Plead the First

David Boyd quotes from a George Will column pointing out the failure of the Bush administration’s attempts to use democracy to create “hospitable cultures”. Boyd then says:

If the theory would have held, things would be much simpler. Since it didn’t, we’re back to the law enforcement model for dealing with nuclear terrorism.

It’s nice to see that some people are realizing that Bush’s approach is wrong, and that there may be better methods. Too bad this wasn’t realized sooner:

Republican Party Chairman Ed Gillespie, on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” used similar language.

“Terrorism is not a law enforcement matter, as John Kerry repeatedly says. Terrorist activities are not like gambling. Terrorist activities are not like prostitution. And this demonstrates a disconcerting pre-September 11 mindset that will not make our country safer. And that is what we see relative to winning the war on terror and relative to Iraq.”

Seems as though Kerry may have understood the problem better than he was given credit for. Even if he was in office now, he’d still need to deal with the mess in Iraq, but at least we’d have a chance to start figuring out how to turn things around. As it is, it’s going to take a long time to start modifying our strategies considering that the current administration doesn’t think there’s a problem with them.

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