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Is George W. Bush destined to go down in history as one of the great Presidents of the last 100 years? Events could be coalescing into a pattern for history to make that judgment.
First Iraq was invaded. This took a chink out of the wall that keeps the Middle East in turmoil.
The Iraqi invasion inspired Moammar Qadafi to get out the WMD business. In the process, we discovered he was much further along in the development of nuclear weapons that we had previously supposed.
Another piece of the wall fell.
The one of the kings of terror, Yassar Arafat died. Although Bush, likely had no hand in this, it was another chink in the wall that fell to the ground.
Then the Syrians or Iranians assassinated Rafiq al Hariri in Lebanon. The result has be large demonstrations against the 15,000 Syrians that occupy Lebanon. Another very small piece fell from that wall.
Today Walid Jumblatt, no Bush supporter says,
“It's strange for me to say it, but this process of change has started because of the American invasion of Iraq. I was cynical about Iraq. But when I saw the Iraqi people voting three weeks ago, 8 million of them, it was the start of a new Arab world. The Syrian people, the Egyptian people, all say that something is changing. The Berlin Wall has fallen. We can see it."
Another pebble falls from the wall.
If a critical mass assembles, despotism could be swept from the Middle East and the wall would cease to exist – and who would be blame for the turn of events?
George W. Bush.
He is the one that has been like Lincoln during the Civil War. Completely unwavering in the face of withering criticism.
Say what you will about stubbornness, but it can also be called leadership and history might define it as greatness.
Or events could collapse upon themselves like a house of cards and we could all be in deep doo doo.
At the moment, I’m not making any bets, but I am hoping for the best while preparing for the worst.
Posted by Ted at February 23, 2005 9:05 PM