(cross-posted at Deny My Freedom and Daily Kos)
Warning: some graphic images below.
It shouldn’t come as any surprise, considering this is the man who has noted how hard it is to be president. As a prelude to the G-8 meetings in St. Petersburg, Bush is finding out that foreign policy isn’t a walk in the park, especially when the rest of the world tends to disagree with you. Nevertheless, he’s persistent in displacing blame elsewhere:
President Bush blamed Syria and Iran for new Middle East violence Wednesday, faced further defiance from Iran and North Korea and got an acerbic retort from Russian President Vladimir Putin to U.S. criticism.
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White House press secretary Tony Snow, in a statement issued as Air Force One flew here, said: “We also hold Syria and Iran, which have provided long-standing support for Hezbollah, responsible for today’s violence. We call for the immediate and unconditional release of the Israeli soldiers.”
Mr. Snow, perhaps you’d best tell your boss that foreign policy is hard work. It’s especially hard…
…when you start an unjust war, leading to the deaths of 2,544 US soldiers…
…when you have 18,777 of our brave young men and women endure wounds they will carry for their lifetimes…
…when you kill at least 38,960 innocent Iraqi civilians…
…when, under the stress of war, our soldiers commit unspeakable crimes…
…when we let more dangerous countries such as Iran develop their capabilities…
…when we let North Korea do the same, making our allies in South Korea angry at them…and us…
…when we propose a road map for peace between Israel and Palestine that we ignore, leading to complete chaos…
…whether it be suicide bombings by one side…
…or excessive retaliation by the other side.
Bush, you fucked up. So don’t fucking blame other countries when shit goes wrong. Don’t have the EU be the lead negotiator on what turned out to be failed negotiations. Don’t fucking say that you’re frustrated with diplomacy. It shouldn’t have come as a surprise to the U.S. simply can’t deal with all the world’s problems when we create the biggest one of them all. You have less than three years in office, so while I’m hoping that you don’t fuck up the entire world too badly in you remaining time, start accepting some fuckin’ responsibility. Don’t talk about catching some fucking fish. Talk genuinely about the problems in the world, stop lying through your ass and being apathetic about everything outside of the U.S. except for Iraq, and show some fucking leadership. Running away from your problems and hiding from the truth only makes you a fucking coward.