2005-11-16

Clinton says Iraq invasion was a big mistake

Well that does it then. I'm convinced now. If B.J. says so, then it must be.
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3 comments:

Paul Hue said...

In response to the Clinton article, Drudge posted this article, which regards President Clinton's unilateral (no UN approval) military strike against Hussein about 2 years prior to 911:

http://www.cnn.com/US/9812/16/clinton.iraq.speech/

2:08 PM
Tom Philpott said...

It's typical Clinton to come out against the war only now, 2 years after it started, when most of the public reviles it. It's also true that he never hesitated to launch a bomb or two Iraq's way when his political fortunes began to dip. In all, a repugnant figure.

2:35 PM
Paul Hue said...

Tom: In a previous thread about the war and Bush "lying" about it, you insisted that Bush had an obligation -- as an advocate of "democracy" -- to speak only truthfully and accurately (no spin) with the public when advancing his proposals, and to refrain from pressuring subordinates in the executive branch into "cooking" their own discourse. I heartily agree with you, and I also agree that Bush has failed to live up to these ideals.

It does not matter to me that previous Democratic presidents have also failed. For one thing, his most recent predecessors did not attempt as grandly to establish democracies. This makes Bush's standard higher.

The Homeland Security and Patriot Acts, as well as the inclusion of torture, are all anti-democratic, and thus all undermine the grand democratic crusade. I am very disappointed in him in these regards. One critical supporter of Bush's war, that Arabic Muslim writer for Newsweek (Farad Zakaria?), said that Abu Grab turned Iraqi support from pro-Bush to anti-Bush.

I urge you to read Andrew Sullivan's blog, for his entries about torture. I think that this is a big issue.

3:03 PM

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