I know he wasn’t talking directly to me, but actually, if I “lived in Iraq and had lived under a tyranny,” I’d be saying the following:
HOLY FUCKING SHIT PLEASE GET ME THE FUCK OUT OF IRAQ!!!
I imagine there would be at least a few other countries where I could not only enjoy “freedom,” but could prosper from not being disemboweled or having a bomb dropped on me.
I was all set to write a post smugly noting how curious it is that, in his tours of the Southern California fire zones, Bush makes no reference to “this part of the world.” A quick Google search, however, proved me wrong:
Now people here in this part of the world are wondering, is there a number they can call to get help? And here’s the number: 1-800-621-FEMA.
So that’s one way the victims here are being treated the same as those from Katrina. I still don’t get it, but I at least appreciate the consistency.