Robert Scheer
Creators Syndicate
http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=17032Electorate is wising up to the Iraq blunder
Time is now for Kerry to express anger over Bush hoodwinking
So, you really can't fool all the people all the time. George W. came close, getting high marks for his "war against terrorism" and for being a "war president," even though in Iraq he ended up fighting the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Yet despite Bush's claim again last week that occupied Iraq is "the central front in the war on terror," the grim consequences of this colonial-style adventure have finally gotten through to an electorate that understandably invested a huge amount of trust in him after 9/11.
Though Bush's approval ratings have been falling steadily, they remained high in the areas of national security and Iraq. But no more. Polls now show that only a minority of Americans think that his handling of terrorism is good, or are "proud" of the U.S. role in Iraq.