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\nGarden press conference. But mea culpa! I forgot to mention what may have been his most
\npeculiar remark: “The world is more peaceful and more free under my leadership, and America is
\nmore secure.” Was he dreaming? Maureen Dowd’s claim this morning, that
\nmay be an extreme caricature. But comparing the president to the former Iraqi information
\nminister who announced, as U.S. forces surrounded Baghdad, “We are winning the war … this is
\nfor sure” makes more sense than most of us would care to admit. And it merely echoes
\nyesterday’s comparison by Muhsen Awaji, who went even further: “Remember how
\nSaddam Hussein talked about winning the mother of all battles? It is the same disease.” The fact
\nthat Awaji is a Saudi Islamist lawyer does not, unfortunately, invalidate the diagnosis.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"