Military intelligence I
"George Bush was not elected by a majority of the voters in the United States. He was appointed by God." — Lieutenant-General William Boykin, Emperor George Bush II's new deputy undersecretary of defence for "intelligence". In fact, Bush was appointed US president by the US Supreme Court.
Military intelligence II
"Satan wants to destroy this nation, he wants to destroy us as a nation, and he wants to destroy us as a Christian army." — Boykin, on Emperor Bush's "war on terror".
Military intelligence III
"This is your enemy. It is not Osama bin Laden, it is the principalities [sic] of darkness. The enemy is a guy called Satan." — Boykin, again.
Must be why US casualties continue to mount
"The people of Afghanistan and Iraq ... are losing the habits of fear and gaining the habits of freedom." — Emperor Bush addressing the Australian parliament, October 23.
Dubya's Aussie robot?
"[Bush] told the Australian parliament that 'man of steel', his nickname for Australian prime minister John Howard, was Texan for 'fair dinkum'. Unfortunately, every Aussie knows the phrase means 'the real thing'." — London Financial Times, October 25.
From Green Left Weekly, October 29, 2003.
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