Kennedy: Bush Makes U.S. More Vulnerable

[RedEarth]

WASHINGTON - An arrogant rush to war in Iraq (news - web sites) has made the country more vulnerable to nuclear attack while the Bush administration has misled the public with "happy talk" about prospects for peace, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (news, bio, voting record) said Monday.



As Bush campaign ads hit the air criticizing Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites) as a flip-flopper, Kennedy tried to paint the president as a reckless, stubborn leader whose Iraq war policies have only fueled the insurgency.


"The president's handling of the war has been a toxic mix of ignorance, arrogance and stubborn ideology," said Kennedy, D-Mass., in a speech to students at George Washington University. "The president's arrogance toward the world community has left our soldiers increasingly isolated and alone."


Meanwhile, he said, the administration continues to insist that the country is safer now because of the war. But Americans "deserve to hear more from our president than happy talk like that," said Kennedy. "The war in Iraq has made the mushroom cloud more likely, not less likely.

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