Bush has isolated us from the world and frittered away the goodwill we received after 9/11, leaving the United States to endure nearly all of the costs of the war — in money and in lives. And like the Medicare and energy bills, the war has been a bonanza of corporate treats and profiteering for Bush's and Cheney's Republican cronies. It is up to the Democrats to keep talking to the American people about what was done wrong in Iraq and to keep pressure on the Bush administration to address the critical issues we face there.
December 4, 2003 5:47 AM