April 20, 2003


"Bush is doomed"
'Instead of an America eager to kick ass, I found a nation in a slough of despond. Americans are uneasy about the direction their president is taking them and embarrassed by rhetoric more suited to a high school football coach. They are frightened by the way Bush, in the space of 18 months, has managed to squander all the international goodwill that followed the September 11 attacks.

'The president is decidedly out of step with his people. For this reason, it will be very difficult for him to capitalise politically on the victory that his troops have provided. For one thing, Americans are not entirely sure this war was necessary and therefore feel no great delight in winning. Nor are they certain that the world is indeed a safer place simply because Saddam has disappeared.

'Misgivings will undoubtedly increase if the troops fail to find the all-important weapons of mass destruction. Bush's spin-doctors have been decidedly quiet about that aspect of the war over the past fortnight. - Snipped from here.



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