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While watching the news last night, a breaking live broadcast of Bush speech in Prague was on air. I never liked to hear this dump, but for unknown reason I decided to listen to his remarks.

While listening to him, I was speaking to myself. This is how it goes (transcript can be found here):

The most powerful weapon in the struggle against extremism is not bullets or bombs — it is the universal appeal of freedom. Freedom is the design of our Maker, and the longing of every soul. Freedom is the best way to unleash the creativity and economic potential of a nation. Freedom is the only ordering of a society that leads to justice. And human freedom is the only way to achieve human rights.

Great, how about the freedom for Palestinian people?

For all these reasons, the United States is committed to the advance of freedom and democracy as the great alternatives to repression and radicalism…

One of those dissidents is Mamoun Homsi. In 2001, this man was an independent member of the Syrian parliament who simply issued a declaration asking the government to begin respecting human rights. For this entirely peaceful act, he was arrested and sent to jail, where he spent several years beside other innocent advocates for a free Syria…

There are many dissidents who couldn't join us because they are being unjustly imprisoned or held under house arrest. I look forward to the day when a conference like this one include Alexander Kozulin of Belarus, Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma, Oscar Elias Biscet of Cuba, Father Nguyen Van Ly of Vietnam, Ayman Nour of Egypt.

How about the (I lost count) x-number of "democratically' elected Palestinian parliament members who lay in Israeli prisons with "NO CHARGES"? Last (but not least) was Dr. Nasser Ad-Din Ash-Shair, Minister of Education and many more PLC members. Why Mr. Bush and "the United States is NOT committed to the advance of freedom and democracy" of Palestinians? At least the Syrian guy knows what are his charges, but the Palestinians did not, and will not receive any charges because there aren't any.

In the eyes of America, the democratic dissidents today are the democratic leaders of tomorrow. So we're taking new steps to strengthen our support.

Wonderful. Watch out for the thousands of Palestinian democratic leaders when they come out from Israeli jails (if at all they come out).

We recently created a Human Rights Defenders Fund, which provides grants for the legal defense and medical expenses of activists arrested or beaten by repressive governments.

Does this include the Israeli government?

I strongly support the Prague Document that your conference plans to issue, which states that "the protection of human rights is critical to international peace and security."

Would someone please ask him what does "Human Rights" mean for him? If after all what they are doing in Iraq, and what Israeli is doing in Palestine; he still says that he "strongly support protection of human rights", I have a doubt that we are talking about the same human rights which "humans" but Bush knows.

People living in tyranny need to know they are not forgotten. North Koreans live in a closed society where dissent is brutally suppressed, and they are cut off from their brothers and sisters to the south. The Iranians are a great people who deserve to chart their own future, but they are denied their liberty by a handful of extremists whose pursuit of nuclear weapons prevents their country from taking its rightful place amongst the thriving. The Cubans are desperate for freedom — and as that nation enters a period of transition, we must insist on free elections and free speech and free assembly. And in Sudan, freedom is denied and basic human rights are violated by a government that pursues genocide against its own citizens. My message to all those who suffer under tyranny is this: we will never excuse your oppressors. We will always stand for your freedom.

I was anxiously waiting and waiting and waiting to hear what he will say about Palestine, but opss… seems that I missed last night news headlines and Palestine is now living in peace and freedom alongside with Israel.

Freedom is also under assault in countries that have shown some progress. In Venezuela, elected leaders have resorted to shallow populism to dismantle democratic institutions and tighten their grip on power. The government of Uzbekistan continues to silence independent voices by jailing human rights activists. And Vietnam recently arrested and imprisoned a number of peaceful religious and political activists.

Israel. Israel. Where is Israel?

We congratulate the people of Yemen on their landmark presidential election, and the people of Kuwait on elections in which women were able to vote and run for office for the first time. We stand firmly behind the people of Lebanon and Afghanistan and Iraq as they defend their democratic gains against extremist enemies. These people are making tremendous sacrifices for liberty. They deserve the admiration of the free world, and they deserve our unwavering support.

Did anyone tell Mr. President about the Palestinian Elections? Seems not.

Some say that ending tyranny means "imposing our values" on people who do not share them, or that people live in parts of the world where freedom cannot take hold. That is refuted by the fact that every time people are given a choice, they choose freedom. We saw that when the people of Latin America turned dictatorships into democracies, and the people of South Africa replaced apartheid with a free society, and the people of Indonesia ended their long authoritarian rule. We saw it when Ukrainians in orange scarves demanded that their ballots be counted. We saw it when millions of Afghans and Iraqis defied the terrorists to elect free governments. At a polling station in Baghdad, I was struck by the words of an Iraqi — he had one leg — and he told a reporter, "I would have crawled here if I had to." Was democracy — I ask the critics, was democracy imposed on that man? Was freedom a value he did not share? The truth is that the only ones who have to impose their values are the extremists and the radicals and the tyrants.

Neither it was imposed on Palestinians. Wake up Mr. President. Time is running out.

Others fear that democracy will bring dangerous forces to power, such as Hamas in the Palestinian Territories. Elections will not always turn out the way we hope. Yet democracy consists of more than a single trip to the ballot box. Democracy requires meaningful opposition parties, a vibrant civil society, a government that enforces the law and responds to the needs of its people.

Oh… finaly… here you go… show your colors.

If it "does not turn out the way we (he) hopes", it is "dangerous forces to power".

Someone please remind Mr. President that democracy comes in different sizes, not necessary his. If you really care for what all you claimed to care for, Palestinians choice should be respected, not impose sanctions, boycott and embargo, Mr. President. How can a government enforces the law when United States is arming it's opposition parties? How can a government responds to the needs of its people when your country threat anyone who deals with it? How can it function while their money is blocked and they can't even pay the salaries of the medical stuff in public hospitals?

I leave Prague with a certainty that the cause of freedom is not tired, and that its future is in the best of hands. With unbreakable faith in the power of liberty, you will inspire your people, you will lead your nations, and you will change the world.

Thanks for having me. And may God bless you.

That's it? Well, even my nine years old boy, Noor, knows that this guy is dump. How sarcastic this is. A dump man is leading United States and the world.

Can you understand now why we HATE U.S. politicians? Still not sure? Okay, here is another example.

Hardly anyone talked about it in the media, but last night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution "congratulating" Israel on the 40^th anniversary of the "reunification" (new term for occupation) of Jerusalem and "urging" the Bush administration to move its embassy there.

The non-binding resolution, passed in a voice vote Tuesday afternoon, "commends Israel for its administration of the undivided city for the past 40 years, during which Israel has respected the rights of all religious groups."

The resolution, while symbolic, is a reminder to the Arab world (and everyone) that even the "Democratic-controlled" Congress, is on the Jewish state's side in the conflict in the Middle East. So don't expect any just.

None, I reapeat, NONE of the members of Congress spoke against the resolution on the House floor. Some members, however, did speak to endorse the bill.

Now you know why we hate them?

(Image by Ben Heine)