Yesterday, in his weekly radio address, George W. Bush talked about freedom and liberty and the role of the U.S. in defending freedom around the world.
He said, "This creed of freedom has required brave defenders, and every generation of Americans has produced them. From the soldiers who fought for independence at Bunker Hill and Yorktown, to the Americans who broke the chains of slavery, liberated Europe and Asia from tyranny, and brought down an evil empire, the people of this great land have always risen to freedom's defense."
Fine. Good.
But then he had the nerve to compare our Iraq adventures with the above. He said that today "the men and women of America's Armed Forces continue this proud tradition of defending liberty."
He said that in Iraq "many risk their lives every day to protect America and uphold the principle that human freedom is the birthright of all people and a gift from the Almighty. These brave Americans make it possible for America to endure as a free society."
Wait a minute. We needed to invade a country that had nothing to do with 9/11 and posed no threat to us at the time, and then continue to occupy it, to "make it possible for America to endure as a free society"?
Even as he chips away at our own Constitutional liberties?
No, that's not a free society. That is a would-be empire.
And, to many people in other parts of the world, America does look like today's "evil empire".
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