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November 09, 2004
More Imperial Lunacy Frum National Review
Our old pal David Frum has penned a few words on the current obliteration of Fallujah and last week's election (both great things, of course).
First Frum says that Kerry was "massively rejected" and Bush was "massively voted in" by the voters. I don't know about you, but a 51% - 48% victory which came down to the electoral votes in one state hardly seems to me like either a massive win for Bush or a massive loss for Kerry.
A more telling insight into Frum's thought process is this sentence: "In the longer term, though, the 2004 election puts us on a safer path, by forcing Middle Eastern regimes and populations to reckon with the real determination of the American people--and then make the choice whether to cooperate with them or accept the consequences of stiffing them."
If that isn't the arrogance of an imperial power, then I don't know what is. The U.S. has an election, Bush wins, and the rest of the world therefore had better accept whatever the "American people" (read: the Bushies) stipulate or else face annihilation.
No wonder some people can't tell the difference between the Left and the Right anymore!
Posted by Mike Tennant at November 9, 2004 01:06 PM