Mr. Bush’s intent is clear from the very first sentence of the national security strategy paper issued yesterday: “It is the policy of the United States to seek and support democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.”
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It is our policy to end tyranny in our world. Can we have a vote on whether the American people want to fund a campaign to end tyranny in our world? Just ask every voting age American if they want to borrow a few trillion dollars from the Saudis and Chinese over the next decade so we can end tyranny. If the American public doesn’t get the irony of asking the House of Saud and Red China to front us the money so we can rid their tyrannical ways from the world, then I suppose we can go with the Bush Doctrine. Somehow, though, I don’t think most Americans will fail to miss the irony.
