Soros Part 2:

Continuing his efforts, Soros again misstates the position of the Bush Administration:

“The Bush doctrine….is built on two pillars: the United States will do everything in its power to maintain its unquestioned military supremacy; and the United States arrogates the right to pre-emptive action.

In effect, the doctrine establishes two classes of sovereignty: the sovereignty of the United States, which takes precedence over international treaties and obligations; and the sovereignty of all other states, which is subject to the will of the United States.”

You will notice that the principles stated in the first paragraph bear no resemblance to the principles stated in the second paragraph. This happens because Soros states the “Bush doctrine” accurately, then immediately restates it by twisting it beyond recognition, and then pretends they are one and the same.

George W. Bush has NEVER so much as hinted that the actions the United States has taken in response to 9/11, are not available to any other country so attacked. If, for instance, Paris was bombed tomorrow, my bet is that President Bush would be more of a Franco Hawk than Jacque Chirac.

Mr. Bush has made it plain: We were attacked and we will do all in out power to keep it from happening again. Period.

But facts have no meaning for Mr. Soros as he builds the following strawman:

“President Bush says, as he does frequently, that freedom will prevail, he means that America will prevail. In a free and open society, people are supposed to decide for themselves what they mean by freedom and democracy, and not simply follow America's lead. The contradiction is especially apparent in the case of Iraq, and the occupation of Iraq has brought the issue home. We came as liberators, bringing freedom and democracy, but that is not how we are perceived by a large part of the population.”

Setting aside the issue of how the United States is perceived by the Iraqi people, the truth is that we invaded Iraq out of a desire to avoid another 9/11, not as “liberators, bringing freedom and democracy “ to the Iraqis. Certainly many of us are hopeful that we will leave Iraq a more free and better place, but no one should ever doubt that our primary reason was to make the United States a safer place.

To Be Continued....