GOP MUST GO "American Conservative Magazine" NO On Bush Is Best Outcome!

[kpete]

GOP Must Go

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It should surprise few readers that we think a vote that is seen—in America and the world at large—as a decisive “No” vote on the Bush presidency is the best outcome. We need not dwell on George W. Bush’s failed effort to jam a poorly disguised amnesty for illegal aliens through Congress or the assaults on the Constitution carried out under the pretext of fighting terrorism or his administration’s endorsement of torture. Faced on Sept. 11, 2001 with a great challenge, President Bush made little effort to understand who had attacked us and why—thus ignoring the prerequisite for crafting an effective response. He seemingly did not want to find out, and he had staffed his national-security team with people who either did not want to know or were committed to a prefabricated answer.

As a consequence, he rushed America into a war against Iraq, a war we are now losing and cannot win, one that has done far more to strengthen Islamist terrorists than anything they could possibly have done for themselves. Bush’s decision to seize Iraq will almost surely leave behind a broken state divided into warring ethnic enclaves, with hundreds of thousands killed and maimed and thousands more thirsting for revenge against the country that crossed the ocean to attack them. The invasion failed at every level: if securing Israel was part of the administration’s calculation—as the record suggests it was for several of his top aides—the result is also clear: the strengthening of Iran’s hand in the Persian Gulf, with a reach up to Israel’s northern border, and the elimination of the most powerful Arab state that might stem Iranian regional hegemony.

The war will continue as long as Bush is in office, for no other reason than the feckless president can’t face the embarrassment of admitting defeat. The chain of events is not complete: Bush, having learned little from his mistakes, may yet seek to embroil America in new wars against Iran and Syria.

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On Nov. 7, the world will be watching as we go to the polls, seeking to ascertain whether the American people have the wisdom to try to correct a disastrous course. Posterity will note too if their collective decision is one that captured the attention of historians—that of a people voting, again and again, to endorse a leader taking a country in a catastrophic direction. The choice is in our hands.

more at:
http://amconmag.com/2006/2006_11_20/feature.html

[Straight Shooter]

1. How about that. The conservatives are screaming louder than anyone. n/t

[Rainscents]

2. K & R!!!

:kick:

[movonne]

3. Is this pretty widely read??? This is great news...

[cspanlovr]

4. Are you sure this wasn't from The American Liberal? What a scathing editorial!

[originalpckelly]

7. No, I like the American Conservative...

because it is so traditional conservative that it mirrors many Democratic thoughts. Aside from their homophobia and xenophobia, I read a lot of their articles.

[originalpckelly]

5. I read the magazine all the time...

aside from the obvious differences, I like them. I wish they all weren't so xenophobic and homophobic, or they would be great Democrats.

[robinlynne]

6. stunning.

[texpatriot2004]

8. It's about time. nm

[struggle4progress]

9. I do wonder why the so-called "Conservatives" ever supported Il Dunce

[Bill Bored]

10. This is the same sort of stuff they were putting out before the '04 election

and look who won anyway! :banghead: