A Legal Matter

Mark at Classically Liberal comments on my post from over the weekend, about the Dems' propensity for frivolity at foreign policy. I said the Dems demonstrate a misguided urge to consider the War on Terror a law-enforcement operation, with one legitimate suspect - Bin Laden.

Mark comments:

To go after, say Boy Assad, or some other regime that supports terrorism the U.S. would need to suffer another attack that we could "prove" (yes, I use the sneer quotes on purpose) originated with that regime. (N.B. We could only initiate military conflict if France, China, Russia, Gambia and Chile approved via the UNSC.)

It's precisely because of these fantasies about the nature of this conflict over terrorism that I am going to vote for Bush in 2004, even though I think his big government spending (prescription drug program, agricultural subsidies, and space pork, I'm talking about you) has been reckless and dangerous.

As someone who supported Forbes until the 2000 convention, I agree. Bush has committed quite a few sins against conservative orthodoxy - but given the priorities that face our nation, there is only one real choice.

Posted by Mitch at January 13, 2004 06:02 AM