To misanthropicus: sorry, but under no scenario, real or imagined, has “Bush made the world a safer place”. Not only have worldwide terrorism rates gone up, but the Taliban are back, bin Laden still out somewhere making threats, and Iran no longer has to be preoccupied with Hussein. In the meanwhile, Americans have seen their privacy and liberties erode away with worthless crap like the Patriot Act and ever increasing domestic spying in general. Not to mention the joy brought by airport security checkpoints and visa restrictionst, especially in the context of our laughably porous borders. And I’m sure the latest news that the torture used by the US actually went a wee bit beyond waterboarding may perhaps give more than a little bit of aid and comfort to our enemies about the justness of their cause.
As I said earlier, Gawd….
