Eight more US soldiers have died in Iraq. That's
twenty US soldiers that have been killed since the
weekend. For what? Not to fight terrorism. The
_resident's foolish military adventure is only
fomenting more terrorism. Not to seize WMD. There were
none. Not to bring Western-style democracy to Iraq.
They don't want it. Iraq is a disaster. Tragically,
the Mega-Mogadishu that the LNS predicated is at hand.
The Emperor has no uniform...
Lolita C. Baldor, Guardian/UK: Iraq has become
``George Bush's Vietnam,'' Sen. Edward M. Kennedy said
Monday, calling the president deceitful and for the
first time comparing him to former President Nixon,
who resigned in disgrace. Saying that truth has
become the biggest casualty of the Bush
administration, Kennedy said Bush misled the public
about the war, the economy, health care and education,
eroding the nation's reputation at home and abroad.
``As a result, this president has now created the largest credibility gap since Richard Nixon,'' Kennedy said in a speech at the Brookings Institution, a think tank. ``He has broken the basic bond of trust with the American people.''
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-3943673,00.html
Kennedy Compares Bush to Richard Nixon
Monday April 5, 2004 9:31 PM
By LOLITA C. BALDOR
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Iraq has become ``George Bush's
Vietnam,'' Sen. Edward M. Kennedy said Monday, calling
the president deceitful and for the first time
comparing him to former President Nixon, who resigned
in disgrace.
Saying that truth has become the biggest casualty of
the Bush administration, Kennedy said Bush misled the
public about the war, the economy, health care and
education, eroding the nation's reputation at home and
abroad.
``As a result, this president has now created the
largest credibility gap since Richard Nixon,'' Kennedy
said in a speech at the Brookings Institution, a think
tank. ``He has broken the basic bond of trust with the
American people.''
The senator said the government has cut unemployment
benefits, failed to pay for education overhaul and is
spending $134 billion more than expected on a Medicare
plan.
Kennedy is a strong supporter of John Kerry, the
Massachusetts senator who is the presumptive
Democratic nominee for president.
The criticism of the administration's domestic agenda
comes after several high-profile speeches in which
Kennedy called the war in Iraq a fraud and said the
plan to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was devised
to help Republicans in the 2002 and 2004 elections.
Bush ``is the problem, not the solution. Iraq is
George Bush's Vietnam, and this country needs a new
president,'' Kennedy said.
He said the military campaign also diverted attention
from ``the administration's deceptions here at home.''
An administration pattern of deception and efforts to
dismiss any critics, he said, have polarized and
paralyzed Congress and are undermining the public's
trust in government.
``Saying whatever it takes to prevail has become
standard operating procedure in the Bush White
House,'' said Kennedy. ``In this administration, truth
is the first casualty of policy.''
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Posted by richard at April 6, 2004 04:29 PM