Bush's State of the Union

Well our man George has addressed the people of the United States and declared that he is making the world a better place.

How can I best put this.... "NO YOU ARE NOT!!"

The US, by their continuation of their self-centred foreign policy have alienated themselves and their immediate allies (which means us Australians) from the rest of the world that will take generations to a) stop and b) recover from.

Their attitudes to their god-given right to access foreign resources (Australian land for bases, Iraqi Oil reserves) and their condescending tone of peace whilst maintaining the biggest arsenal of weapons ever known has made the US a self appointed dictator of the world.

They seem to think everyone who disagrees and chooses to act is a "Terrorist" whilst their own activities are "in the interests of peace".

A case in point is how the media portrayed an attack on US troops in Iraq as a "terrorist act". Tell me, how can a civilian of Iraq throwing a bomb at the military forces of an occupying State be considered a terrorist activity? I would call it self defence.

Look, I agree Saddam was a dictator. I agree that the Taliban are not the most jovial of people, but it is not our right to destroy their culture, infrastructure and civilian population...

But as long as the US has the oil and the world domination, it is in their eyes, a peaceful world...

Just we won't get to enjoy that same "prosperity".