Monday, February 09, 2004

Birth of a Nation Here's a noteworthy excerpt from the Bush interview by Tim Russert on Meet the Press: RUSSERT: You do seem to have changed your mind from the 2000 campaign.  In a debate, you said, "I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called `nation-building'" BUSH: Yes. RUSSERT: We clearly are involved in nation building. BUSH: Right.  . . . That's right, but we're also fighting a war so that they can build a nation. Bush's newfound affinity for nation-building would be more laudable if it weren't likely to be preceded, as in the case of Iraq, by nation-bombing. 10:01:55 PM