Dear Mr. Bush, Allah Will Punish You

[babylonsister]

Dear Mr. Bush, Allah Will Punish You

by The Daily Beast



Elaph.com, one of the Arab world’s leading online newspapers, recently asked its readers to send goodbye letters to President George W. Bush. The 136 responses were colorful, emotional, and angry, but also demonstrated—surprisingly—a higher regard for the outgoing president than most polls in the Arab world. In fact, a slight majority were more disposed to throw roses than shoes at Bush, praising him for his courage in toppling Saddam Hussein and his opposition to Syrian occupation of Lebanon.

For example, Walid al-Sweidy wrote: “God bless you, Mr. Bush. freedom-maker and king of democracy.” While Leena S. said simply: “Mr. Bush, goodbye, and go to hell.”

“Our readers are never shy in expressing their opinions,” said Othman al-Omeir, editor-in-chief and founder of elaph.com. “President Bush has always been a frequent target of criticism, but also praise, especially from readers in Kuwait, Lebanon, and Iraq.” Many correspondents use screen names and don’t give their location. Elaph is widely read in the Arab world and the Arab diaspora, but it is regularly blocked in Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Iran because of its independent reporting.

Elaph.com translated a sampling of the letters exclusively for The Daily Beast, which have been arranged in two parts: “Goodbye and Good Riddance,” and “Thank you, Mr. Bush.”

Goodbye and Good Riddance

Dear Mr President

These past few years have been disastrous, all thanks to you. Wars everywhere and more terrorism. But we will miss you anyway. We will have to find someone new to curse all day and night.

Sameera

Go with shame, Mr. Bush. You have been one of the worst American presidents in history. You are a liar and killer under the mask of democracy. You brought plague to the world with your policies. You overthrew Saddam and occupied Iraq and this resulted in leaders even worse than Saddam. You brought destruction, death, and incarceration to Iraqis. Is this the democracy of Bush? And on the Palestinian case, you are a racist and a blind supporter of Israel and you showed your deep hatred for all Muslims.

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[ProgressiveProfessor]

1. So might Santa Claus

The willingness of liberal and progressives to tolerate idiocy, bias, and bad behavior out muslins in the name of their religion amazes me. Its a level of bad acts we would not tolerate out of xtains or jews.

The double standard is amazing sometimes.

[babylonsister]

2. Huh? I posted an article that explains how Muslims feel about

Bush, and that applies to those that liked him as well. How you get to whatever you're thinking, and I'm not quite sure, is amazing.

[classysassy]

3. I resent

xtains,we are Christians.