Reply #2: Poll Bush's extremism [View All]

We see polls about Bush's support for his handling of the war in Iraq. We don't see polls about Bush's strategy for his "war on terror."

Bush's strategy is to replace every government in the Middle East with a democracy. Bush is willing,if necessary,to prosecute consecutive wars for decades to accomplish that goal.

The strategy ignores that the cost in lives and money to do that would be far worse than anything terrorists could do to us if we left the doors wide open. And we'd still be hit with all the terrorist attacks Bush's wars would spawn. All this is OK with Bush because Bush believes that after 100 years the future residents of the Middle East will no longer want to attack us because they'll be so greatful for the democracy they got after America bombed their theocracy supporting great-grandparents. Then, according to Bush, America will win the "war on terror."

I'd like to see a poll on support for Bush's approach to his "war on terrorism." I'd like to see the angry E-mail the mainstream media is about to get from the Internet left contain a request for such a poll. I'd like to see the media disclose that they are receiving demands for this poll. We could see which side represented the "extremists."

I don't think such a poll would ever be taken though. Bush's approach to the "war on terrorism" is so far out beyond the boundaries of reason that the clerks at polling outfits would refuse to call people up and ask them an embarrassing question like that.