DUBYA'S DESIGN (George Will)

New York Post ^ | 2/02/03 | GEORGE F. WILL

[kattracks]

February 2, 2003 -- REGARDING Iraq, the president, a baseball man, has been lucky. But as baseball's Branch Rickey said, luck is the residue of design.

In two eventful weeks, the president's policy of regime change has been advanced, in part inadvertently, by the uncoordinated activities of three unlikely parties - France, chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix and Colin Powell. The consequence is that many critics of the president's policy have been intellectually disarmed.

[Samurai_Jack]

STRATEGERY

[Savage Beast]

Well George (Will) sized up Villepin astutely.

[Samurai_Jack]

Oh yeah, This article is an excellent read, highly recommended for those who MISUNDERESTIMATE this President.

Dont take offense please, Im hooked on bushisms...

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Strategerically misunderestimated bump.

[Savage Beast]

"France has a population significantly smaller than, and shrinking relative to, the populations of, among many other nations, Vietnam and Egypt.

"France has a per capita GDP smaller than that of Denmark or Japan, among others."

And France is rapidly morphing into an Islamic theocracy.

"Many of these critics sought to paralyze the president by leashing him to the United Nations. Now they are discovering that Bush is holding the leash. "

Oh, George. Hahaha! You are so clever! (Both of you.)

[Savage Beast]

"I think it's a big mistake to underestimate him."

Tom Daschle. Meet the Press, November 2002.

"A VERY BIG mistake!

Tom Daschle, Joe Lieberman, John F. Kerry, John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, et al. Meet the Press, November 2004.

[RAY]

Unfortunately, there are those at home of the different persuasion who will never with honesty concede; just as those from the Middle East whom, at the best, will never negotiate in good faith.

[Steel Wolf]

Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz says: "When an auditor discovers discrepancies in the books, it is not the auditor's obligation to prove where the embezzler has stashed his money. It is up to the person or institution being audited to explain the discrepancy."

Why does no one on the left realize this? They are a team of U.N. weapons inspectors, not investigators. This isn't a cop / lawyer show where we have to catch the perps, show the evidence, and get a conviction. This is an audit. They either make two plus two equal four, and show us the proof, or they go to jail.

[AlGone2001]

"Many of these critics sought to paralyze the president by leashing him to the United Nations. Now they are discovering that Bush is holding the leash. "

That is a totally unforgettable point. Mr. Bush did not allow himself to forget that we pay the bills anyway.

[dsutah]

I loved this article! I read it in our Sunday newspaper. I's so true too!

[okie01]

"Why does no one on the left realize this?"

The answer to your question is, in fact, very simple.

In sum, they don't want to.