Summary Of The Magical Presidency Of George W. Bush
The short story I that I want to analyze is written by Hunter S.Thompson and published on ESPN.com (Thompson, "ESPN.com: Page 2: Fear & Loathing in America"). The source from University of the People’s library is “The Magical Presidency of George W. Bush” by Dan Dervin (Dervin, 2009 #3).
Thompson opens the story by combining a fictional and nonfictional account of the death tolls after the attacks on 9/11 and some of the most horrible tragedies in U.S.A’s history (e.g. Pearl Harbor). Furthermore, he emphasizes on the fact that the destruction was not caused by the traditional weaponry, and sarcastically points out to the suspiciously well-executed and easily completed attacks (Thompson, para.1-5).
This might be due Thompson’s personal belief that the government is hiding the real story and there might be behind the attack; his …show more content…
True, he gassed the Kurds back in the 1980s, but no one in the Republican administration blinked an eye-he being our good guy then, Iran the enemy.” (Dervin, 2009 #3, p.5). Thompson, while recognizing this mindset of righteousness, describes the upcoming war between America and the “mysterious enemy” as a war between religious fanatics from 2 different camps: Christianity and Islam. He argues that these attacks (performed by mysterious precision and suspiciously unstoppable by Pentagon) are just an excuse for a long, religious war. Dervin(2009) points to some of W.Bush’s religious beliefs and their weight: “He isn't hiding his beliefs; he simply doesn't have many." Faith offered him a "personal relationship with God," provided him with a conscience, and, perhaps most important, helped him to control his drinking after "Laura threatened to leave him." (As cited in Weisberg, p.
Thompson opens the story by combining a fictional and nonfictional account of the death tolls after the attacks on 9/11 and some of the most horrible tragedies in U.S.A’s history (e.g. Pearl Harbor). Furthermore, he emphasizes on the fact that the destruction was not caused by the traditional weaponry, and sarcastically points out to the suspiciously well-executed and easily completed attacks (Thompson, para.1-5).
This might be due Thompson’s personal belief that the government is hiding the real story and there might be behind the attack; his …show more content…
True, he gassed the Kurds back in the 1980s, but no one in the Republican administration blinked an eye-he being our good guy then, Iran the enemy.” (Dervin, 2009 #3, p.5). Thompson, while recognizing this mindset of righteousness, describes the upcoming war between America and the “mysterious enemy” as a war between religious fanatics from 2 different camps: Christianity and Islam. He argues that these attacks (performed by mysterious precision and suspiciously unstoppable by Pentagon) are just an excuse for a long, religious war. Dervin(2009) points to some of W.Bush’s religious beliefs and their weight: “He isn't hiding his beliefs; he simply doesn't have many." Faith offered him a "personal relationship with God," provided him with a conscience, and, perhaps most important, helped him to control his drinking after "Laura threatened to leave him." (As cited in Weisberg, p.