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September 15, 2006
The Bush Bologna Sandwich
Fred Barnes of The Weekly Standard spoke to the president recently, and wrote a piece with perhaps the most depressing opening imaginable in the post-9/11 world:
Bush says the way to win the war on terror is not to target bin Laden, but to roll up the terror networks operating in his name. He says, "This thing about . . . let's put 100,000 of our special forces stomping through Pakistan in order to find bin Laden is just simply not the strategy that will work." This from the man who sent as many soldiers in search of weapons that didn't exist.
Sure, the networks need to be targeted. But the man behind the deaths of thousands of innocent Americans gets to walk free? And you say it's the Democrats who are weak on defense?
If you look up "apologist" in the dictionary, you'll see a picture of Fred Barnes. Had Hillary Clinton said bin Laden wasn't worth chasing with all we had, he'd have crucified her for it.
Bush sounds less like a "war president," and more like someone trying to cover his own butt as he heads into the twilight of a faltering administration. It's not only disheartening to think Osama bin Laden may outlast the Bush administration - it's unforgivable.
Posted by Greg Sidor at September 15, 2006 03:30 AM