How Dubya is Destroying His Own Preemption Doctrine
Although I attempt to be apolitical, I do have conservative leanings, but I don't classify myself as a Republican. The reason is that Republicans, like Democrats are politicians, and by definition scamming opportunists. I was once an admirer of our President, peaking with his Inaugural address in January, as I felt we were entering a potentially amazing era of progress worldwide. I was apparently wrong.
On the one hand, there are brave men dying everyday in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the President wants to talk about Social Security, and the Senate argues over filibusters. Wasn't the President the one that made a big deal during the campaign that he was a "wartime President." Well then Mr. President, why don't we go ahead and concentrate on that. The last couple weeks have seen a return to the levels of violence that preceded the elections.
And then on the other hand, there is another storm brewing that could make the invasion of Iraq look like a Detroit Friday-night driveby: Asia. The media and politicians are talking about car bombs in Iraq, but I want to worry about NUCLEAR weapons in North Korea and Iran. North Korea has already been caught of distributing nuclear materials to terror-states, namely Libya. And Iran, well, I shudder to think. Iran is the worst kind of terror-state, having actually had a direct hand in the 9/11 bombings--a fact nobody wants to discuss except the 9/11 Commission--as well as ongoing friendly relations with jihadis of all kinds.
President Bush's preemption doctrine stems from the belief that we have the responsibility to stop a blantant threat to the United States before its already happened, e.g., 9/11. Why is it then that we have a nation in North Korea, which admittedly has nuclear weapons, is in violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and continues to take an aggressive stance in the already tense Asian continent/Korean Peninsula (not to mention has permanently pulled out of 6 party talks), and yet President Bush, the self-appointed Guardian of Freedom continues to pretend this isn't happening. If he was willing to go to war with Iraq over the POTENTIAL to have the CAPABILITY that North Korea (and Iran) already possess and have distributed to rogue states, what in the hell are we waiting for now?
The President seems to be more worried about his legacy in his second term than actually getting the job done he was re-elected to do. Well, if these two tyrannical nations are allowed to continue on their present path, then the blame can rightly rest at the feet of President Bush. Lets hope he realizes this before it's too late.