Word: saddamism
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...United States seems a lot more insecure these days. The vengeance of the swaggering global cowboy that has crushed its enemies continues to shock and awe, yet even after the capture of our national bogeyman Saddam Hussein, America remains skittish. Sending back planes from its shores and sniffing for dirty bombs with reckless abandon, the Bush administration and its parrots in the media demand increased vigilance, wariness and, above all, paralyzing fear...
While the left stands aghast at public ignorance on critical matters (like the wide acceptance of a phantom Saddam 9/11 link) it often forgets that for every disturbing fact the public doesn’t know, there are several that the public does know and simply doesn’t care about. For example, the fact that Bush was not elected president by most of the people and arguably not by the electoral college either the existence of some shady business dealings in Bush’s past, the fact that he is the first president with a criminal record...
...party: new voters. Moreover, Dean seems to have surprising staying power. In the TIME/CNN poll, Dean has edged forward in a head-to-head match with Bush, despite a month of good news for the President that has included both a rebounding economy and the capture of Saddam. Though Dean still loses to Bush 51% to 46% among likely voters, he is just within the margin of error...
Within days after Saddam's capture, France, Germany and Russia announced their willingness to consider relieving Iraq's crushing debt burden. This was no burst of conscience about unrepayable billions lent Saddam to squander on grotesque palaces and grotesque weapons. This was the wind shifting America's way in Iraq--and the neutrals adjusting course accordingly...
...this is not the beginning of a great reconciliation. These countries were no help before the war, during the war or after the war. France tried to rally the world to stop the U.S. from deposing Saddam. Russia was sending night-vision goggles to Saddam. Not one lifted a finger to help the postwar reconstruction...