Making Us Safe

If the result of the 2004 U.S. presidential election was really legit, then George W. Bush pretty much won it by running on the platform that he would better protect the U.S. from future terrorist attacks than his opponent John Kerry. George Will, conservative op/ed columnist and TV pundit, who should be a natural ally/constituent of Bush and his merry band of "conservatives" doesn't seem conviced that George is getting the job done. In 2002, Bush referred to the "axis of evil" (nothing like a good buzz-phrase to fire up the citizens), naming Iraq, Iran and North Korea as the members of said axis. Will currently concludes that all three members of the "axis of evil" - Iran, North Korea and, despite major U.S. intervention, Iraq - "are more dangerous than when that term was coined in 2002".

That would seem to indicate Mr. Bush is accomplishing the exact opposite of what he has pledged to accomplish. I stand by my prediction. George W. Bush will ultimately be judged as one of the worst presidents in U.S. history.