Probably because it is still summer
Because the following two articles are so good, I decided to post them again in case you missed them the first time (originally posted last evening).
MUST READ:
The following commentary is a 'MUST READ, MUST SAVE, MUST PRINT, MUST REFERENCE REGULARLY FOR ONE'S OWN INTELLECTUAL/HISTORICAL/POLITICAL EDIFICATION' masterpiece from the incomparable Norman Podhoretz!
IS THE BUSH DOCTRINE DEAD?
Norman Podhoretz
. . . It is my contention that the Bush Doctrine is no more dead today than the Truman Doctrine was cowardly in its own early career. Bolstered by that analogy, I feel safe in predicting that, like the Truman Doctrine in 1952, the Bush Doctrine will prove irreversible by the time its author leaves the White House in 2008. And encouraged by the precedent of Ronald Reagan, I feel almost as confident in predicting that, three or four decades into the future, and after the inevitable missteps and reversals, there will come a President who, like Reagan in relation to Truman in World War III, will bring World War IV to a victorious end by building on the noble doctrine that George W. Bush promulgated when that war first began.
You can read the entire (very lengthy) commentary at
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/files/podhoretz_0906.htm
THE VIEW FROM THE TOP
A former Bush adviser on 9/11, Iraq and the lessons of five tumultuous years—for the president and the public.
By Michael Gerson [Yes, THAT Michael Gerson!]
Newsweek
Aug. 21-28, 2006 issue - Five Washington Augusts ago, for me, is not just a different time; it is a distant country. At the White House, we debated the nuances of stem-cell research. The president delivered a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars without the need to mention any foreign wars. Americans obsessed on the mysterious affair of Chandra Levy. A spate of shark attacks was headline news.
Everything we saw took us further from the reality we could not see. Five Augusts ago, hijackers in Florida trained in gyms, bought small knives and practiced flying in rented aircraft. In Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden and Taliban leaders argued about targets and strategy, until bin Laden gave his final orders. Nineteen tickets were booked and purchased, and leftover funds were wired frugally back to Al Qaeda. "And then," as President Bush said, "there came a day of fire."
You can read the entire article at
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14322936/
It probably is.......and it is LOVELY here tonight. A perfect late summer evening!