Bush the First Muslim President?

At least one part of the world believes President Bush is the first “Muslim” President:

I don’t mean to criticize when I say this. The Kurds have been through decades of fascism, genocide, and war. They suffered more than any other group of Iraqis. Northern Iraq endured more recent hardship than any other place I have ever been in my life. Scratch just beneath the happy veneer of Iraqi Kurdish adults and you’ll find people with family members murdered by Baathists, who experienced unimaginable oppression by a regime that wanted to completely erase them, and who fled to the mountains during the uprising in 1991 when the cities of Iraqi Kurdistan were emptied of people. They still have no sewage system, and they still only have a few hours of electricity each day. Having a good time just isn’t a priority for them right now.

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It’s impossible not to admire these people. Their attitude is go-go-go, build-build-build. They won’t let a little thing like a permanent power outage get in their way. They are the last people in the world anyone dare call lazy or apathetic.

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Iraqi Kurdistan is more pro-American than America. People there refer to George W. Bush as “Hajji Bush” (meaning he made the Muslim pilgrimage, the hajj, to Mecca), an incredibly high honor for a Christian from Texas whom most people hate. Bill Clinton may have been America’s first “black” president. But people in at least one part of the world say Bush is the first “Muslim” president. Weird and amazing, but true.

That’s right the Kurds love Hajji Bush and great progress is being made in Kurdistan. There is something you won’t see in the MSM; they have more important stories to cover like hunting accidents in Texas.

Having traveled through Kurdistan and having worked with the Kurdish Peshmerga I can say that the Kurds are some of the best people I have ever met. When I was in Kurdistan I couldn’t help but think that maybe this is how Korea was 50 years ago; a place in shambles but filled with people with a lot of hope for the future and a strong work ethic. Korea had the “Miracle on the Han River”, I hope one day I will see the “Miracle on the Tigris River” as well.