Teeing off

As the violence continues to engulf the Middle East, one would like to think that educated, or at least semi-literate, Americans are realizing just how awful their President is. It's a cliche to say at this point, but Bush is, without a doubt, the worst US president ever.

Consider, if you will, the following:

By starting a war with Iraq under false pretences, the US is powerless to stop Iran's real pretences to become a nuclear power;

By invading an Arab country under false pretences, the US has lost its moral authority to offer any meaningful intervention in the current Israel-Lebanon-Hezbollah war.

By bleeding the Treasury dry through repeated tax cuts (during a time of war!!!), the US has lost the financial strength to protect itself from the world's economic conditions.

By bitterly dividing the country with a never-ending campaign of "us versus them" and scare-mongering, the US is unable to even form a coherent foreign policy to deal with the mess its created.

This may very well be viewed by history as the beginning of the end of the US empire. I tend to be more optimistic because the US is the world's leader in re-inventing itself to suit the times, but Bush's disastrous foreign and domestic policies have left the US so far behind the eight-ball, it's hard to see how it could do so this time.

Enough already....Osama bin Laden will never be caught because Bush isn't even trying anymore.