Our great commander in thief arrived in Austria today to a chorus of boos (see here). Indeed, one of the more popular signs among the protesters hailed W as the "World's No. 1 Terrorist." During the news conference, Bush defended our war efforts in Iraq by pointing out that Americans are not willing to allow people to be "condemned to tyranny." This sounds an awful lot like the kind of national-building and regime change W openly questioned during his debate with Gore in 2000. Here is an excerpt just to remind everyone who the real flip-flopper in Washington is:
LEHRER: New question. How would you go about, as president, deciding when it was in the national interest to use U.S. force? Generally.
BUSH: Well, if it's in our vital national interests. And that means whether or not our territory -- our territory is threatened, our people could be harmed, whether or not our alliances -- our defense alliances are threatened, whether or not our friends in the Middle East are threatened. That would be a time to seriously consider the use of force. Secondly, whether or not the mission was clear, whether or not it was a clear understanding as to what the mission would be. Thirdly, whether or not we were prepared and trained to win, whether or not our forces were of high morale and high standing and well-equipped. And finally, whether or not there was an exit strategy. I would take the use of force very seriously. I would be guarded in my approach. I don't think we can be all things to all people in the world. I think we've got to be very careful when we commit our troops. The vice president and I have a disagreement about the use of troops. He believes in nation-building. I would be very careful about using our troops as nation builders...I believe we're overextended in too many places.
Either Bush has suffered from a bout of amnesia or he was simply lying during the debate. Given that a number of people have reported that the Bushie war mongers were beating their war drums concerning Iraq before September 11th (indeed, shortly after taking office), I will assume that he is just a liar. For more of his flip-flopping, see here.
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