George Soros: The US is now in the hands of a group of extremists

[huckleberry]

George Soros
Monday January 26, 2004
The Guardian

The invasion of Iraq was the first practical application of the pernicious Bush doctrine of pre-emptive military action, and it elicited an allergic reaction worldwide - not because anyone had a good word to say about Saddam Hussein, but because we insisted on invading Iraq unilaterally without any clear evidence that he had anything to do with September 11 or that he possessed weapons of mass destruction.

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We have fallen into a trap. The suicide bombers' motivation seemed incomprehensible at the time of the attack; now a light begins to dawn: they wanted us to react the way we did. Perhaps they understood us better than we understand ourselves.

And we have been deceived. When he stood for election in 2000, President Bush promised a humble foreign policy. I contend that the Bush administration has deliberately exploited September 11 to pursue policies that the American public would not have otherwise tolerated. The US can lose its dominance only as a result of its own mistakes. At present the country is in the process of committing such mistakes because it is in the hands of a group of extremists whose strong sense of mission is matched only by their false sense of certitude.

more at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1131213,00.html

(This article is from George Soros' new book, The Bubble of American Supremacy.)

[patricia92243]

1. Intelligent man! Should be listened too.

[Virgil]

2. Why did he have to go to the Guardian to get voice

He is just saying what anyone with any sense should feel with deep conviction and sadness. It is all the more sad that it takes a UK newspaper to bring us his message. He gets badmouthed in the press here for putting his money where his heart is. He is just trying to help save America.

If you can say Constitution, you can say Kucinich

[shockingelk]

3. The book it's excerpted from is good

Am a few chapters into the second part. The first part, a review and critique of the Bush admin's foreign policy, is a great bird's eye view.

A memorable quote goes something like "The main reason I was against the invasion of Iraq is that it would give nation building a bad name".