Iraq: 'Sacrifice' - the George W Bush doctrine

db: Bush, as usual, went on about 'sacrifice' at the NED recently and picked up the theme again when talking to Air Force spouses in Washington of the 'noble mission' that is US war in Iraq - "Sacrifice is essential to winning war," he said, "and this war will require more sacrifice, more time, and more resolve." And more sacrifice.

Sacrifice has always been one of Bush's favorite topics - not his own of course, which is too much to hope for - he is usually referencing slaughtered US military personnel. It is not clear if the deaths of innocent Iraqis from the continuing but little reported bombing 'sorties' flown over their towns and villages by coalition aircraft fit into the same category - or is that just plain old murder?

Sacrifice is a very confusing issue for anyone who doesn't share Bush's faith-based confidence in continuing the destruction for the sake of orders apparently received from G.O.D - who directs US foreign policy from on high due to a keen interest in Earth based geo-politics [making G.O.D himself a candidate for war crimes charges - expect some serious 'grandstanding'].

To illustrate the lack of coherence in Bush's talk of sacrifice see some clips below of his NED speech [we love that speech, and will keep referencing it until a better one comes along]:

"....our new enemy teaches that innocent individuals can be sacrificed to serve a political vision. And this explains their cold-blooded contempt for human life."

In this initial reference to 'sacrifice' innocent individuals are indeed being served up - but by US enemies. He names Daniel Pearl, Nicholas Berg, Margaret Hassan and, confusingly, Theo Van Gogh. Bush implies that this sacrifice is not approved of by G.O.D. - so it is BAD sacrifice.

Of course sacrifice is not usually a negative in Bush's mind - certainly not when he who does the sacrificing has a direct line to G.O.D - whereupon Sacrifice becomes holy and blessed - probably guaranteeing everlasting life to the sacrificed. As he says later at the NED:

"Wars are not won without [B.L.E.S.S.E.D] sacrifices and this war
will require more [B.L.E.S.S.E.D] sacrifice...."

"We don't know the course our own struggle will take,
or the [B.L.E.S.S.E.D] sacrifice that might lie ahead"

"We do know, however, that the defense of freedom is worth our [B.L.E.S.S.E.D] sacrifice"

So we can deduce from Bush's rhetoric that the sacrifice of 'innocent individuals' by the enemy is a bad thing - but sacrifice of innocents when approved by Bush [and consequently by the Great Architect himself] is a thing of transcending beauty and a source of inspiration. It is still not clear though where the sacrificed Iraqis fit in.

For further reading see Wikipedia - Human sacrifice