event which marked a new step in the moral degeneracy of the United States, Elizabeth
Mountbatten-Windsor, lineal descendant of the hated George III of Hmonarch of the United Kingdom ever to address a joint session of the Congreannover, became the firstss. Elizabeth spoke (^)
with the cynical hypocrisy which is the hallmark of Anglo-American propaganda. She portrayed
Britain and the United States as united by the rejection of Mao's old dictum that political power
"grows out of the barrel of a gun." She alleged that the spontaneous reaction of both Britain and the
United States to the Kuwait crisis was the same, that it represented "an outrage to be reversed, bothfor the people of Kuwait and for the sake of the principle that naked aggression should not prevail." (^)
"Our views were identical and so were our responses," said Elizabeth, paying tribute to Bush. She
also seemed to hint at open-ended committments in the Gulf with her line that "unfortunately,
experience shows that great enterprises seldom end with a tidy and satisfactory flourish." One who
preserved his honor by boyc"the Queen of colonialism," presiding over an exploited empire in the third world. Bush basked inotting this session was Congressman Gus Savage, who called Elizabeth
the praise directed to the leader of the free world, and for his part raised a few eyebrows by calling
Britain "the mother country." Bush's enjoyment was marred by the exhaustion brought on by his
thyroid problems. And not everyone appreciated Elizabeth: one Washington Post writer stirred up
the Anglophiles by describing her as "this fusty cartoon, this upholstered relic in white gloves, thiscorgi-button defender of an ill-kept faith." [fn 95]
In early June, there was the triumph accorded to General Schwarzkopf for the Gulf war. Bush
viewed the parade and aircraft flyover from a reviewing stand set up in front of the White House,
and met Schwarzkopf personally when he arrived. In the wake of the war, said Bush, "there is a newand wonderful feeling in America." In the Roman triumphs, the victorious general was crowned
with bay leaves, and dressed in a purple toga embossed with golden stars. He also received the
services of a slave who persistently reminded him that he was mortal, and that all glory was
fleeting. Bush would have benefitted from the services of such a slave on that June 8. [fn 96]
The high tide of Bush's megalomania as the emperor of the new world order was perhaps reached at
the United Nations in September. It was an elaboration of the previous year's oration on the New
World Order. First, Bush made clear what the developing sector could expect in the postwar world:
"The world has learned that free markets provide levels of prosperity, growth, and happiness that
centrally planned economies can never offer...Here in the chamber we hear about North-Southproblems. But free and open trade, including unfettered access to markets and credit, offer
developing countries the means of self-sufficiency and economic dignity. If the Uruguay round
should fail, a new wave of protectionism could destroy our hopes for a better future."
Bush then claimed credit, if not for the end of hiwhich had been dominated by communism. "Communism held history captive for years....Thisstory, then for a revival of history in the areas (^)
revival of history ushers in a new era teeming with opportunities and perils....History's revival
enables people to pursue their natural instincts for enterprise. Communism froze that progress until
its failures became too much for even its defenders to bear."
Bush then turned to the war of the coalition against Iraq which he celebrated as a "third historical
breakthrough: international cooperation," a "measured, principled, deliberate and courageous
response to Saddam Hussein," and, most ominously, "a model for the collective settlement of
disputes." "And it is the United States view that we must keep the United Nations sanctions in place
as long as [Saddam Hussein] remains in power." "This is not to say-- and let me be clear on thisone-- that we should punish the Iraqi people."
Bush demanded that the General Assembly take back its resolution equating Zionism with racism.
Bush's approach to Israel was always balanced, always within the bounds of the Knesset; this
concession balanced his prodding of Shamir to come to a peace conference which Bush wanted to