April 11, 2004
Dyckman deals Dubya well deserved dissing.
SPT:
The nation has never been led so badly, except, perhaps, by James Buchanan, who at the brink of civil war did not lead at all.Posted by Norwood at April 11, 2004 10:13 AMIt is not simply that lives are being wasted because of pretexts that have turned out to be untrue, or that the situation is worsening with no relief in sight. There is also the spectacle, as Bob Kerrey framed it in a question to Condoleezza Rice the other day, of "a largely Christian army in a Muslim nation." This is a colossal disaster, as history could have warned anyone who had cared to pay attention. The Crusades may be only a passing chapter in Western history, but the Middle East remembers them as a fountain of evils that persist to this day.
The result, as Graham foresaw when he voted against the war, has been to multiply, diversify, and in their eyes justify the Islamic terrorists who were at war against us long before 9/11. We are not safer today because of Saddam Hussein's overthrow and capture. The rest of the world, not to mention Iraq itself, has become more dangerous. Let anyone who doesn't think so go to Madrid.
