SOROS PART 3

Soros continues: “ The invasion of Iraq was the first practical application of the Bush doctrine, and it has turned out to be counterproductive. A chasm has opened between America and the rest of the world.”

As proof of this assertion Soros states:

“The United Nations promptly endorsed punitive U.S. action against al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. A little more than a year later the United States could not secure a UN resolution to endorse the invasion of Iraq.”

He goes on the mention elections in Germany and South Korea, but boiled down to the nut, his point is that when the U.S. and the UN disagree, the U.S. is wrong.

Next Soros launches into a boring and unsuccessful attempt to relate economic “bubbles” to current events. He confidently says, “The quest for American supremacy qualifies as a bubble. The dominant position the United States occupies in the world is the element of reality that is being distorted. The proposition that the United States will be better off if it uses its position to impose its values and interests everywhere is the misconception. It is exactly by not abusing its power that America attained its current position.”

Here again you will notice important disconnects between sentences. Under Soros’ magical touch, America’s “dominant position” morphs into America “abusing its power”.

Soros asks “Where are we in this boom-bust process? The deteriorating situation in Iraq is either the moment of truth or a test that, if it is successfully overcome, will only reinforce the trend.”

This is neatly put. Under The Rules According to Soros, if Iraq blows up in George Bush’s face, he deserved it. If instead the Iraqi occupation works out fine, then it only leads us further into the quagmire. From atop Mount Soros the oracle has spoken: George Bush can never be right, only temporarily lucky.

Soros never shies away from stating opinion as fact. “Whatever the justification for removing Saddam Hussein, there can be no doubt that we invaded Iraq on false pretenses.” Like Ross Perot, Soros lives in a world where his conclusions equal truth.

But now Soros completely runs off the tracks of reality by asserting that “The gap between the Administration's expectations and the actual state of affairs could not be wider. It is difficult to think of a recent military operation that has gone so wrong.”

Where does this man get his information? James Carville and The New York Times?

To Be Continued....