As the Bush administration has chosen to ignore the normal, longstanding concept of diplomacy by using a “go it alone,” pre-emptive military solution to any world problems, the weakness of this policy is readily evident. The information we use to base any one-sided, imposed decision, especially using the military, must be unimpeachable and overwhelming. Personal biases and questionable information must be ignored. Only hard and fast evidence need be used. Clearly, none of this was present in Bush’s prelude to invading the sovereign nation of Iraq.
Now he wants to investigate how his “evidence” melted away, to avoid yet another disaster. He has expanded the investigation to include Libya, North Korea and Iran, and set a report date well after the fall elections. I know Bush has trouble with vocabulary, but I can spell whitewash and coverup even if he can’t. Sen. John McCain has already said the Bush administration wouldn’t and didn’t distort the intelligence used. So much for a fair and impartial panel. Hopefully the time of Bush’s lies, poor choices and bad policy is coming to an end.
Snohomish
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