Horns of a dilemma.

[The Lone Liberal]

Bush has created a dilemma for himself. On one hand he must persist in defending the rationale for the war, Weapons of Mass Destruction, while on the other he must defend why he has not secured those elusive WMDs. To admit that the WMDs never existed is to reveal his thinking as flawed, yet as the number of days grow without his finding those WMDs his inability to protect this country from Saddam's (IMHO fictional, that is why Saddam could not comply with the UN resolution, hell, he didnt have any thing to destroy) WMDs is becoming glaring. When the public begins to frame the argument in those terms on WMDs Bush loses.

The same is true for the other goal of the right-wing, which is eliminating all taxes for unearned income. Through his rush to take care of his rich friends, Bush has cut the financial knees from under the country. Yet, his pursuit of the rights-wings need for war, Bush needs money. Again, the horns of a dilemma. The public may well see Bush’s trip to the UN this morning to beg money and support as analogous to the country standing on the corner with a sign that announces, “Will pursue STUPID’s war for money.”

[gottaB]

1. Bush thought he was wrestling the bull of heaven

but it was just a lot of bull.

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. Considering how generous the U.S. has been in paying its UN dues

over the years, Bush may find himself over a barrel today. Or perhaps he is hallucinating again, as he did over the WMD.

[ronatchig]

3. As to your first point

I for one would sure like to see what exactly was in the 8000+ redacted pages of the Iraqi UN report of the state of their weapons program. I am daily amazed that this cabal got a free pass and was able to hide from the world this information.