Sunday, June 15, 2008
Editorializing on the treaty negotiations for the future of American bases and the legal basis for further action in Iraq:
...Should Bush obtain a legal basis for the occupation from the Iraqi government rather than the United Nations, he would surely cite it as an after-the-fact justification for his war policy and its toll in lives and treasure. He could use this treaty-equivalent as proof that he had indeed reshaped a strategically vital area of the world, endowing Iraqis with freedom, democracy, and stability...
So of course, the Globe is agin' it. Mustn't allow Bush -- or the country -- a victory.
