And that is exactly what US President, George W Bush, claims to believe and
support when he uttered, what would be, these mighty fine words ...
America stands for liberty, for the pursuit of happiness and for the
unalienable right of life. And the most basic duty of government is to
defend the life of the innocent. Every person, however frail or vulnerable,
has a place and a purpose in this world. Every person has a special dignity.
This right to life cannot be granted or denied by government, because it
does not come from government, it comes from the Creator of life.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/11/20031105-1.html
Except it would seem for state sponsored execution and life taken in the
pursuit of demonstrating US military might on military and civilian populations
of foreign countries.And it is not simply the case that Bush is at odds with America or its
Administration and is struggling to untie his own hands, for he has actively
encouraged, and supported, killing in the
pursuit of American military operations. Not least as he is actively
encouraging those who would choose to fight American troops in Iraq to 'Please
do so' -
"Bring them on".
In Bush's invitation to a potential blood-bath, he appears not to care whose
lives he puts in danger, nor who may be killed in the process. The "unalienable
right of life" appears to be something that an American soldier has little
entitlement to in Bush's book, let alone those who Bush considers to be
enemies of America.
As Governor of Texas, the "unalienable right of life", played little part in his
decision making. Some
152 cases
for review of execution, passed before him and were dismissed; the
offenders being subsequently sent to execution.
America is the only country along with four others ( Iran, Pakistan, Nigeria
and Saudi Arabia ) who still execute people for crimes committed as
children, and it is not something that Bush has complained of or wants to see
stopped.
So while Bush has the audacity to stand there and talk of, "the unalienable
right of life", and tells us that, "This right to life cannot be granted or
denied by government", he is quite happy to see exactly that happen.
A fine example of astounding hypocrisy at its best.
Having worked it out, proclaiming himself to be a fine and true,
upstanding Christian, that the granting and taking of life is something which
rests solely in the domain of, "the Creator of life"; what explanation will
he have prepared to explain his support for that which goes entirely against
his own professed beliefs ?
His own words have stripped away any defence of ignorance on the matter - Does
Bush have a cunning plan to avoid the potential opening up of a fiery, down
escalator ?
