This is what the greatest U.S. President George W. Bush said,
"I do know that a lot of innocent people have died and that troubles me, and it grieves me. And I applaud the Iraqis for their courage in the face of violence."Originally I post this to somewhere, but I could not stand it and feel I have to share with everyone.
One of the reasons I find it very disgusting is that I did a study about the media coverage of the War in Iraq. When there are 600,000 Iraqi deaths, the CNN reported the number of U.S. deaths in Iraq with the title "U.S. deaths in Iraq, war on terror surpass 9/11 toll" (CNN, 2006, Retrieved from http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/03/death.toll/)
The lead of the article said this was "another somber benchmark". One may then question how many U.S. military deaths there are - around 3,000. The truth of Iraqi deaths five times more than the U.S. is too ghastly to look at. I cannot understand how somber the U.S. deaths are when they are the invaders. They are shouting to the innocent sufferers that they are the victims. I would say it is pathetic.
Perhaps I am too extreme for this, as this is definitely my personal opinion.
The second reason is what Mr. Bush said, and for this I am going to repeat what I have put somewhere.
[Start] Mr. Bush knew a lot of innocent Iraqi dead, but he continued his invasion by saying this is the holy war against terror. He is just a president of a country, but not the judge of the world. I think the death really troubles him because wars always create hostility, and what he has done is bringing more hatred against the Americans. I disdain his speech.
The second statement is even more disgusting. Mr. Bush applauded the Iraqis for their courage in the face of violence. I doubt if he knew what he was saying. It is the United States that brought the hardships to most Iraqis. The Iraqis have no choice to do regardless of having or not the courage.
Since 2003, the Iraqis have been suffering from the war in Iraq, terrorist attacks and conflicts. The fall of Hussein Saddam does not bring them the improvement of living. In the beginning of the war, Iraq was accused of keeping or development mass destructive weapons and having contact with terrorist groups. Three years later, no distinctive clue is found to prove both charges.
Three years before, Iraq might be a conservative or backward country, but at least it was stable and safe notwithstanding the harsh political atmosphere. Three years later, it is destroyed by violence. War is always the fastest tool to devastate everything - properties, relationships, health, wealth, mentality and so on. It is the worst measure to punish a country.
A tragedy.
A lot of documentaries have revealed the ambition of the invaders - the interest of the oil and coal resources; a mass condemnation has been against the war; countless reports and programmes have shown the deaths and unfair treatments of the innocence.
Where is the conscience? Is it still the same as the original belief? Is it exactly what people want?
It is too obvious that the conflicts will never end. It is a sadness. [End]
At the end of September, I was doing an essay about the global coverage of the War on Terrorism and its impact. During the research, I found an article concerning the reporting of Al Jazeera, the Qatar-based news organization, and the CNN (Chris Suellentrop, 2003, Retrieved from http://www.slate.com/id/2081057). It was entitled "Al Jazeera, IT’S JUST AS FAIR AS CNN" and what it moved me is at the end of the article, the writer asked a question -
"Why must we return to the lie when it's time for peace?"
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