Bush avoided attacking Zarqawi; felt it would undercut case for war
Something just dawned on me.
You know how I always say don't watch what they say, watch what they do? There's another thing.
Watch who they are -- because character counts.
Three times the the Pentagon drew up an attack plan [to Zarqawi], and three times, the National Security Council killed it.Yeah, I can hear the loyalists: don't look back, don't play the blame game, look to the future.Military officials insist their case for attacking Zarqawi's operation was airtight, but the administration feared destroying the terrorist camp in Iraq could undercut its case for war against Saddam.
That's valid. But you know what? Character counts too. And if this is the kind of character Bush has...
People were more obsessed with developing the coalition to overthrow Saddam than to execute the president's policy of pre-emption against terrorists....then, no matter what Bush says, we can expect him to do more of the same in the future.
Because character counts.
P.S. I'm telling you: if I'm a Democratic candidate for Congress, the formula is simple. Bush = bad, Republican candidate = Bush, Republican candidate = bad.
P.P.S. More about Bush's refusal to pull the trigger on Zarqawi.
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Categories: George W. Bush
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