Feith on Bush’s decision to stress democracy as the reason we went into Iraq
(This short piece makes a great follow-up to your work on the Mid-Term essay, if you are interested.)
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2 comments:
"I am disappointed that the judge chose to ignore the will of the people," said City Council member Tim O'Hare
If this is what the people voted, neither federal nor state law should not go against the will of the people. Yes, the powers of the governments and the people must be kept in check, but government should be ruling according the people that are represented. Illegal immigrants are not under United States Government because they are not represented and not registered. Therefore, the ruling in Farmers Branch should stand.
In the article in the Wall Street Journal by Douglas Feith, the writer discussed the shifting focus in reasons for using force in Iraq from WMD to the promotion of Democracy. From the research we did regarding the run up to the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, I felt Congress had enough information to authorize the use of force in Iraq. Especially since Hussein did not abide by the sanctions and was covertly continuing his pursuit of a deadly nuclear weapons program. As the Bush administration has done in the past (i.e. excuses for dismissing attornies that were appointed by President), they decide to cave to public opinion. When they waver like this, it makes their case (for going to "war"/ using force in Iraq) crumble. Now we feel that the US is occupying a territory and acting like the the world police, which is not good for international public opinion.
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