George Bush Man of the Decade (a Richard Reeves op-ed supporting Dean)

GEORGE BUSH: MAN OF THE DECADE

DALLAS -- With all due respect to two great institutions, the U.S. military and Time magazine, the latter got it wrong when it picked the former as its "Person of the Year" for 2003. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) was the person of the year, perhaps of the decade and more.

That man in the White House, the commander in chief of the 1.4 million American soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen, changed the world for better or worse when he sent American troops into action in Iraq (news - web sites). Time calls our military "the bright sharp instrument of a blunt policy." But the policy is the story. The president decided to roll the dice, and we are the dice -- the men and women in uniform more than the rest of us.

The president is a bold, decisive and overconfident crusader, a self-righteous leader, a dangerous man. He changed the rules, ignoring the post-World War II history of alliances, multilateral institutions and containment. His rationale for the invasion of Iraq is called "pre-emptive war" in the White House and "preventive war" in other capitals. But, in fact, it is more than that.

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equivalent to famous. Morality is irrelevant. The annual issue is not a popularity contest.

But naming anyone the "Man of the Decade" is a bit too ambitious as of 2003 . . .

:shrug:

Since HE was one of the BIGGEST BUSH SUPPORTERS in 2000.