The Simple Life

In today's conference held by Bush & Blair the characterizations were typically grossly oversimplified: paraphrasing Blair he made a reference to the length of this conflict, I believe he said it started two weeks ago, its no wonder these leaders cannot come up with a broader solution when they cannot grasp the broad struggle. The tragedy is that this conflict has been raging for almost a century and seems no closer to ending: the root cause of this conflict are not the Israeli soldiers being captured. Stick to the message, insert buzzwords (freedom, democracy), and hold on to a policy and ideology that is failing our own country as well as others.

Although the cause is a righteous one, the execution and the motive is more then questionable. Nobody questions whether espousing a moralistic cause such as spreading liberty to subjugated peoples is good or not, the questions are: is it possible, is it a good use of US power/treasure/time, is it comprehensive (not selectively applied), and is it effective. By taking a moral argument I believe you oblige yourself to take a moral stance in the other aspects of policy in order to gain legitimacy. Unfortunately this Administration has not, and it is obvious to the world.