A New Era has Dawned

Today marks the inaugauration of a new president of the USA. I would never have believed that I would see a black president of the USA in my lifetime. Echos of "I have a dream" just keep hitting me and it's a shame that Dr King Jnr is not here to celebrate too.

However more important than the inaugauration of a new president is the fact that the old regime has come to an end. An event that many more people in the world will be celebrating! The Bush regime (I can't call it anything else) was one of deceit, self-interest and control by the oil industry. I'm sure that it was Rumsfeld and Rice that were Bush's puppet masters in the Whitehouse and that they were taking their orders from faceless oil executives and warmongers.

I remember seeing the CNN footage on September 11 2001. G.W. Bush was in a kindergarten (about his level of education) sitting through a "read-a'long". Interesting to note that he was holding the book upside down! A sign of nerves? In a kindergarten - hardly as you don't see too many 5 year old assassins. A sign of stupidity? Quite possible - remember the binocular incident? A sign of distraction? More likely and adds to what I observed that day. A man came into the room and whispered into the ear of Bush news that a plane had struck one of the twin towers. Now, either Bush has the best poker face on the planet or he was expecting to hear what he had just heard. His brow did not furrow, his eyes did not squint or widen. Absolutely no sign of suprise was seen on the face of Bush at that time. The news of a plane striking one of the towers was nothing more than a status report. He had expected it! Circumstantial evidence... perhaps. But then look at what 9/11 was used to do. Even though 16 of the 19 hijackers were Saudi, and none was Iraqi or Afghani, this terrible incident was used to justify invasions into Afghanistan and Iraq - two of the most oil-rich nations on the planet.

In Afghanistan he brought down the Taliban and as a result brought back the heroin trade: the Taliban did a good job of destroying the poppy fields. In Iraq he brought down the Hussein regime - not a bad thing to do. However there is just as big a despot called Mugabe currently reaking havoc and pain on the people of Zimbabwe. Those that are white or do not follow his warped ideas are being systematically winnowed out and dispossessed (or worse, disposed of). I wonder if the Bush regime would have acted if Zimbabwe had rich oil fields?