This president’s policy of spreading democracy at the end of a military rifle has once again demonstrated its failure. Terrorists, probably connected to al-Qaida, have been foiled in their recent attempt to blow up American-bound airplanes, but it will not be the last assault they plan.
As Eugene Robinson pointed out in his Friday column, Bush has insisted on fighting the wrong war. Instead of steadfastly pursuing the terrorist hierarchy, he has put our troops in harm’s way by plopping them in the middle of Iraq’s sectarian civil war. While our men and women in uniform dodge car bombs and carry injured children to devastated hospitals, bin Laden and his followers lurk in the shadows and plot against us.
We stand idly by while Israel bombs Lebanon to extinction. Could it be that Israel is merely emulating America’s destruction of civilian Iraq in the name of democracy?
Bush’s cowboy mentality forces him to act, however rashly, rather than absorbing, analyzing and understanding all the nuances of foreign policy in this tender-dry atmosphere. His cohorts support him in his calls to action, and the people of this country should wonder if that support is driven by monetary considerations.
Yes, much of the world looks upon the U.S. as aggressors, bullies and hypocrites. Is it any wonder? And will we, the voters, continue to let it happen?
Beckye Randall
Marysville
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