替天行道(更新版)

本文先於十月七日晚發表,兩度更新。

為了挽救江河日下的民望,小布殊發表演說, 強調伊拉克戰事乃反恐戰事的前線,美國責任重大,皆因恐怖分子乃向全人類宣戰云云。一如以往,小布殊的演辭假大空,不知還有多少人會相信。小布殊把所有武 裝分子大而化之,總之凡是跟美國對着幹的就是恐怖分子,就是跟本拉登一夥。他或許不知道,英美聯軍入侵伊拉克前,伊拉克跟本拉登根本不相往來。多得貝理雅 及小布殊,本拉登不費吹灰之力便招攬得一大批「恐怖分子」。Juan Cole今天在Informed Comment發表了一篇名為Arguing with Bush and the GWOT的文章,詳盡拆解小布殊這次演說的謊言,有興趣不妨一閱。

今天(7/10)《獨立報》(The Independent)刊載了一篇名為Bush: God told me to invade Iraq的報道。據悉,下星期播放的BBC節目Elusive Peace: Israel and the Arabs中,巴勒斯坦前外長Nabil Shaath憶述2003年跟小布殊會面時,小布殊對他及Mahmoud Abbas說了一番意味深長的說話:

I’m driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, ‘George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan.’ And I did, and then God would tell me, ‘George go and end the tyranny in Iraq,’ and I did.

小布殊過去曾多次提及信仰對他的重要,甚至認為自己登上總統寶座也是上帝意旨。大概他看舊約聖經看得走火入魔,把幻聽(更大可能是切尼的聲音)當成上帝的聲音。只希望小布殊有一天突然聽到上帝的召喚: “George, go and kill yourself.”

不 過,話又說回來,美國以替天行道者自居的心態其實並不始於今天。美國自獨立以來便下決心要成為 “God’s country”,更自信自己乃上帝選民,對世界有不可推卸的使命。既然美國人乃上帝選民,美國的敵人也順理成章成為邪惡的化身。小布殊那非黑即白的幼稚 世界觀其實皆有跡可尋。Clifford Longley在其著作 Chosen People: The Big Idea That Shaped England and America 對基督教思想如何影響了美國人的身份認同有詳細的描述及分析,值得一閱。

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8/10 補充:Mahmoud Abbas昨日就有關報道接受BBC訪問,強調不應該只按字面意思了解小布殊的話。另外白宮發言人Scott McClellan則指有關報道「荒謬」。(BBC: Bush God comments ‘not literal’)

10/10 延伸閱讀:當布殊遇上上帝,當團長遇上米高安哲羅——請參看團長對此事圖文並茂的詮釋: 布殊蒙主呼召

3 Responses to “替天行道(更新版)”

  1. PetiteFemme Says:

    “George, go and kill yourself.”
    —– Hehe… God bless him

  2. K. Says:

    PetiteFemme (小婦人?)是第一次來吧,歡迎來訪。

  3. PetiteFemme Says:

    Merci beaucoup, M. K. It is a wonderful place, supported by Seven Pillars of Wisdom. hehe, I quite enjoy myself. Wish more nice works and recommendations are about to come. All the best!

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