KING MIDAS IN REVERSE

In an ancient Greek myth, Kind Midas had a golden touch. Everything he handled turned to gold. King George Bush has a similar gift, however it is slightly different from that of the monarch of the Greek myth: everything Bush touches turns to shit. Even the most uninformed nitwit realizes the mess going on in Iraq. Bush’s prediction of U.S. soldiers being welcomed as liberators was far off the mark and Iraq is in shambles. A current statement now in vogue in Iraq about the embargo years is, "Those were the golden years." How about other Bush ventures? They don’t seem to gain as much publicity as the Iraq issue. Let’s look at Afghanistan...

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