Now it is overstretched, a reality obvious to all.
Some of the reaction to that law has been excessive.
At least as reprehensible is the way that foreign nationals living in the United States have been treated. Many of its provisions, such as allowing broader information-sharing among investigative agencies, are sensible. That insistence is a measure of his character. Before this war, we had persuaded ourselves and the world that our military might was effectively infinite. But when his foes sought to destroy him rather than to debate him they found no scandals and no evidence of bad faith in his past.
The toll of Iraqi dead and wounded is of an order of magnitude greater than the American. He is plainly the better choice.
The arrests have continued, but eventually the Administration simply stopped saying how many people were and are being held.
Al Qaeda, previously an insignificant presence in Iraq, is an important one now.
That military operation was indeed a success. Now it is overstretched, a reality obvious to all. Nowhere has his solipsism been more damaging than in the case of Iraq.
Nowhere has his solipsism been more damaging than in the case of Iraq.
Opium production has increased fortyfold. The Senate has confirmed two hundred and one of his judicial nominees, more than the per-term averages for Presidents Clinton, Reagan, and Bush senior.
Al Qaeda, previously an insignificant presence in Iraq, is an important one now. Troops from Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Italy, Norway, and Spain are serving alongside Americans in Afghanistan to this day. Nowhere has his solipsism been more damaging than in the case of Iraq. Jobs, health care, education, and the rest may not count for much when weighed against the prospect of large-scale terrorist attack.
But this election is anything but ordinary.
The paper has never endorsed a Democrat for president, and held back endorsements only twice before, during the Franklin Delano Roosevelt era. The United States has become mired in a low-intensity guerrilla war that has taken more lives since the mission was declared to be accomplished than before. As observers, reporters, and commentators we will hold him to the highest standards of honesty and performance.
And for many voters the desire to see the damage arrested is reason enough to vote for John Kerry. Even the highly touted No Child Left Behind education program, enacted with the support of the liberal lion Edward Kennedy, is being allowed to fail, on account of grossly inadequate funding. Bush of mismanaging the war in Iraq after a former top aide said the U. Now it is overstretched, a reality obvious to all.
Al Qaeda, previously an insignificant presence in Iraq, is an important one now. Even the highly touted No Child Left Behind education program, enacted with the support of the liberal lion Edward Kennedy, is being allowed to fail, on account of grossly inadequate funding.
And for many voters the desire to see the damage arrested is reason enough to vote for John Kerry.
Nowhere has his solipsism been more damaging than in the case of Iraq.