Reply #46: This is premature. [View All]

[frustrated_lefty]

There's a great deal of room for spin here. I fully expect him to justify our presence in Iraq as "liberation" and then paint it as a sacrifice American's have made to promote democracy and freedom. American's have made these sacrifices even though those of other nations haven't cared enough about freedom from tyranny to provide assistance in the endeavor. But we are turning now again to those nations and the UN to ask for their help in spreading democracy and freedom in the world, so that American's alone don't have to suffer the cost of pursuing these ideals. We are willing to sacrifice organizational control to these same nations which were hesitant to pursue freedom in the first place, and still they are not satisfied.

It will be a load of crap, leaving most of us with dry heaves. But, it will, I suspect, prevent shrub's popularity from dropping further for a few weeks at least, and repukes who are beginning to perceive that Bush is a waste will feel comforted.

I wish you were right, but I don't see it coming off that way.