I need to compile these into one place. Rhetoric & Reality / Origins & Goals of the Bush National Security Strategy and the War in Iraq
Seattle Times, August 27 editorial ("Four years ago, this page endorsed George W. Bush for president. We cannot do so again...")
Republicans should know better than to lunch with me
In other news, it sure looks to me like, at the rate things are going, the 1,000th American soldier is going to die in Iraq this week. It's creepy to think about some young (or perhaps not so young) man or woman going about their daily business there, doing the best they can, and in a few days, that person will be gone and their family will get the terrible phone call. For what good? (Yes, Saddam's no longer in power, yadda yadda yadda. Iraq's no post-war Germany, that's for sure.) The annoying store owner down the street from my house, with his BUSH/CHENEY sign surrounded by American flags, and a copy of the newpaper dated September 12, 2001 with pictures of Ground Zero, still feels it's all worth it, but I'm not sure how any sensible person continues to.
