Ford was indeed a moderate, although next to Reagan the most Conservative President since Coolidge. But what is funny about your comment is that on any realistic scale, Ford was far more conservative than the present Bush, and at lest slightly more Conservative than Bush, Senior.
Certainly the last two years have tended to confirm his opinion of the Iraqi venture. But so far as the issues involved in trying to impose "Democracy" on other lands, the entire history of America from Washington up until the last two years of the Wilson Administration, supports Ford's position on that. And up until 1918, we were respected as a model of freedom all over the world. We influenced others by example. Now?! Believing because you want to believe is not an answer.
William Flax
To you, perhaps. To some others, to be sure. But not to all.
And most importantly, not to those who are involved in the mission itself.
btw, do you oppose our actions in WWII as well?