I suppose the ADL isn’t concerned about things like the Patriot Act and consequently the massive surveillance state that ensued as well as minor things like GITMO, or extra territorial renditions (AKA kidnappings), and other things...
Funny how words like republic and democracy are thrown around.
The biggest fault of Bush and a legacy that will eventually come to tarnish his presidency isn’t the war in Iraq, nor is it a budget he was coerced into when Congress went democrat and used the Iraq war as leverage. It is the framework of regulations and policies, the shroud of national security and classification systems used to hide a massive surveillance apparatus that was put in place which will become his legacy. Without any public debate or true legal review, systems were created that violate any understanding of the 4th and 5th amendments and the US became a place no different than the “evil empire” it once referred too in the East. The difference between the US and Russia, or China, are a mere matter of polemics today. It is merely self restraint, convention, and self imposed policies and regulations within government bureaucracies that prevent wide spread misuse (which has already happened and been proven) but the systems and their capabilities are all in place.
Thanks President Bush-
Mac daady will be presented with Iran’s highest award for his support of their mid east views.