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From The Family Security Foundation, Inc.

While democratic government is better than dictatorships and theocracies, it has its pitfalls.

Conquering the Drawbacks of Democracy

By Philip Atkinson
August 3, 2007

President George W. Bush is the 43rd President of the United States. He was sworn in for a second term on January 20, 2005 after being chosen by the majority of citizens in America to be president.

Yet in 2007 he is generally despised, with many citizens of Western civilization expressing contempt for his person and his policies, sentiments which now abound on the Internet. This rage at President Bush is an inevitable result of the system of government demanded by the people, which is Democracy.

The inadequacy of Democracy, rule by the majority, is undeniable � for it demands adopting ideas because they are popular, rather than because they are wise. This means that any man chosen to act as an agent of the people is placed in an invidious position: if he commits folly because it is popular, then he will be held responsible for the inevitable result. If he refuses to commit folly, then he will be detested by most citizens because he is frustrating their demands.

When faced with the possible threat that the Iraqis might be amassing terrible weapons that could be used to slay millions of citizens of Western Civilization, President Bush took the only action prudence demanded and the electorate allowed: he conquered Iraq with an army.

This dangerous and expensive act did destroy the Iraqi regime, but left an American army without any clear purpose in a hostile country and subject to attack. If the Army merely returns to its home, then the threat it ended would simply return.

The wisest course would have been for President Bush to use his nuclear weapons to slaughter Iraqis until they complied with his demands, or until they were all dead. Then there would be little risk or expense and no American army would be left exposed. But if he did this, his cowardly electorate would have instantly ended his term of office, if not his freedom or his life.

The simple truth that modern weapons now mean a nation must practice genocide or commit suicide. Israel provides the perfect example. If the Israelis do not raze Iran, the Iranians will fulfill their boast and wipe Israel off the face of the earth. Yet Israel is not popular, and so is denied permission to defend itself. In the same vein, President Bush cannot do what is necessary for the survival of Americans. He cannot use the nation�s powerful weapons. All he can do is try and discover a result that will be popular with Americans.

As there appears to be no sensible result of the invasion of Iraq that will be popular with his countrymen other than retreat, President Bush is reviled; he has become another victim of Democracy.

By elevating popular fancy over truth, Democracy is clearly an enemy of not just truth, but duty and justice, which makes it the worst form of government. President Bush must overcome not just the situation in Iraq, but democratic government.

However, President Bush has a valuable historical example that he could choose to follow.

When the ancient Roman general Julius Caesar was struggling to conquer ancient Gaul, he not only had to defeat the Gauls, but he also had to defeat his political enemies in Rome who would destroy him the moment his tenure as consul (president) ended.

Caesar pacified Gaul by mass slaughter; he then used his successful army to crush all political opposition at home and establish himself as permanent ruler of ancient Rome. This brilliant action not only ended the personal threat to Caesar, but ended the civil chaos that was threatening anarchy in ancient Rome � thus marking the start of the ancient Roman Empire that gave peace and prosperity to the known world.

If President Bush copied Julius Caesar by ordering his army to empty Iraq of Arabs and repopulate the country with Americans, he would achieve immediate results: popularity with his military; enrichment of America by converting an Arabian Iraq into an American Iraq (therefore turning it from a liability to an asset); and boost American prestiege while terrifying American enemies.

He could then follow Caesar�s example and use his newfound popularity with the military to wield military power to become the first permanent president of America, and end the civil chaos caused by the continually squabbling Congress and the out-of-control Supreme Court.

President Bush can fail in his duty to himself, his country, and his God, by becoming �ex-president� Bush or he can become �President-for-Life� Bush: the conqueror of Iraq, who brings sense to the Congress and sanity to the Supreme Court. Then who would be able to stop Bush from emulating Augustus Caesar and becoming ruler of the world? For only an America united under one ruler has the power to save humanity from the threat of a new Dark Age wrought by terrorists armed with nuclear weapons.

[spliff]

GWB is God!

[R. S. Refugee]

Yes. This is wonderful. I am not worthy to lick the lint from beneath his toenails.

More over you phony state god, Hirihito. The REAL STATE DEITY has arrived!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GEORGE FUCKING W. BUSH. All hail, the NEW CAESAR.

[bacasper]

The scary part is that the guy who wrote that is serious.

[agentX]

There's always a few dead-enders, to quote Rumsfeld, willing to defend the regime and overlook its numerous sins.

I did a back-trace on the group. It seems as though bizzare statements like this are their MO.
Not only that, their members are known for their warhawkness, as well as habitual lying.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Family_Security_Matters
so it doesn't surprise me that they would want to get rid of Democracy, even though it has allowed them to weasel their way into the halls of power.

[manlyboy]

Caesar would have taken Canada first; an actual "war for oil".

[Ya-ta Boy]

I was curious who would be advocating genocide and overthrowing the Constitution since those are not exactly typical views of Americans I know. I looked down at the bottom of that article and found at least a partial answer.

[some waygug-in]

[Ya-ta Boy]

Happy 5th Mission Accomplished Day everyone!!

WASHINGTON - The White House said Wednesday that President Bush has paid a price for the "Mission Accomplished" banner that was flown in triumph five years ago but later became a symbol of U.S. misjudgments and mistakes in the long and costly war in Iraq.

Thursday is the fifth anniversary of Bush's dramatic landing in a Navy jet on an aircraft carrier homebound from the war. The USS Abraham Lincoln had launched thousands of airstrikes on Iraq.

"Major combat operations in Iraq have ended," Bush said at the time. "The battle of Iraq is one victory in a war on terror that began on Sept. 11, 2001, and still goes on." The "Mission Accomplished" banner was prominently displayed above him � a move the White House came to regret as the display was mocked and became a source of controversy.

After shifting explanations, the White House eventually said the "Mission Accomplished" phrase referred to the carrier's crew completing its 10-month mission, not the military completing its mission in Iraq. Bush, in October 2003, disavowed any connection with the "Mission Accomplished" message. He said the White House had nothing to do with the banner; a spokesman later said the ship's crew asked for the sign and the White House staff had it made by a private vendor.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080430/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_mission_accomplished

[Enrico Palazzo]

[Bramble]

[Gopher]

I hereby nominate Bramble and CBClark as this message board's most defiant posters.

In any case, W. Bush is a man, a human man, an unpopular president. By this time next year he will in fact be "the former president." This rules out a few things: he is not Caesar (and neither is the United States Rome); and he is neither Antichrist nor God.

Relax about W. Bush. What is done is done and we ought to look toward the future, toward November 2008 and beyond. Work on that which we can impact, shape, and possibly change from today's perspective.

[wannago]