riverbendblog.blogspot.com

" Tuesday, September 9, 2003

The abridged version of [Bush's] speech . . .

"Friends, Americans, Countrymen, lend me your ears... lend me your sons and daughters, lend me your tax dollars... so we can wage war in the name of American national security (people worldwide are willing to die for it)... so I can cover up my incompetence in failing to protect you... so I can add to the Bush and Cheney family coffers at your expense and the expense of the Iraqi people. I don't know what I'm doing, but if you spend enough money, you'll want to believe that I do."
- posted by river @ 10.43 PM "

Extracted from "Riverbend"'s blog, in English. The blogger wrote in Baghdad, in the midst of American occupation of Iraq, and her self-proclaimed "rants" have been reproduced in publication. See Riverbend, Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq (New York: the Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2005), p. 59.

Excellent read, whether or not you agree with the views of this Iraqi blogger.

buy the book, or visit riverbendblog.blogspot.com for her ongoing additions on the Iraqi view from Baghdad.