Macdonald's Animal Farm: 200507

Another Victory

Plamegate a Brewing

Bearing Gifts

Stepping Stones

Spotlight

Enemy's Enemy

State Sponsored Terrorism

Republicans push for an early House vote on Cafta

Senate passes CAFTA-DR; Sugar producers look to House for help

Senate Passes Central American Free Trade Agreement

Where's Novak?

Leakers of the Pack

Pardon Me

Bi-Oxy-Cycle

Fireworks wreak havoc on air

Clearing the Air in the San Joaquin Valley

SB 999 would help clean up San Joaquin Valley air

Can you hear me now?

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Finds Cell Phone Users Four Times More Likely to Crash

Cell Phone Driving Dangers

Three Clicks

G-8 Ball

Undetectable

As the most recent developments unfold between Iraq and Iran reminded me of something that I wrote back in September of 2002 titled Dictator to Democracy. The last paragraphs are in my estimation worth repeating when noting the above noted articles and recently spoken words by Donald Rumsfeld .

One has to wonder just how long it would take Iraq to evolve into a democracy? Will it take a year? Two years? Ten years? Never? And noting the history of the U.S., doesn’t a democracy pose a similar threat to the U.S. hegemony? Will a democratic Iraq suffer the same fate of previous democracies should they stray from the democratic principles of the United States?

If Bush thinks that he is capable of stemming the tide of history, he should be prepared to accept the responsibility of failure. Historically, the United States government has overturned more democratically elected governments in favor of supporting dictatorships than it has overturned dictatorships in favor of supporting democracies.

From all indications, Bush neither prepared, nor willing to accept responsibility for his failures.