\Im*pe"ri*al\, a.;
1. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an
imperial government; imperial authority or edict.
2. Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one
who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme.
\De*moc"ra*cy\, n.;
1: the political orientation of those who favor government by
the people or by their elected representatives
2: a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body
of citizens who can elect people to represent them
In last night's press conference, Bush casually referred to the US as occupiers of Iraq. While some on Faux News praised him for having empathy for the Iraqi people ("I wouldn't want to be occupied 'neither"), this admission is a direct change of philosophy from what Bushy had previously been selling to the American people - that we are Liberators. Bush's apparent idealogy of an Imperial Democracy is as much an oxymoron as his campaign slogan as compassionate conservative. This article details how Iraqi & American policy makers, the Floundering Fathers if you will, are fed up with the constant missteps and blunders by Washington & the Military.
"No Iraqi likes to see an imperial power like the United States beating up on people who are essentially their cousins," said Juan R. Cole, a University of Michigan lecturer and a prominent expert on Iraqi affairs. "There is a danger that the vindictive attitude of the Americans ... will push the whole country to hate them. A hated occupier is powerless even with all the firepower in the world," he said.