They were supposed to greet us as liberators. They were supposed to throw flowers at us. They were supposed to be dancing in the street to Martha and the Vandellas.
It didn’t happen. Where did our predictions go wrong? I have a theory: It’s George Lucas’ fault.
Bush and Cheney simply have to be Star Wars fans. They’d both seen the simple Ewok Celebration after the Rebels defeated the Emperor in Return of the Jedi. Then, George Lucas had to go and depict an over the top, Galaxy-wide, planet-by-planet celebration in the 1997 re-release. This pushed the Bush Administration over the edge.
We don’t see a single planet or city decay into chaos when their evil dictator falls. Bush and Cheney see this scene and figure “If an entire Galaxy not only avoids chaos, but also has well-choreographed celebrations and fireworks, one country in the Middle East will surely do the same.”
Unfortunately, “Yub nub” doesn’t translate in Arabic. Damn you Ewoks!
