Yesterday morning, following a massive protest in Washington, D.C., George Bush resigned from his post as President of the United States of America. Though several major media outlets have claimed the resignation was a response to the public’s call for his resignation, it is quickly becoming apparent that the situation was much more complex. It appears that several high-ranking military officials defected from the President’s camp, cornering him in the White House and essentially intimidating him into resignation. In a surprising twist of events, one of the first groups to recognize the ostensible coup was a Chinese NGO, the International Political Institute, whose President congratulated Americans, saying, “Last night, led by every sector of civil society, the American people rose up to defend democracy in their country. Americans were provoked into action as a result of systematic rights violations by the government of George W. Bush.” Since the momentous events described above, it has been confirmed that the Chinese NGO played an integral role in the development of the opposition parties that set the scene for the overthrow of the president. Over the past several years, the organization has spent nearly $3 million funding political “training clinics,” almost exclusively for opposition groups, as well as political party-building activities. Americans now find themselves wondering whether they should view the removal of the unpopular president as a foreign blessing or a sovereignty-smashing curse.
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