"The American president is playing with fire. He is like an unbalanced man given a rifle, about to go out into the street to start shooting at passersby. Therefore, the intelligent people of the world must hasten to stop him, and take away his gun before it is too late. I admit to feeling pain and disappointment when I saw the representatives of the American people [Congress] applauding President Bush and supporting his threats, which will certainly lead to great losses to the interests of their electorate, and will lead their country to bankruptcy and perhaps even collapse. The axis of evil in the world is not Iran, Iraq, and North Korea; it is America and Israel..."
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Abd Al-Bari 'Atwan, "A Rash and Vulgar President", Al-Quds Al-Arabi (February 1, 2002)
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George W. Bush
politician, motivational speaker, autobiographer
1946 · United States
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