THE BUSH BUBBLE

Everybody has noticed how foolish the president sounded at his Rose
Garden press conference. But mea culpa! I forgot to mention what may have been his most
peculiar remark: “The world is more peaceful and more free under my leadership, and America is
more secure.” Was he dreaming? Maureen Dowd’s claim this morning, that Crawford George has morphed into Baghdad Bob,
may be an extreme caricature. But comparing the president to the former Iraqi information
minister who announced, as U.S. forces surrounded Baghdad, “We are winning the war … this is
for sure” makes more sense than most of us would care to admit. And it merely echoes
yesterday’s comparison by Muhsen Awaji, who went even further: “Remember how
Saddam Hussein talked about winning the mother of all battles? It is the same disease.” The fact
that Awaji is a Saudi Islamist lawyer does not, unfortunately, invalidate the diagnosis.

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