[NonValueAdded]

Strategerie works!

[corkoman]

OMG - thats the real headline. I was about to chastize you for messing with it. Wow - Chicago.

[anniegetyourgun]

"....Der Spiegel asked, "How quickly can the virus of democracy spread?"

Only a Euro could look at democracy as a disease.

[savedbygrace]

IMO, we are at least one significant step closer to: "For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape." (1 Thes 5:3)

[humblegunner]

Now it is Lebanon's turn, with citizens by the millions heralding a "cedar revolution."

Down with tree oppression! Conifers unite!

[alnick]

This isn't a political observation, but rather a human one.

I'm so glad that President Bush's parents are alive to witness what's happening in the world because of their son. How proud they must be.

[jmaroneps37]

How many articles like this do we have to see before this sentiment is no longer news? I think we're there already.

[prairiebreeze]

If the lamestream media got on it's knees and begged forgiveness for how they've vilified this President and his vision for freedom in the ME, and caused American military deaths in the process, it wouldn't be enough.

[ConservativeMind]

From the article:

The response in Der Spiegel: "Bush's idea of a Middle Eastern democracy imported at the tip of a bayonet is, for [German liberals], the hysterical offspring of the American neo-cons. Even German conservatives find the idea that Arabic countries could transform themselves into enlightened democracies somewhat absurd. ... Europeans today--just like the Europeans of 1987--cannot imagine that the world might change. ... We Europeans always want to have the world from yesterday, whereas the Americans strive for the world of tomorrow."

Amazing things to hear from all over.

[thoughtomator]

Who on Earth wants to be known as the last foe of freedom?

The NY Times editorial board doesn't seem to mind.

[hinckley buzzard]

"We Europeans always want to have the world from yesterday, whereas the Americans strive for the world of tomorrow."

Here's a German who gets it.

[hermgem]

The liberal Chicago Tribune is playing catch up.
In denial for too long it's:
Get insurance, just in case our doom/gloom predictions will turn out to be duds... just in case.

[cf_river_rat]

Um, `Could Bush be right?'

Some people are really afraid so....

""Stewart: He's gonna be a great--pretty soon, Republicans are gonna be like, "Reagan was nothing compared to this guy." Like, my kid's gonna go to a high school named after him, I just know it.

Soderberg: Well, there's still Iran and North Korea, don't forget. There's hope for the rest of us.""

[guinnessman]

I have a favor to ask everybody, but I want to avoid starting a vanity thread:

I have a very liberal, Bush-hating friend of mine, who refuses to give President Bush credit for anything. So when I pointed out to him that it was Bush who pursued democracy in the Middle East, despite all his detractors who claimed that the Middle East wasn't ready for democracy, that he was pursuing a pipe dream, my delusional friend replied that the democrats always supported democracy in the Middle East as well.

Of course, he's in denial, but how do I find quotes from prominent democrats criticizing the Bush Administration's policy of promoting democracy in the Mideast?

Thanks.

[SunkenCiv]

Ping!

[Valin]

Who on Earth wants to be known as the last foe of freedom?

The Democrat Party?