Bush’s America is “arrogant and impetuous” says, well, nearly everyone
In this recent Salon article (subscription or ad tolerance required), “Old Europe” and a large and important segment of the U.N. Security Council seem to be lining up around the notion that the Bush administration has not made the case that war with Iraq is justified. According to recent polls, a majority of Americans also agree with this view.
Here’s an excerpt:
At least six members of the 15-member Security Council have adopted the position that the American administration still hasn’t made a good case for attacking Iraq and that the inspectors need to be granted substantially more time. Russia and China, also permanent veto-bearing nations, subscribe to that view.
Here’s another good one:
Anatol Lieven has put it most bluntly: America, that elder daughter of the Enlightenment, has become “a menace to itself and to the rest of the world.”
And a follow-up question from yours truly: If cabinet-level officers in other governments are forced to resign after calling Bush “a moron” or comparing him to Hitler (which, in this blogger’s opinion, is quite an apt comparison), why doesn’t Rumsfeld have to resign for his remarks about France and Germany?
