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In three pages this paper compares the theme of King Gilgamesh’s desire for immortality in the Sumerian epic with the immortality sought by U.S. President George W. Bush as he launched attacks on the Middle East in 2003, including an air raid of Syria that killed innocent civilians. Three sources are listed in the bibliography.
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a violent and egotistical ruler who had only one motivation - to secure his own immortality. This is the prevalent theme throughout the epic as the successive tablets record
how this zeal for immortality can have destructive consequences. After the death of his friend Enkidu, Gilgamesh vows vengeance and to escape such a mortal fate, announcing in Tablet
IX, "I will set out to the region of Utanapishtim" (Anonymous 75), which he believes will ensure his immortality. President George W. Bush embarked on a similar quest for
vengeance after the September 11, 2001 attacks upon the United States, and with unprecedented powers of leadership granted to him in the aftermath, he ruled much like King Gilgamesh reigned
over Uruk. In his comparative analysis of Gilgamesh and President George W. Bush, historian Tim Case observed, "Like Gilgamesh, President Bushs code of conduct exists as a code of
power and terror... like Gilgamesh, President Bush seeks immortality through conquest, death, and fanciful canards" [fabricated stories intending to mislead]. While Gilgamesh sought his immortality in Utanapishtim and fought against
the evil Humbaba, Bush targeted the Iraqi tyrant Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Ladens al-Qaida, who he convinced the American people were instruments of evil. Bush pursued his quest
for immortality by invading the Middle East, first in Iraq in March of 2003, and then established military presences in Afghanistan and Syria. Like Gilgamesh, he presented these actions
as humane, but they were often self-serving and had deadly consequences. Gilgamesh would think nothing of pillaging towns for his own pleasure, even raping some of his female subjects
if he felt so inclined. Throughout the U.S. invasion of Iraq and elsewhere, there were similar stories of military troops deployed by George W. Bush similarly assaulting Middle Eastern
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