George W. Bush's speech that mocks peace on earth, goodwill to men.

[Democrats_win]

On December 18, 2005 George W. Bush, warlord and cheerleader, gave a speech imploring Americans to continue a war on the people of Iraq. He ended the speech with a beautiful quote by a famous American, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Sadly Bush did not mention the author by name.

Longfellow, in the same poem condemns those who mock “peace on earth goodwill to men.” This is particularly important because Bush took peace away from the earth by using 9/11 as a pretex for an unjustified war on Iraq. He could have treated 9/11 as a crime and brought those responsible to justice. Instead many of the 9/11 murderers remain free.

By wrongly using these words to further promote his war, we conclude that he has no “goodwill to men.” I cannot emphasize this enough! In this speech the great warmonger commits one of the greatest lies in American history! He does not believe in peace and by using this beautiful quote, he mocks peace and goodwill to men.

Here’s what the second to last verse from Longfellow’s Poem I heard the Bells on Christmas Day says:

And in despair I bowed my head:
“There is no peace on earth,” I said,
“For hate is strong and mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good will to men.”

In a way that verse is the reply to warmonger Bush using Longfellow’s beautiful words. By using the final lines of Longfellow’s poem, Bush mocks the entire concept. Here’s what Bush said:

“And we remember the words of the Christmas carol, written during the Civil War: ‘God is not dead, nor He sleep; the Wrong shall fail, the Right prevail, with peace on Earth, goodwill to men.’ "

How can Bush be right when he started the war? Under Bush, America failed. Only now, gradually, as we turn away from wrong, will we even hope to prevail. America now knows this to be true.

[Clio the Leo]

1. Excellent post. NT

[damntexdem]

2. Much that Dubya did mocked peace on earth and goodwill to humans.

Almost everything.

[niyad]

3. k and r