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Dear Governor Bush,
So today is what you
call "the moment of truth".
I'm glad to hear it has
finally arrived. Because, I gotta tell ya, having survived 443
days of your lying and conniving, I wasn't sure I could take
much more. As it's Truth Day, I have a few truths I'd like to
share with you:
There is virtually no
one in America (talk-radio nutters and Fox News aside) who is
gung-ho about going to war. Trust me. Try to find five people on
the streets who are passionate about wanting to kill Iraqis. You
won't find them! Why? Because no Iraqi has even threatened to
come here and kill any of us! You see, this is how we average
Americans think - if a certain so-and-so is not perceived as a
threat to our lives, then, believe it or not, we don't want to
kill them!
THE majority of
Americans - the ones who never elected you - are not fooled by
your weapons of mass distraction. We know what the real issues
are that affect our daily lives - - 2.5 million jobs lost since
you took office, the stock market having become a cruel joke, no
one knowing if their pensions are going to be there, fuel at $2
a gallon...
Bombing Iraq will not
make any of this go away. Only you need to go away for things to
improve.
HOW bad do you have to
suck to lose a popularity contest with Saddam Hussein? The whole
world is against you, Mr Bush. Count your fellow Americans among
them.
THE Pope has said this
war is wrong, that it is a sin. You are an army of one on this
war. Of course, you personally won't have to fight. Just like
when you went Awol while the poor were shipped to Vietnam.
OF the 535 members of
Congress, only one has a son or daughter in the armed forces! If
you really want to stand up for America, send your daughters to
Kuwait and let them don chemical warfare suits. And let's see
every member of Congress with a child of military age also
sacrifice their kids.
FINALLY, we love
France. Yes, some French people can be annoying. But we wouldn't
even have an America if it weren't for the French. It was their
help in the Revolutionary War that won it for us. It was France
which gave us our Statue of Liberty, a Frenchman who built the
Chevrolet and French brothers who invented the movies. And now
they're doing what only a good friend can do - tell you the
truth about yourself.
You know, you really
should have travelled more (like, er, once) before you took
over. Your ignorance of the world has not only made you look
stupid, it has painted you into a corner you can't get out of.
Still, cheer up, there
is good news. The war is likely to be short because I'm guessing
there aren't a lot of Iraqis willing to lay down their lives to
protect Saddam.
After you
"win" it, you'll enjoy a huge bump in the popularity
polls because everyone loves a winner - and who doesn't like to
see a good ass-whoopin' every now and then. And, just like with
Afghanistan, we'll forget about what happens to a country after
we bomb it, because that's just too complex!
So try your best to
ride this victory all the way to next year's election. Of
course, that's still a long way off but, who knows, maybe you'll
find Osama bin Laden a few days before the election. See, start
thinking like that! Keep hope alive! Kill Iraqis - they got our
oil!!
Yours,
Michael Moore
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