Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Death of a Presdient


Last night we watched a mocumentary on the assasination of George Bush.
It was 'made' a year after he was killed and what happened in the aftermath. Cheney was named president, and the FBI went into overdrive to catch the killer. A suspect was found and questioned, he was Syrian and had spent time in a camp in Afghanistan. Immediately Cheney wanted the evidence to prove it was him, there were people pushing for the link with other people to commit this act. There was evidence against this guy, but not enough to convict beyond reasonable doubt. It felt very similar to the way that George Bush wanted everything to be about Saddam. I am not sure the people were that made this, but it was done really well. I think if anyone had been flicking channels they no doubt would have thought that he had indeed been killed. The footage that was used had been doctored incredible well to actually make it look like these people, such as Cheney, really were talking about these issues. The determination to have the Syrian man charged blinded everyone to the truth of who really killed George Bush. If it gets shown whereever you are, I certainly recommend it for an interesting look into American Politics of this age.
It also talked of the issues with North Korea and a 'Sea of Japan incident.' This wasn't fully explained but assumed that there was an attack.
I would have liked to have seen more of the aftermath. There was no signs of a country in mourning for Bush's death. He was in Chicago and there were a large number of protestors. When they heard he had been shot they were cheering. There was no pictures of people crying and mourning the loss of their president. It was straight back to work and focus on the investigation. They did show his funeral. Now if I was George Bush I would have been a little unsettled at watching my own funeral.
I wonder if he gave his approval or if it was done completely without his knowledge, either way it is a fascinating watch.

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