No One Laments His Departure!

Published in Al Ahram
(Egypt) on 20 January, 2009
by Mostafa Sami (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Mahitab Adham. Edited by Cara Brumfield.
No One Laments His Departure!

On his way out of the White House, George Bush, who is not the U.S. president any more, did not even try to leave one good impact that Arabs can remember. During his last meeting the last week to say goodbye to the American press representatives in the White House, Bush commented on Israel's massacres in Gaza, that Israel has the right to defend itself and that Hamas must stop their attacks! To this impudent extent, Bush reiterates his lies and his unfair support of Israel.

No one laments Bush's departure when he leaves the White House today after eight years which were the worst in American history, thereby leaving an onerous heritage to President Barack Obama. Those eight years changed the democratic American face to an ugly racial one. During his reign, personal liberties, human rights and laws were violated. Moreover, torture found a support in the Bush administration, considering Muslim detainees in Guantanamo and in the secret prisons that the C.I.A. set up in European countries.

Eight years ago, the world received an American president who lies as he breathes. Furthermore, he is not ashamed to use his lies in order to justify his invasion and occupation of Iraq, to kill a million Iraqis, destroy the country infrastructure and plunder its petroleum wealth. In addition, the numbers of terrorists and extremists have multiplied in Pakistan and Afghanistan during his war on terrorism. Bin Laden is still free and Taliban militia abuse the two countries' territories to the extent that they surrendered to demands for closing four hundred girls' schools in Sewat Valley in Pakistan the last week!

With respect to the Middle East, Bush did not keep his promise to Arabs to raise the Palestinian country and he continued his partiality in favor of Israel and his conspiracies, which led to the severance of the Palestinian body's parts represented in Fatah and Hamas. He continued his hypocrisy even in the last day of his presidency when he justified Israel's attack on Gaza; the pictures of hundreds of killed and hungry children did not even trouble his conscience.

Therefore, the Arabic Bar Association together with the bar associations all over the world are required to sue Bush's gang – Cheney and Rumsfeld – for committing war crimes and letting millions of casualties and wounded fall as a result of arbitrary American policy.

Finally, in order for the U.S. to return to the state it was in prior to Bush's leadership, President Barack Obama is required to confirm his respect for the law and its credibility. Moreover, he should quickly prosecute this gang together with everyone who participated in those crimes, which were committed against humanity.


غير مأسوف عليه‏!‏

حتي وهو في طريقه الي خارج البيت الأبيض لم يحاول جورج بوش ـ الذي لم يعد من اليوم الرئيس الأمريكي ـ أن يترك أثرا طيبا ولو واحدا يمكن أن يذكره به العرب‏.‏ ففي آخر لقاء أجراه في الأسبوع الماضي يودع فيه مندوبي الصحف الأمريكية في البيت الأبيض‏,‏ قال معلقا علي مذابح اسرائيل في غزة‏::‏ اسرائيل لها الحق في الدفاع عن نفسها‏,‏ وعلي حماس أن توقف هجماتها‏!‏ الي هذا الحد من الوقاحة يكرر بوش أكاذيبه ومساندته الظالمة لاسرائيل‏.‏

اليوم يغادر بوش البيت الأبيض غير مأسوف عليه بعد ثماني سنوات‏,‏ هي الأسوأ في التاريخ الأمريكي تاركا للرئيس المنتخب باراك أوباما إرثا ثقيلا‏.‏ ثماني سنوات غيرت الوجه الأمريكي الديمقراطي الي وجه عنصري قبيح‏,‏ ففي عهده انتهكت الحريات الشخصية وحقوق الانسان واعتدي علي القوانين‏,‏ ووجد التعذيب من يدافع عنه في مؤسسة بوش الحاكمة ضد المعتقلين المسلمين في جوانتانامو وفي السجون السرية التي أقامتها المخابرات الأمريكية في دول أوروبية‏.‏

لقد استقبل العالم منذ ثماني سنوات رئيسا أمريكيا يكذب كما يتنفس‏,‏ ولا يخجل من استخدام أكاذيبه لتبرير غزوه واحتلاله للعراق وقتل مليون عراقي وتدمير البنية الأساسية للدولة ونهب ثروته النفطية‏.‏ وفي حربه علي الارهاب تضاعفت أعداد الارهابيين والمتطرفين في باكستان وأفغانستان‏,‏ ولايزال بن لادن طليقا ومليشيات طالبان تعيث في أرض البلدين فسادا الي حد الرضوخ لمطالبهم باغلاق أربعمائة مدرسة بنات في وادي سوات بباكستان في الأسبوع الماضي‏!‏

وفي الشرق الأوسط لم ينفذ بوش وعده للعرب بقيام دولة فلسطين‏,‏ وواصل انحيازه لاسرائيل ومؤامراته التي انتهت بهذا الشرخ الذي قطع أوصال الجسم الفلسطيني بين فتح وحماس‏,‏ وحتي آخر يوم من رئاسته واصل نفاقه لاسرائيل فبرر عدوانها علي غزة‏,‏ ولم يهتز ضميره‏,‏ أمام صور مئات الأطفال القتلي والجوعي‏.‏

مطلوب من اتحاد المحامين العرب‏,‏ واتحادات المحامين في أنحاء العالم المطالبة بمحاكمة عصابة بوش ـ تشيني ـ رامسفيلد علي جرائم الحرب التي ارتكبوها وعلي ملايين القتلي والجرحي الذين سقطوا نتيجة السياسة الأمريكية الظالمة‏.‏ وحتي تستعيد أمريكا صورتها ـ قبل حكم بوش ـ مطلوب من الرئيس باراك أوباما أن يؤكد احترامه للقانون ومصداقيته ويسرع بمحاكمة هذه العصابة وكل من شارك في تلك الجرائم التي ارتكبت في حق الانسانية‏.
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  1. obama is a member of the democratic party.

    they are spineless just look at their past history under bush.

    dont expect any justice from the american courts brought on by the democrats.

    europe does not want to get involved in putting bush or cheney up for war crimes because they want to sell us their stuff. ie it is about money.

    in a republic the politicans are a reflection of the voters.

    best kept secret in america.

    america is a failed society due to greed and arrogance.

    but then what society based on wealth generation does not fail due to greed and arrogance.

    the christian right got bush into office and look how that worked out.

    hope will not overcome greed and arrogance but it will make people feel better for a while.

    long enough to get elected.

    americans must do what their founding father (jefferson) recomended and clean out wash dc and start over.

    it will be decades before they are willing to do that. decades of corp and media fascism.

    america is living on borrowed time and money and has been living on borrowed money for several decades due to reagan economic policies.