Gulf News says: WMD: 'a matter of little consequence'
29/01/2004
Wiggle room. That is when a person leaves a "back-door" open to escape closer scrutiny of what was said. The dictionary defines it as flexibility or ambiguous wording leaving room for further negotiation. Presently US President George W. Bush is being held to task and being asked to produce evidence of weapons of mass destruction. WMD, in Iraq. Such questioning has been brushed aside by Bush in typical wiggle room fashion. He and his cohorts claim that the existence of WMD is unimportant now, what is important is the "removal of the dictator, Saddam Hussain".
Bush, of course, is lucky. With the Democrats thrashing about trying to find a leader who can steal the thunder from the White House incumbent, he is riding high playing the "patriotism" card. An improvement in the employment sector and for the public to feel a greater sense of prosperity would qualify Bush as a shoo-in for a second term of office.
But to ensure this, Bush has to try and extricate American troops from Iraq – or at least ensure there is no more drastic loss of life. Additionally, the US is hoping to hand over greater responsibility in the running of Iraq and control of any elections, to the UN. An irony, considering how averse the Bush administration was to involving the UN in Iraq.
As the November elections advance, it is certain that Bush and his associates will find many other ways to wiggle out of the responsibilities that have been taken on in the past few years, in regard to foreign policy. These have only brought about the death of many young people, and are likely to haunt his election campaign. Besides which, Americans, historically, do not vote for their presidents based on foreign policy, but on those issues which affect them at home. Watch out for more Bush wiggles.
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