Re: [UC] Fw: [DFA-NorCal] Bush's Erratic Behavior Worries White House Aides

[Craigsolve]

you don't have to wear a turban or speak Farsi   I agree with Brian, this is total BS. The people in the White House (pro, politician, or zealot) did not get there by being stupid.   I believe the above quote to be the creative writing mistake of an amateur. The White House and its national security staffs are currently preoccupied with Iraq. Iraq's commonly used languages are Arabic, Armenian, Assyrian, and Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions). Why would a knowledgeable White House staffer make a Farsi reference? In our country, people knowledgeable in diplomacy and intelligence do not use the word Farsi to describe the Persian language/dialects spoken in Iran and Afghanistan.   In Iraq, turbans are not a usual and customary headdress. You do not have to be an ethnographer or anthropologist to figure this one out, just watch the evening news. This is a very lame closing catch-line. With the reference to Nixon, what is that from an old Firesign Theatre script, "uh cut off his oxygen"?   For what it is worth my father spoke with both Bush and his wife, separately, at the White House last Sunday. There was not a hint of the histrionics suggested in the article. In fact it was just the opposite, he was doing extraordinarily well for so much going on.   For Democrats who want change, this crap hurts our credibility. Nixon had a wonderful concept that we should embrace, "victory with honor". You academicians and legal types believe in cheating to win?   I believe that whether you like him or not, George Bush is the president of our country. A dishonest attempt to harm him is damaging to the nation as a whole. The foreign press pandering to people who hate all Americans then picks up this crap. Remember, we did not invent the concept "kill'em all, let God sort'em out."       Craig Melidosian RealSolutions Network P O Box 33355 Phila PA 19142-0555 215-724-8148 24hr voice/fax 215-724-3212 voice Breakthrough Relationships Enhancing Value in Community & Government Copyright �1998-2004