Bush Is Losing It
By Marty Jezer, AlterNet
January 23, 2003
alternet.org
It was a bad week for the Bush administration, and it's likely to get worse. The American people are beginning to
understand the folly and greed that inform its economic policy. And most of the civilized world has turned
decisively against the Iraqi adventure. The great coalition that George W. Bush proposes to lead against Saddam
Hussein is now a coalition of two, and British prime minister Tony Blair has lost the support of his own people,
most especially members of his own Labor Party, who warn of a political revolt if Britain goes to war without a
new UN resolution.
In France, 75 percent oppose Bush's policy; in Germany the number is 76, in Italy it's 61. In Turkey, a country
crucial to the Administration's military effort, opposition to the war, according to the Wall Street Journal, registers
at between 80 and 90 percent.
Even the Journal is wondering what's up. As staff reporter Gerald F. Seib wrote on Jan. 22, "President Bush's
policy toward Iraq is in distress, and the reason is stunningly simple: His administration hasn't made a very
effective public case for war with Saddam Hussein."
In the United States, confidence in the Bush Administration is evaporating, and it's no wonder. Reality is
out-running the rhetoric... |
