Posthuman Blues

Dubbya is, without argument, the most ardent, sincere humanitarian history has ever seen. How else to explain his otherwise inexplicable actions? Dismissing the prospect of geo-economic control as wild-eyed nonsense, he claims his war is solely to liberate Iraq from the dystopian regime of Saddam Hussein. Certainly a noble ideal.

And Dubbya is a president who stands by his ideals in the face of opposition. Dubbya abandoned the United Nations' attempts at diplomacy -- which were beginning to reap fruit -- to begin his war as soon as possible. This act may seem puzzling until one remembers his outspoken commitment to the liberation of the people of Iraq. Possibly more difficult to understand (at least to those who haven't recognized Dubbya's stringent, consummately humanitarian standards) is the strange fact that Dubbya has ordered an all-out "liberation" assault despite protests from the Iraqi people themselves.

Foolish commentators who don't understand Dubbya's utterly selfless principles might assume that the people of Iraq have a clearer perspective with which to weigh the damages of war than a bone-headed American technocrat; after all, they've lived under Hussein's rule and frankly acknowledge that they want a change -- just not under conditions of violence perpetrated by imperialist outsiders. But those commentators would be wrong. Dubbya's devout humanitarianism will not be dampened by something as inconsequential as lost human lives. His principles are, after all, arbitrarily lofty, quite possibly beyond reach of mere mortals. "Liberation of Iraq" must proceed!

Today an "errant missile" killed 30 civilians as they went about their business. The fortunate ones were literally blown to pieces (the brain and severed hand of which were angrily wielded by the explosion's survivors, who had the insolence to condemn Dubbya's humanitarian crusade of liberation in a pitiful --and frankly quite sickening -- show of ingratitude). There will doubtlessly be more sacrifices in the next weeks, followed by more whiny condemnations of the United States' arrogance and brutality.

One eventually wonders how Dubbya's passion for Iraqi liberation can possibly persist in the face of such blatant military error. One is almost tempted to wonder if there are other, unspoken factors at play. But no. Impossible. Dubbya is simply the first of an albeit disconcerting new breed of humanitarian; to question his acumen is to join the ranks of the suffering Iraqi people who, in their merely temporary distress, dare to question (or denounce) his self-proclaimed rule.