Why Bush Cannot Please Cindy Sheehan
I thought this opinion piece from the San Jose Mecury News was topical, given the last two posts here, and quite thought-provoking, as well:
If Bush met Sheehan, platitudes would not suffice. She would want to know why 140,000 U.S. soldiers are stuck in Iraq more than two years after the fall of Baghdad. She would demand answers that go beyond "Freedom is on the march".The piece is compelling because it is written by an obviously anti-war, liberal chap, but owns up to the fact that US troops cannot just be withdrawn at this point.
The president is not willing to give those frank answers. If he were, here's what he would have to say (translated from Bush-ese)....
posted by Josh Glover @ 8/17/2005 04:20:00 PM
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Not to answer an Op-Ed with another Op-Ed, but I thought this one in the Washington Post was extremely interesting and insightful. Essentially, the author attributes President Bush's refusal to meet with Ms. Sheehan to his inate aversion to confrontations and unpleasant news.
"Politically, Sheehan wants another meeting because she wants Bush to bring the troops home. (A request he is right to refuse, since it would be a disaster for national security and a betrayal of our responsibility to Iraq.) But emotionally, she is seeking something more primal: to rattle him. She wants to shake the president's famed self-assurance, a self-assurance that comes from rarely having to confront the consequences of his actions."
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