Reply #1: Consistency, the hobgoblin of small minds

[mojowork_n]

And then again, we have other points of view. Take today's first article from commondreams, for instance:

http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0921-06.htm

Which quotes Clark waxing exstatic in those heady April days in Baghdad, this spring:

"Liberation is at hand. Liberation - the powerful balm that justifies painful sacrifice ... is in the air. Yet a bit more work and some careful reckoning need to be done before we take our triumph."

About which the writer of the article, Les Payne (Newsday), opines: "Triumph, indeed, is the note Clark sounded throughout the column. At one point, he praised Bush and Blair for their steely resolve in essentially going it alone. His visions in the column suggested ecstasy and celebration, not the doubt and opposition his handlers are now generating."