03-10-2004, 10:41 PM
Life,Mar 10 2004, 01:58 PM Wrote:If you don't think that is destablizing. Have a second thought. There are many nations that saw the invasion of Iraq as being something more scary than we've ever experienced before. That was entirely the goal. Bush has been completely up-front about this: What else could "Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." mean? It's supposed to be scary--it's supposed to be destabilizing. Stability was resulting in an escalating series of attacks against the US and her allies. The US can start playing nice again once its half-dozen or so remaining enemies are either destroyed or scared into submission (Qadhafi's a smart one; he got the message right fast, although he was already leaning that way before all this went down)
[...] (What does this say about what could be next on the adjenda... where will his gaze fall next)... Doesn't this possibility make you shudder?
Quote:How is it that Bush could change the world's opinion of his country in less than a year from Universal sympathy for your losses in that terrible disaster at the WTC into univeral condemnation for actions that were unprecidented and with out apparent substance.Everybody loves a victim. Once it was clear that America wasn't going to forget about it or wallow in self-pity or blame itself for provoking the attacks somehow, that wore off. It was shallow sympathy anyway, aside from certain countries and people who are still standing with us (you know who you are).