Politicide as Sequence

• Published in: Indecision Points p. 55
• Main Author: Zoughbie, Daniel E
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United States The MIT Press 24.10.2014; MIT Press
• Subjects: Armed conflict; Cartography; Conservatism; Crimes against humanity; Criminal law; Criminal offenses; Cultural genocide; Earth sciences; Federal criminal offenses; Foreign policy; Genocide; Geodesy; Geography; Government; Government officials; Heads of state; International Relations & Security; Law; Military science; Physical sciences; Political communication; Political ideologies; Political philosophy; Political processes; Political Science; Political sociology; Political speeches; Politicide; Politics; Prime ministers; Public administration; Public policy; Roadmaps; Social Sciences; Terrorism; Unilateralism; War
• ISBN: 026202733X; 9780262027335
• DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/10020.003.0005

With the Iraq War on the horizon, the unattended tempest in Palestine raged on. Unmoved by the chaos, Bush remained steadfast in the belief that “an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs [the] storm.”¹ In his January 2003 State of the Union Address, the president affirmed his grand vision to “defend the peace, and confound the designs of evil men.”² Borrowing words from a redemption hymn, Bush affirmed that there is “wonder-working power” in U.S. values and ideals.³ The United States is “called,” he declared, “to defend the safety of our people and the hopes of all mankind”