Some things are harder than I ever imagined. That's all I can say about that.
Read this in the Metro:
Ari Fleisher, White House spokesman, when asked about a New York
Times story concerning definitive plans for a military engagement with Iraq
"Long-standing American policy is regime change... "
This statement smacks of the swelling arrogance with which our government conducts and
discusses foreign policy. The implicit tone here is that sovereign nations around the
world are merely squares on America's global chessboard. I recall our fearless leader's
remarks about 'putting all nations on notice'. Is it just me or does that sound like a
middle school principal addressing an auditorium of delinquent children? I think this
arrogance is no small ingredient in our regrettable relations with the peoples of the
middle east and we will continue to pay the price for it. The horror of Sept. 11th may
just be the first item on the butcher's bill of our economic imperialism.
