I feel slightly dirty for getting inspiration from a “LOL” site , however…
…makes a really valid point. If the US cynically uses the threat of WMDs as justification to invade another country, why not Russia? Or China? or India? As much as I love my country, our biggest flaw is our deeply rooted belief that “the rules” apply to everyone else. “Fairness” is defined in terms of reasonable profit to ourselves and not what is equitable between two parties.
There is a fundamental different between *being* the best and most powerful country in the world and *acting like* the best and most powerful country in the world. If we have to spend time telling the world what we stand for, then we probably aren’t doing a good enough job of actually standing for those things.
The duration is going to be longer than the fight. Remember those words. They will define Bush Legacy.
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