Wednesday, November 01, 2006

The Campaigner in Chief

The Campaigner in Chief, I mean the Commander in Thief, I mean Bush recently said," ... The Democrat approach to Iraq comes down to this: The terrorists win and America loses." Hopefully American voters are not susceptible to this level of blatant attempts of voter manipulation. Doesn't he have a job he's supposed to be doing?
I find an interesting paradox in his statement. I believe that the victory for the terrorists he is referring to actually comes with every wave of fear forced upon American people by the Republican led administration. Or the almost three thousand lost lives of American soldiers sent to a poorly planned war based on false intelligence gathered to support a pre-September 11th plan to invade Iraq. Or perhaps the terrorists might view the over half a million Iraqis dead and the hundreds of thousands displaced as a bigger sign of victory than Americans electing Democrats to office. But I suppose Bush should know what the terrorists view as a victory ... it takes one to know one.

Terrorism is the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives. - US Federal Bureau of Investigation