the French gave us. But that would needlessly dilute the glory. Ask most Americans and they'll say if it weren't for us, the British would be speaking German. The truth is if it hadn't been for a handful of British Bulldogs and the French underground, who took the fight to the Nazi's, giving the world time to wake up, we might all be fluent in German. I can't help feeling compassion for the German people. After all these years, it's still got to hurt being reminded about Hitler on a daily basis. I sure hate hearing about Bush's diabolical leadership, and he's still America's Prince Charming. Is using Bush's name and leadership in the same sentence an oxymoron?

I say to the world there are more cowards and bigots in my country, the United States, today than there are fleas. While North Korea holds us hostage with the firing of a few rockets, we flood Iraq with our mighty military to fight a few goat herders. These jet jockeys of ours are given ribbons for firing smart bombs at buildings from thousands of feet without so much as a gnat to contend with. Heavy armored tanks and personnel carriers rush off across the desert chasing horse drawn carts, worn out cars and trucks. And I'll be damned if these goat herders are not taking the war to Bush and his mighty armies.

It makes me want to gag knowing that most Americans, at this late date, still haven't figured out that when George W. Bush said, "Mission accomplished" he was talking about his mission, not our military's. And it's ironic that these same brain dead Americans are calling Bush stupid. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was right; the most dangerous thing in the world is sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

I suspect if the American troops in Iraq knew that the people back home were having office pools for the number of US troops killed each week, and that the larger the number the louder the cheer, they'd lay down their weapons and give up. I was told that the pool people believe the KIA totals will hurt Bush. Hurt Bush? How? He isn't capable of remorse and has never cared about world opinion. That is the level we're now at. Is there a lower rung on this ladder of unbelievable arrogance and omnipotence, or have we finally reached bottom?

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A Deep, Deadly River of Hypocrisy, by Bob Miller, author of Angel Named Zabar, Taciturn, Toto Coelo - Bob Miller is one of America's most controversial writers. He has traveled the world over as a golf instructor and golf ambassador and worked as the golf professional on Holland America’s ms Westerdam. Bob served as a pilot in Vietnam in 1969. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal. He challenged Richard Shelby for a seat in the U.S. Senate in 1992.