Bush, the Statesman-By Molly Ivins-Maybe He Should Just Stay Home

[kpete]

Bush, the Statesman

Posted on Mar. 14, 2006
By Molly Ivins

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Several months after our invasion of Iraq, it turned out we had actually invaded in order to bring democracy to that lucky little country. In the odd, dreamlike way that Bush policy morphs, all the conservatives began to pretend we had always gone in to create democracy and anyone who suggested otherwise was misremembering that pesky reality.

Indeed, so dedicated were we to the promotion of democracy around the world that it was the very first principle of our foreign policy. And if we still aren’t too keen on nation-building—well, we’ll just outsource it to Halliburton and let them worry about it. And what a fine job they’re doing.


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So far, it looks as though Bush does better on foreign policy when he’s being an isolationist. Maybe he should just stay home and cut taxes for the rich some more, or go expose some CIA agent for political payback against her husband, or just spy on a lot of American pacifists.

When I heard him deploring xenophobia (that’s fear of foreigners) on the Dubai Ports deal, I did a double-take. Michael Chertoff of Homeland Security again has said the trouble with homeland security is that it threatens trade—all important, all sacred trade, profits above all. For the umpteenth time, it is not only possible, but smart to insist on adjusting free trade for labor standards, for environmental standards and even so your ports don’t get blown up.

more at:
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060314_molly_ivins_statesman/

[leftyladyfrommo]

1. She just gets better and better n/t