A More Appropriate Number Nickname
Today, '43' will open his Presidential Library and '41' will be on hand to honor him. '43', of course is former 43rd President George W. Bush and '41' is his predecessor and father, 41st President George H.W. Bush.
While very clever father and son nicknames, a better one for Bush the Younger is '4488' which reflects the 4,488 American soldiers he got kille...d unnecessarily in his pre-emptive and criminal war in Iraq.
We don't need to be reminded that he was the 43st President as we're still trying to forget that unfortunate twist of history. We do need to reminded, every time we refer to him, about the 4,488 American families that lost a father, a mother, a sister, a brother, a son, a daughter due to mendacity and evil unprecedented in an American president. We also need to be reminded that he was never even investigated, must less charged or convicted for his crimes.
On second thought, if we want to remember all the Iraqi victims of his mis-deeds, his nickname would be '1,000,000'.
While very clever father and son nicknames, a better one for Bush the Younger is '4488' which reflects the 4,488 American soldiers he got kille...d unnecessarily in his pre-emptive and criminal war in Iraq.
We don't need to be reminded that he was the 43st President as we're still trying to forget that unfortunate twist of history. We do need to reminded, every time we refer to him, about the 4,488 American families that lost a father, a mother, a sister, a brother, a son, a daughter due to mendacity and evil unprecedented in an American president. We also need to be reminded that he was never even investigated, must less charged or convicted for his crimes.
On second thought, if we want to remember all the Iraqi victims of his mis-deeds, his nickname would be '1,000,000'.
posted by Walt Zlotow at 2:42 PM
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