I Hate What You Just Said

Jeff Jacoby, the Boston Globe’s token voice of the unhinged right wing, chastises George Bush and his administration in his latest column. Interestingly, he chastises Bush for not being Bushy enough.

(And the the timing of JJ’s column is just delicious, given today’s news).

To his credit, I guess, Jacoby makes the sound, if obvious point that the United States should do a better job of supporting brave dissidents who stand up to authoritarian regimes.

The rest of the column reads like the author’s application letter to an insane asylum.

The point? We need more Bush Doctrine, not less. More Iraqs, not fewer.

Bush was the leader who pledged at his second inauguration to support “democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.” He let it be known that the truculence of rogues and dictators would not be indulged. “Some,” he said pointedly, “have unwisely chosen to test America’s resolve - and have found it firm.”

Whatever became of him? The president who in the wake of Sept. 11 posed a stark choice to the sponsors of jihadist violence - “You are either with us, or you are with the terrorists” - where is he now? And, more important, where is the foreign policy he once stood for?

For some time now it has been apparent that the Bush Doctrine - with the single exception of Iraq - didn’t survive the Bush presidency

So, let’s see then. The one place where the Bush Doctrine has been applied is Iraq. And what we need to do is to be more consistent in applying the Bush doctrine. Got it.

Then we can print up some more of these, and have some more of this and this, presumably.

As usual, JJ is dy-no-mite!