[Freedom2specul8]

WRT:Clinton...Check this out...click
So of course Americans rallied round their president when he went on television and told them he'd taken resolute action to launch a war on terrorism. They'd been afraid his sexual troubles were making America a laughing stock. What better way to reassure them they needn't worry about the nation's image internationally? Americans will not stand for this type of terrorist activity" approved one senator on TV on Thursday night. "The United States has to lead" agreed another.

I remember very well the moment a couple of years ago when it dawned on me - Bill Clinton's easiest route to boosting his popularity, which at the time was flagging badly, was to assert himself in foreign policy.

[thoughtomator]

Sure, I agree that Clinton's actions could be accurately described as intended to distract the domestic audience rather than to achieve any foreign-policy objective. Really, all one has to do to come to that conclusion is examine Clinton's newfound discovery of terrorism at the time that Lewinsky was testifying in front of a grand jury.

However, to say that after 9/11 - that the current war is a mere distraction from the real problems here at home - exhibits a lack of critical thinking processes. I get the feeling from the author that he is reflexively committed to a particular policy (isolationism) and is willing to distort to any length to promote it.