Left and Right and Wrong

An editorial in today's Washington Post condemns President Bush's recent policy statement on the conditions of any eventual settlement between Isreal and the Palestinian territories. The trouble is, the piece doesn't actually argue that the Bush policy change is unjust or unjustified, it just says that the President has angered the Arab world and our European AlliesTM, and therefore his policy is wrong.

Yo, Wash Post, that ain't enough. There are plenty of Americans who don't think we should design our foreign policies purely to avoid the disapprobation of foreign powers. Some Americans think that reason and justice should play a considerable role. If you want to reach those folks with your view that Bush made a mistake, you might want to try making the case that his policy is unreasonable or unjust.

I think we can take it for granted at this point that unless we nuke ourselves off the face of the planet, much of Europe and the Arab world are going to go right on being pissed at us no matter what our policies are.