Here's what I got out of last week's inaugural speeches and fanfare. George W. Bush sees himself as somewhere between Napolean and God. He actually thinks he was elected president to free the world from tyranny.
Not only does that sound expensive and far fetched considering we can't even free little, old Iraq from car bombs, but it has a particularly hollow ring to it.
Why talk about an end to injustice when you only plan to enforce these words at your convenience? I've yet to hear Bush call out Vladamir Putin or the leaders of China, where human rights violations reign supreme. Instead he calls out pint-sized nations he thinks he can bully.
This is even more ridiculous considering that Iraq is far from a success story, given that we're sacrificing on average two dead Americans per day.
Instead, Bush seeks to expand upon the miserable venture that is Iraq by issuing threats to the Arab world, with the notable exception of Saudi Arabia.
And to think, this is the party that used to tout itself as fiscally responsible. Now it's the party of neurotic foreign policy that's hell bent on bankrupting the republic.
Onward Christian soldiers!
Respond to John
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